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Latest Updates
- AAA: Memorial Day travelers facing higher gas prices this year - 3:42 pm
- Celebrating the life of a legend: ‘Burg community remembers Ed Miller - 3:18 pm updated: 3:57 pm.
- Miss West Karlee York turns the page for early childhood literacy - 1:04 pm
- 250 mile canoe trip to launch the Ohio River Way May 31 - 12:22 pm updated: 12:33 pm.
- Shawnee State’s Tanner Shepherd receives Library Research Award - 12:23 pm
- Habitat for Humanity of the Tri-State to dedicate 148th habitat homes on May 23 - 11:25 am
- Clay alumni sets date for banquet - 11:18 am
- Commissioners approve funding for renovations to former Odd Fellows building - 2:58 pm
- Lucinda L. Kessler Fine and Performing Arts Scholarship Fund established at Scioto Foundation - 2:10 pm
- Preparation underway for Scioto County’s Memorial Day parade - 11:53 am
- Art awards presented to local students - 10:44 am
- Friends of Portsmouth looks to beautify downtown with community cleanup event - 3:58 pm
- Soldier’s legacy inspires 5k for PTSD awareness - 3:44 pm
- “Music & Motion” festival to kick off summer - 11:38 am
- OSHP investigating single vehicle injury crash - 10:19 am
- MSP farmer’s market set to open for latest season - 4:26 pm
- 2 hospitalized, 112 infected by illness at local camp - 2:56 pm
- King’s Daughters earns national recognition for excellence from American College of Cardiology - 11:22 am
- 18 indictments handed down - 11:06 am
- Student athletes showcase skills at Special Olympics event - 3:47 pm
- American Legion Post 471 hosts community event for Memorial Day - 1:36 pm
- Agents remind parents and students of Ohio’s alcohol law ahead of graduation - 12:02 pm
- Lucasville man sentenced to 16-21 years - 10:55 am
- Valley opens doors to new athletic complex - 4:24 pm
- Portsmouth man sentenced to 10 to 13 years - 2:45 pm
NEWS
Preparation underway for Scioto County’s Memorial Day parade
PORTSMOUTH—Preparation is underway for Scioto County’s Memorial Day Association as the holiday weekend draws near.Donna Lewis, President o...
Art awards presented to local students
PORTSMOUTH — The 2022 Scioto County Regional High School Art Show “Visually Literate” took place from May 4-17, in the Appleton Gall...
Friends of Portsmouth looks to beautify downtown with community cleanup event
PORTSMOUTH—Friends of Portsmouth will host a spring cleanup day to beautify downtown this Saturday, May 21.Bryan Smith, Executive Director of Fr...
Soldier’s legacy inspires 5k for PTSD awareness
LATHAM—A soldier’s legacy has inspired his family to rally against PTSD related suicide among veterans and servicemembers.Following the de...
“Music & Motion” festival to kick off summer
PORTSMOUTH — Three Bridges will host the first “Music & Motion” spring festival highlighting music, health, recreation, exercise...
OSHP investigating single vehicle injury crash
LUCASVILLE–The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle motorcycle crash that occurred on Morris Lane-Blue Run Road near Pyle...
SPORTS
Indians blow away Tornadoes: Valley back in D-IV district final
CHILLICOTHE — The time of day didn’t matter to the Valley Indians baseball team — as long as they got the chance to take the field o...
Bichette HRs twice, Manoah goes 8 as Jays beat Reds 3-1
TORONTO (AP) — Bo Bichette hit two home runs, pitcher Alek Manoah matched his career high by working eight innings, and the Toronto Blue Jays be...
SPRING SCOREBOARD — May 21 & May 23
SPRING SCOREBOARD — May 21Division III Softball — District FinalsWheelersburg 7, Ironton 0Portsmouth West 1, Fairfield 0 (10 innings)Crook...
May 22nd, 2022 updated: May 23rd, 2022. |
‘Burg back to defend Region 11 title: Lady Pirates defeat Lady Tigers in Unioto No. 3 district final
CHILLICOTHE — The reigning Region 11 champions will have an opportunity to defend that title in next week’s Division III regional tourname...
May 21st, 2022 updated: May 21st, 2022. |
That’s ‘Moore’ like it: West walks-off Unioto No. 2 district final over Fairfield
PIKETON — 259 pitches, 75 batters, and one long, gone home run.It wasn’t clear until the bottom of the 10th inning who would emerge champi...
May 21st, 2022 updated: May 22nd, 2022. |
Jeeps take down Belpre
RIO GRANDE — As it turned out, no Wednesday rainfall, no Wednesday darkness, no back-to-back bus rides to the University of Rio Grande, and no b...
May 20th, 2022 updated: May 20th, 2022. |
LIFE
Portsmouth Public Library Book Recommendations
The Portsmouth Public Library would like to recommend these book titles. Each title is available to borrow with your library card! For more book recom...
“Music & Motion” festival to kick off summer
PORTSMOUTH — Three Bridges will host the first “Music & Motion” spring festival highlighting music, health, recreation, exercise...
2 hospitalized, 112 infected by illness at local camp
SCIOTO — More than 110 individuals who attended a Girl Scout camp in Lucasville have fallen ill with what is believed to be the Norovirus, accor...
King’s Daughters earns national recognition for excellence from American College of Cardiology
ASHLAND, KY – King’s Daughters Medical Center has earned the American College of Cardiology’s HeartCARE Center: National Distinction...
The functions of different parts of the brain
The human brain is a marvel. Everything from thought to memory to emotion is controlled by the brain, which only underscores how impressive this incre...
OPINION
If you’re a fan of the Marvel Universe go see this film
We leave Hogwarts and head to the Marvel universe this week with the sequel to Doctor Strange (2016) this is also the 28th film in the Marvel Universe...
Magically hard to follow or care
Well, we made it to Hogwarts this week. I will start this review by stating I’m not the biggest Harry Potter fan. I’ve watched the films b...
April 29th, 2022 updated: April 29th, 2022. |
If you are a fan of the video game series go see this
Hey everyone! I took two weeks off as I have been pretty sick. I joked that some weeks I don’t love seeing a new movie but I truly missed it in ...
Where courage abounds
It was the English statesman Sir Edmund Burke who said, “But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possi...
Grow in grace and knowledge
If you’ve ever planted a garden, you know that the only way it can grow properly is if they are carefully nurtured. In order to have good flower...
Did I ask you for your advice?
This week I’m not writing about a hospice patient; I’m confessing my sins. I confess that giving unsolicited advice and making premature s...
