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The 2024 Hike for Hospice will take place on Saturday, May 18. The event will begin in the parking lot of the SOMC Hospice Center, with registration at 8:30 that morning and the walk itself beginning an hour later at 9:30.

The trial of Aden Greene has been rescheduled for July, according to court records.

SOMC Invites Community to Ion Robotic Navigational Bronchoscopy Meet and Greet

TRAFFIC JAM/ROAD BLOCKED—Report from Cartro Road of a tree blocking the roadway. 7:23 a.m., Thursday, April 18.

A Portsmouth woman arrested in February in the death of her infant has been indicted by the Scioto County Grand Jury.

WEDNESDAY, April 24

Scioto County Prosecutor Shane A. Tieman has announced the Scioto County Grand Jury met April 12 and returned 24 public indictments. The defendants indicted are charged as follows:

Scioto County Local Emergency Planning Committee in cooperation with local emergency response agencies will hold its annual hazardous materials exercise on Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The exercise will be at the Minford Fire Department, 8484 Ohio 335.

It has been announced that Hometown Broadcasting of Portsmouth has exercised an agreement to be purchased by Jackson County’s, Total Media Group, Inc. (TMG) for $1.25 million. The acquisition includes Fox Sports 1260 WNXT AM, WNXT - MIX 99.3 FM; The Breeze WZZZ 107.5 FM, and Fox Sports 95.7 FM. All four of the Portsmouth stations will join the growing TMG which currently holds nineteen other radio frequencies in Southeastern Ohio and West Virginia; totaling 23 frequencies.

The Scioto County Commissioners have approved a levy issue for the Scioto County Public Library for the November 2024 ballot.