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New mural coming to Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH – If you have recently driven or walked past the location of the upcoming skate park (located on 4th Street between Jefferson and Mad...

Council considers hybrid EMS model
PORTSMOUTH – Last month, the Portsmouth Fire Department asked City Council and City Manager Sam Sutherland for approval to hire three new firefi...

Center for Public History opening this Fall at SSU
PORTSMOUTH — This fall Shawnee State University will open physical and virtual doors on the SSU Center for Public History. Located in the Clark ...

Local 4-H youth to attend National 4-H Congress
SCIOTO — A local 4-H’er, Lainie Johnson, was selected to attend the National 4-H Congress which is being held from November 26 through Nov...

Scioto Foundation announces new Chuck and Linda Abbott Scholarship Fund
SCIOTO — The Scioto Foundation has announced a new scholarship fund established by longtime Sciotoville resident Linda Jean Bussa Abbott.Her gen...
4 deaths; 43 new cases reported Firday
SCIOTO — The Scioto County and Portsmouth City Health Department has confirmed four additional local deaths in connection with the COVID-19 viru...

Troopers seize loaded handguns and $15,400 worth of drugs
COLUMBUS – Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers filed felony drug charges against an Ohio man after a traffic stop in Scioto County.During the tra...

24 indictments handed down
SCIOTO — Shane A. Tieman, Scioto County Prosecutor announced the September term of the Scioto County Grand Jury met on October 1 and returned 24...

PPD investigating homicide, victim identified
PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth Police Department is currently investigating a homicide that occurred Friday, Oct. 1, 2021.On Oct. 1, 2021, at appro...
October 4th, 2021 updated: October 4th, 2021. |

King’s Daughters welcomes internal medicine physician Isna Khan, M.D.
PORTSMOUTH—King’s Daughters welcomes internal medicine physician Isna Khan, M.D., to its Family Care Center in Portsmouth, 2001 Scioto Tra...