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New business coming to Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — Dirt is being moved and bulldozers are on scene at the new location of Express Oil Change and Tire Engineers.The new business comin...

Council set to transfer Marting’s building to SOPA
PORTSMOUTH – Monday night, City Council voted 6-0 on the first reading of an ordinance that would transfer 515 Chillicothe Street – the fo...

Democratic Senate hopefuls spar at CSU
WILBERFORCE — Tim Ryan targeted China while Morgan Harper went after Ryan during a debate between Democratic U.S. Senate candidates at Central S...

Zelenskyy: West needs more courage in helping Ukraine fight
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the West of cowardice as his country fights to stave off Russia’s inv...

Organized & Major Crimes Task Force conducts multiple operations
PIKE COUNTY — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman, Pike County Sheriff Tracy Evans, Lawrence County Sheriff...

Biden in Poland salutes US troops, will meet Ukrainians
RZESZOW, Poland (AP) — President Joe Biden visited U.S. troops stationed near Poland’s border with Ukraine on Friday and was getting a fir...

Zelenskyy pleads with world leaders for arms to fight Russia
BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders heard impassioned pleas Thursday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for more military aid to defend his ...

Moderna says its low-dose COVID shots work for children under 6
(AP) — Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers, the company announced Wednesday — and if regulators ag...

Ohio mapmakers to meet on 4th set of statehouse districts
COLUMBUS (AP) — After three failures, Ohio’s powerful political mapmaking body convened Tuesday and set a series of meetings for hammering...

Hearing opens for Jackson, 1st Black female high court pick
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday opened the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the f...