Boy, 13, commits suicide 'after he was bullied for years for being small'
Just the day earlier, he had become upset when bullies at school told him to 'go kill yourself', his best friend said A 13-year-old boy has committed suicide after enduring years of bullying for being...
View ArticleTown Hall Meeting on Potential Layoffs
The Pike, Ross, Jackson, and Scioto County Commissioners are holding a town hall meeting to discuss potential layoffs at the former gaseous diffusion plant in Piketon.
View ArticleAnaplasmosis is bad news for cattle farmers8:56 am | 0
If you have had it in your herd in the past you probably just cringed a bit. If you haven't had it, or even heard of it, you don't want it.
View ArticleOhio Authorities Say Indictments Could Put Dent In Drug Trafficking Organization
Portsmouth , Scioto County , Ohio Authorities said a drug trafficking organization with ties to Columbus and Portsmouth, Ohio, has been significantly disrupted with the indictments of 22 people on...
View ArticleProsecutor challenges Ohio prison release option
A prosecutor says a procedure allowing the Ohio prisons director to recommend to judges early release for certain offenders violates the constitutional separation of powers.
View ArticleProsecutor Challenges Ohio Prison Release Option
A procedure allowing the Ohio prisons director to recommend to judges early release for certain offenders violates the constitutional separation of powers, a prosecutor says in a court challenge to the...
View ArticlePut death on hold
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View ArticleTroopers Say $12,000 Worth Of Heroin Seized During Traffic Stop
Lucasville , Scioto County , Ohio A man and a woman from Michigan are in an Ohio jail after they were busted with $12,000 worth of heroin during a traffic stop.
View ArticleFive Arrested In Franklin Furnace; Linked To Stolen Property Cases In The Area
Franklin Furnace , Kentucky Five people were arrested in connection to several stolen property cases around the Franklin Furnace area.
View ArticleFranklin Furnace man charged with theft
According to reports from Scioto County Sheriff Marty V. Donini's office, a call was received by an elderly Franklin Furnace female on July 4, 2014, who stated that a safe in her residence containing...
View ArticleFive arrested, facing multiple charges
Five people were arrested by the Scioto County Sheriff's Office after an investigation into a theft in Franklin Furnace.
View ArticleDayton man charged in stabbing incident
Alexander P. Dillard, 40, of Dayton, has been arrested and charged with felonious assault for the stabbing of Leo Buggs, 34, of Columbus.
View ArticleBOE sets general election ballot
The Scioto County Board of Elections met this week to approve items to be on the ballot for the upcoming Nov. 4 General Election in Scioto County among other things.
View ArticleFormer school union official senten...
Former Northwest Local Schools union official Jacqueline Murphy was sentenced last week to three years community control by Scioto County Common Pleas Judge Howard Harcha.
View ArticleHobson pleads not guilty
Kendra Hobson, a former Scioto County employee who was indicted earlier this week on three charges, entered a not guilty plea Thursday and was released on bond.
View ArticleOfficials at odds over tax maps
Several Scioto County offices are debating the best way to have the county's tax maps placed online.
View ArticleMan Charged With Rape Of 12-Year-Old
Wheelersburg , Scioto County , Ohio A Scioto County man has been charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl.
View ArticleODOT employees held at gunpoint
A couple of Ohio Department of Transportation employees had a few anxious moments Friday when they reportedly found themselves confronted by a man with a gun. According to the Ohio State Highway...
View ArticleJudge: Portsmouth children pulled from abusive home won't have to testify in...
Even after they were removed from a home where authorities say unspeakable things happened, the three young children simply could not understand that they were safe. A Scioto County Children Services...
View ArticleRocky Fork Hosts Boating Ed Class
The Ohio Boating Education Course will be offered at the Rock Fork State Park on September 27th. Carl Vance, area supervisor of the Scioto County Watercraft Field Office, says anyone born on or before...
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