SSU announces fall graduates
More than 160 Shawnee State University students graduated at the fall commencement ceremony in the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts, with 65 of those coming from Scioto County. At this year's...
View ArticleTemple Tots celebrates Dr. Seuss Week
Dr. Seuss and a fireman do not seem like they go together, but at Temple Tots, that's exactly what happened recently. But on this day - not a day of "I can read with my eyes shut" - a reading of one of...
View Article3 injured in Pike County crash
Two Scioto County residents and a Columbus man are recovering from non-life threatening injuries sustained early Sunday morning in a one-vehicle crash in Pike County. The Ohio State Highway patrol...
View ArticleHonors Music Festival takes stage Tuesday
The Scioto County Junior High Honors Band, High School Honors Band and Honors Choir are set to perform beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday during the 76th annual Scioto County Honors Music Festival at the Vern...
View ArticleTeen threatens to 'set himself on fire' Juvenile threatens immolation
The Scioto County prosecutor's office is considering whether charges should be filed against a 17-year-old juvenile who threatened self-immolation before authorities intervened. The Scioto County...
View ArticleMeet those who report the news
You've seen their names atop stories in The Daily Times and Community Common . You may have even known them before you started seeing their names on the front page.
View ArticleJournalist donates Riffe piece to school
Retired Columbus Dispatch reporter Lee Leonard has a long history of capital city journalism, having covered the Statehouse during his career. One of the people he worked alongside was the late Speaker...
View ArticleSTEM camp applications accepted
Boys and girls currently in 5th through 7th grades from an 11-county region in southern Ohio are invited to attend STEM Camp at Canter's Cave this summer. This region includes Adams, Brown, Gallia,...
View ArticleSSU welcomes Hawkins as director of career development
Hawkins, a Scioto County native, comes to SSU with more than 20 years of experience in career services and experiential education in higher education. She has previously held positions such as director...
View ArticleCommissioners approve awareness campaign
The Scioto County Commissioners adopted a resolution on Thursday proclaiming March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in Scioto County. This is an effort by the Scioto County Board of DD to...
View ArticleSt. Patrick's Day festivities scheduled
Iconic puppet Kermit the Frog once lamented in song that it isn't easy being green. The Jim Henson amphibian may have needed to expand his horizons and consider just how easy it really is this time of...
View ArticlePhillips sentenced to life in prison
It took a Scioto County jury less than two hours Wednesday evening to decide that Chad J. Phillips was guilty of murdering his mother when he beat her and strangled her. Judge Howard Harcha immediately...
View ArticleAmerican flags deserve respect
"It's our country's emblem. You don't just throw it in the trash," says Tony Hamilton, club manager for Portsmouth American Legion Post 23, regarding faded, torn or otherwise damaged American flags.
View ArticleBaldridge is the only 90th District candidate to hold public office
While he says it is not the focus of his campaign, Adams County Commissioner Brian Baldridge says he does not shy away from the fact he is the only candidate among four Republicans and two Democrats...
View ArticleSunlight is the best disinfectant
During the New Boston Village Council meeting on March 6, members of council unanimously passed a resolution recognizing March 11-17 as Sunshine Week, and committed itself to continue its long-held...
View ArticleSTEM camp applications accepted
Boys and girls currently in 5th through 7th grades from an 11-county region in southern Ohio are invited to attend STEM Camp at Canter's Cave this summer. This region includes Adams, Brown, Gallia,...
View ArticleSupport your local newspaper
Before the Internet, social media and cable television, the daily newspaper connected residents and neighbors to each other through stories, pictures and published events. My grandparents lived in the...
View ArticleSpotter class set at Valley Twp. FD
Each year, the Scioto County Emergency Management Agency hosts a National Weather Service spotter class to provide training for school and first response agencies on what signs to look for to know when...
View ArticleMuch accomplished in 50 years of DD advocacy; more work still to be done
Living with a disability you see a lot of things - some highs and most certainly some lows - but I'm the type of a person who always wants to focus on the impressive things individuals are capable of...
View ArticleGrand jury hands down indictments
The Scioto County grand jury has returned 18 public indictments and six secret indictments, according to information released by Scioto County Prosecutor Mark E. Kuhn.
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