Commissioners weigh in on LSSWMD recycling interruptions
The suspension of the Lawrence-Scioto Solid Waste Management District's recycling program was the main topic of discussion at Thursday's Scioto County Commissioner meeting. With LSSWMD Director Dan...
View ArticleVeteran's Memorial Highway to fully open by Dec.14
Numerous rumors regarding an opening day for what's known as the Veterans Memorial Highway, or the Portsmouth bypass, are swirling around town and some have reached the offices of the Portsmouth Daily...
View ArticleSSU plans annual Veterans Recognition Day
Shawnee State University, 940 Second St., will host its 24th annual Veterans Recognition Day 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nov. 8. A veterans recognition ceremony is scheduled for noon the same day in the Sudexo...
View ArticleEarly voting numbers up in Scioto County
With a half hour to go before polls closed for early voting at 2 p.m. Monday afternoon, Scioto County Board of Elections Director Julia Gearheart stated there was a line of voters stretched across the...
View ArticleGrand Jury issues indictments
Scioto County Prosecutor Shane A. Tieman, announced the September term of the Scioto County Grand Jury met on October 26 and returned 23 Public Indictments. The Defendants Indicted are charged as...
View ArticleBaldridge wins House seat
Adams County Commissioner Brian Baldridge has been elected to serve as the next state representative of the 90th House District. Baldridge was in the Scioto County Courthouse Tuesday night shaking...
View ArticleDavis wins Scioto County Commissioner
The polls have closed, the ballots have been collected, and the votes for Scioto County Commissioner have been counted. In what began as a close race, incumbent Bryan Davis pulled ahead with 59% of...
View ArticleTieman wins prosecutor
With 100 percent of the vote counted late Tuesday night, incumbent Republican Scioto County Prosecutor Shane Tieman defeated Democratic challenger Rachel Daehler 14,528 votes, or 62.8 percent to 8,591...
View ArticleMidterms attract large voter turnout but elections board reports smooth sailing
The national media largely branded Tuesday's midterm election as a referendum on President Donald Trump. Nationally, that may indeed have been the case.
View ArticleSOMC promoting importance of lung cancer screening available locally
At least one of the promotional advertisements being run by the Southern Ohio Medical Center even plays off the fact breast cancer awareness, obviously especially among women, is very high. Everyone...
View ArticleKeep an eye out for the big yellow bus
School Bus Safety week was the last week in October and yet across the United States there has been enough bus accidents to draw national attention to the safety of the nation's school children that...
View ArticleCommissioners reduce SOPA board, recieve SSU planned improvements
A resolution for the reduction of the Southern Ohio Port Authority Board, lowering the board from a 21 person body to 9 members, was adopted by Commissioners on Tuesday. According to Chair of...
View ArticleDOE provides responses to some criticism, attracts few visitors
While there appears to be one visitor from Shawnee State University, the crowd in the Welcome Center for DOE's open house consisted almost entirely of persons directly connected with the project....
View ArticleVolunteers needed for Friends of Portsmouth Winterfest
As many know by now, planned by the nonprofit, community group Friends of Portsmouth, the month-long event will include numerous holiday activities, from an ice-skating rink to a nativity scene with...
View ArticleLocals reach 100 and 102 milestones
Margaret Amelia Victoria Burk Kuhn was born on November 11, 1918, the day that World War I ended, and the reason for the "Victoria" in her name. She was born to Rosa Schmank Burk and Samuel Burk at...
View ArticlePike County: What we know about the arrests made in the Rhoden family massacre
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said a Pike County grand jury indicted the Wagner family members Monday on counts of aggravated murder. The killings took place at different scenes, all around the...
View ArticleScioto Economic Development recieves more than $68,000
Over $68,000 has been awarded to the Scioto County Economic Development Department by Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth. "Out of that money $18,000 has gone towards our travels and expenses to Columbus, meeting...
View ArticleFa La La La Local Holiday Expo
The Portsmouth Area Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Portsmouth teamed up for another event to benefit the community this week, with the first ever Fa La La La Local Holiday Expo in the Scioto...
View ArticleGirl at center of Rhoden family murders reported safe, as suspect waives...
The child at the center of an apparent custody dispute that led to the execution-style slayings of eight members of an Ohio family is safe, a family member said Wednesday as the patriarch of the four...
View ArticleResidents turn out to support Friends of Portsmouth Winterfest
Talking with the Portsmouth Daily Times prior to a Friends of Portsmouth volunteer meeting held Tuesday evening at the Scioto County Welcome Center, Friends of Portsmouth's Maddie Burnside said she was...
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