Portsmouth News

The Southern Ohio Museum's Bizarre Bazaar benefit, scheduled for Friday and set against the backdrop of the Kricker Gallery "Sawdust and Spectacle" circus exhibition, promises to be a one-of-a-kind, exotic experience for all who attend.

I am among the most blessed people in the world. I have been so fortunate as to have people call me or stop me and tell me they enjoy my columns.

The Division of State Fire Marshal investigators are continuing their investigation of an overnight fatal fire in Jackson County.

"I think the people in Portsmouth are ready for a change." That may have been the understatement of the night by newly elected Third Ward Councilman Nicholas R. Basham as the numbers poured into the Scioto County Court House Tuesday night, and voters in the first and third wards made a clean sweep, electing Basham in the Third and Kevin Johnson in ...

The father of a missing Oldham County 14-year-old girl said the girl has been found in Ohio.

A Portsmouth man has been arrested, and a baby has been taken to a Columbus hospital.

A death penalty trial that was to have started today in Portsmouth is being delayed.

The three-way race for Portsmouth Mayor headlines a full ballot as voters face Tuesday's election.

PORTSMOUTH a ' A Scioto County jury found David Hamilton guilty Friday in the Feb.

A registered sex offender being sought by Scioto County authorities since 2005, has been arrested in Dodge City, Kan.

If David Hamilton ever sees the outside of a prison, it will not be for at least 30 years.

Jane Murray, who is challenging incumbent Mayor James Kalb in the Nov. 3 election, has received the endorsement of the Area Political Committee of AFSCME Ohio Council 8, and AFSCME Ohio Retiree Chapter 1184, AFL-CIO. "I am pleased to have their endorsement which says that they know that I know how to handle government," Murray said.

Female military veterans are now eligible to become members of the Forty and Eight, an organization created in 1920 to honor leaders of the American Legion.

Mary Arnzen, executive director of the Ohio River Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross in Portsmouth, said she is hoping to add an additional 50 volunteers to the chapter's list.

Portsmouth Mayoral candidate Jane Murray has taken the gloves off in her battle to unseat Portsmouth Mayor James Kalb.

A free clinic for pregnant women wishing to get the H1N1 vaccination will be held on Saturday, October 24.

The Portsmouth Area League of Women Voters will sponsor a Meet the Candidates night on Monday from 7 until 8 p.m. at the Scioto County Welcome Center on Second Street in Portsmouth.

The Sixth Annual Tour of Lofts and Other Historic Places will take place Sunday, Oct.

As I was walking into the Portsmouth Municipal Building Friday morning, I watched a woman put her money in the paper vendor and take out her copy of that day's Portsmouth Daily Times.

The Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth began construction on their playground project Monday.