South Point News

A 39-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting death in Huntington.

Biomass Energy LLC started off with what seemed like a good business idea. It would take wood waste products and burn it to create electricity.

A two-vehicle accident on U.S. 52 near the Sam's Club in South Point had cars backed up for miles and slowed traffic to a single lane for more than an hour this morning.

The second of three men accused in connection with a train shooting pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.

A former Ohio woman who has been widowed five times has been charged with solicitation of murder in the death of her fourth husband in North Carolina.

Audrey Carolyn Buskirk, 80, of Circleville, formerly of Chillicothe and Columbus, passed away peacefully 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2008, in Stonebridge Nursing Home, following an extended illness.

It's a chance for the First Lady of Ohio to get to know those in Lawrence County whose main job revolves around the welfare of children and families.

KOLKATA: From prestigious Princeton to MIT, city boy Rik Sengupta can pick and choose where he wants to study - ' for free.

The names of the low bidders on the three construction contracts to run a 13-mile public waterline along U.S. Route 250 from Fairmont to Mannington have been officially released.

A year ago, Anthony Ray Artrip escaped from the Grant County jail. He was a federal inmate there, awaiting sentencing for armed bank robbery in Lawrence County, Ohio, in 2005.

Hundreds of Lawrence County area youth, have recently, or will soon, see the curtain fall on one part of their lives, but unlike Hollywood films, the sequel should be better than the original.

Students of South Point congratulate each other after their Higher Secondary results were declared.

“A lot of the areas are foamed inside - the voids are completely foamed - and that's basically what's been keeping her afloat”

SOUTH POINT, Ohio - The Mike Fink sternwheeler restaurant hasn't taken food aboard during its 11 weeks here, but it still has gained 200,000 pounds - mostly to its hull. via The Cincinnati Enquirer

Relay for Life kicked off Friday night at South Point High School's Lineberger Stadium. via The Gaston Gazette

“I wish the blind man would just jaywalk or something. That way I could legally kill him.”

A former police officer is accused of threatening to kill a blind hospital director, hoping he would jaywalk so he could run him down. via Lexington Herald-Leader

A man with links to South Point, Ohio could be the first inmate put to death since a U.S. Supreme Court review halted executions by lethal injections last year. via WKEE-FM Huntington

A new retail outlet is coming to Circleville. Grandview Weekend Outlet has purchased the former Wal-Mart Supercenter's vacant 92,000 square feet building off U.S. Route 23 for a price of $1.5 million. via WBEX-AM Chillicothe

Edward Diaz may be California-born, but he's quickly adapting to his new home in Ohio. via Ironton Tribune

Two men have been arrested in connection with four aggravated robberies that took place within 12 hours in Clermont County Saturday. via The Cincinnati Enquirer

“The management and personnel at the Burlington Wal-Mart have been very cooperative, conducted themselves in an extremely professional manner and were instrumental in the apprehension of this individual”

An 18-year-old Ohio man was arrested on Monday for allegedly attempting to rape a woman inside a restroom in the Wal-Mart store in Burlington the previous evening. via Independent