Lawrence County News

A two-lane resurfacing and bridge repair project is set to begin on Ohio 140 in Scioto County as preliminary operations get under way this week.

Basham said he is planning to move to Lawrence County, which would put him closer to his job as a music teacher at Rock Hill High School.

The River Valley softball team fell to the non-conference host Ironton Saturday in Lawrence County by a count of 12-5. The Lady Tigers marked one run in the top of the first inning but River Valley marked two runs in the top of the third to take the lead.

The man who allegedly stole and then crashed a Harrison Township Fire Department truck last week remains in the hospital.

A man suspected of stealing and wrecking a firetruck in Ross County was identified today as a 19-year-old Lawrence County man.

State police in Lawrence County are investigating a homicide. 50-year-old Joseph Lupo is dead from a gunshot wound to the head; he died at Saint Es.

An Ohio Department of Transportation's slip repair project is set to begin Monday on State Route 73 in Scioto County, which is expected to change traffic patterns.

For months attorneys with the Lawrence Scioto Solid Waste Management District and the Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization have been working towards a resolution for their ongoing dispute concerning the ownership of vehicles and money.

Tiersa Davis Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: May. 9, 2013 8:30 AM EDT Updated: May.

State Representative Terry Johnson is crediting testimony by southern Ohio citizens and leaders for the 93-0 passage of a House bill that would, if passed by the Senate, rename two roads and a new bridge after well-known former residents, Branch Rickey, Boone Coleman, and legislator Oakley C. Collins.

Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney Brigham Anderson has announced two drug arrests and indictments.

Recently, the Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc. has been made aware of individuals in the area who have been posing as AAA7 workers by knocking on doors claiming to be representatives of the AAA7.

In a released statement to the Daily Times , Scioto County Sheriff Marty Donini says he is against the idea of re-opening the former Ohio River Valley Juvenile as a regional jail.

The Area Agency on Aging District 7 issued a warning this week after learning that individuals in Lawrence and Scioto Counties are knocking on doors and fraudulently claiming to be representatives of the AAA7.

Tiersa Davis Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: May. 2, 2013 4:40 PM EDT Updated: May.

On May 16 state and local officials will be touring the former Ohio River Valley Juvenile Correctional Facility in Franklin Furnace to talk about possible re-purposing the facility.

Earlier this month, authorities from Scioto and Lawrence Counties identified a man suspected of robbing Charter One Bank in Wheelersburg on April 5 and of robbing the US Bank location in Proctorville April 8. On Wednesday, the search for that man ended when authorities located Elvis P. Kerns, 34, of Wheelersburg in Texas and arrested him.

The Ironton Lawrence County Community Action Organization on Friday responded to the claim filed in Lawrence County Common Please Court against them by the Lawrence Scioto Solid Waste Management District .

CELA Cela was rescued from Lawrence County pound in Southern Ohio. She was picked up as a stray and sat at the pound for over a month, being overlooked.

Because the number of meth labs in the region is increasing, Lawrence County Prosecutor Brigham M. Anderson and the Lawrence Drug and Major Crimes Task Force is hosting a Meth Lab Awareness Training Course on Saturday, June 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ohio University Southern Campus in Ironton.