Scioto County News

Judge William T. Marshall sentenced three people for drug trafficking after they entered surprise guilty pleas Tuesday morning before a jury was selected.

This week, some gas stations in Waverly were selling unleaded gasoline for $2.55.9, while some in Chillicothe were at $2.40.9 per gallon.

By FRANK LEWIS PDT Staff Writer People who apply for licensing by the state often find the wheels of progress move slowly.

Scioto County will receive funds in the amount of $175,270 for several purchases and projects as its part of the $1,090,986 designated for Ohioa s Sixth District from the Obama administrationa s Recovery Act.

The man may appear in court in street clothes, but he cana t send a letter to one of his children.

Products & Services The Emporium at Portsmouth With some 6,000 square feet of floor space on two restored levels, The Emporium at Portsmouth houses not only an extensive collection of items selected by Kevin and Paul, but also antiques and collectibles of some twenty vendors and consigners.

Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 ; 08:01 AM Scioto County man facing felony charge WHEELERSBURG -- The Scioto County Sheriff office arrested a man and charged him with importuning.

Details are sketchy surrounding the arrest of a Portsmouth man on a charge of raping a child.

By FRANK LEWIS PDT Staff Writer Scioto County Prosecutor Mark Kuhn will recommend charges against Michael R. Thompson, 22, of 676 Naces Run Road, Stout, be dropped.

Some state employees gritted their teeth Friday while the Ohio Department of Youth Services staged a "fun day" for some young criminals at the Ohio River Valley Juvenile Correctional Facility in Scioto County.

A prosecutor has asked the Scioto County Common Pleas Court to dismiss arson charges filed against a volunteer firefighter accused of setting a fire in the Shawnee State Forest in April.

The Federal Environmental Protection Agency has released some statistics which are sobering for residents of Lawrence and Scioto counties in Ohio.

By Frank Lewis PDT Staff Writer An electrical transformer fire early Wednesday at the Duke Energy Hanging Rock Facility at the Lawrence-Scioto county line is not expected to affect energy production or ongoing plant operations, a Duke spokesperson said.

The government says a county in southern Ohio has one of the nation's highest cancer risks from toxic air pollution.

The US Bank of Minford was robbed at gunpoint shortly after 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 23.

A bank was robbed in Scioto County, Ohio this just before nine Tuesday morning. The Sheriff's Department says two men dressed in black robbed the US Bank in Minford at gunpoint, then left with cash in a truck.

The only thing left is names to be signed on the dotted line, and Scioto County will add to its current good fortunes 100 a oegood-payinga jobs.

Plans to build a proposed $1 billion steel mill along the eastern edge of Scioto County are still alive, even with a sour economy, a weakening demand for product and the mill's original financial backing drying up, a leading Scioto County official said Tuesday.

The reward for information connected to a May arson in Wheelersburg increased to $7,500 Wednesday.

Therea s more information on plans for a new nuclear power plant in southern Ohio.