Scioto County News

Kevin E. Johnson, the only person who filed petitions to have his name on the November ballot to become Third Ward City Councilman, may have opposition after all.

Exsell Realty Group has hung up a new sign in a new location on Center Street across from the post office in Wheelersburg.

Your Doppler 10 Forecast This Evening: Scattered shower and thunderstorms mainly south.

On Tuesday afternoon, Scioto County Sanitary Engineer Joe Delong was delivering paperwork to the USDA for review on the Minford Sewer Project.

The Governor's Office of Appalachia on Tuesday announced three grants that have been made available for water/sewer projects and community improvement projects.

Over the last several weeks and months, ODOT has held meetings with local and state officials to update them on the status of the Portsmouth Bypass project.

Tiersa Davis Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: May. 14, 2013 11:24 AM EDT Updated: May.

The Lawrence Scioto Solid Waste Management District will hold its second annual free e-waste and document shred day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, May 17 at Valley Foods, 415 Market Street in Portsmouth.

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.

Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich announced on Monday that $112.8 million - from his proposed a $1 billion rebate for customers of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation - would go to 3,800 public employers in the state of Ohio.

Project DAWN has credited with saving its 14th life recently according to Lisa Roberts, Public Health Nurse with the Portsmouth City Health Department.

On the heels of an announcement by Portsmouth Mayor David Malone that the city is now in "fiscal watch" status, Portsmouth City Council will discuss voting to give themselves a pay raise.

The local unions have been critical of the project to install a new roof on the Scioto County Courthouse since it began and the scrutiny continues even after the project's completion.

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.

A Wheelersburg woman has been indicted on a charge of domestic violence after being arrested for stabbing her boyfriend.

Seven health care agencies throughout Scioto County are teaming together to host a free health screening on May 15 at the McDermott Senior Center.

It comes as no surprise to residents of Scioto County - ground zero for the war on prescription drug abuse - that prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in Ohio.

John Williams used to be shy and reserved. Then he went to Washington D.C. and spoke before legislative aides to U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown about Carl Perkins Funding which funds vocational schools.

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.

Ten juveniles and six adults were arrested when state law enforcement and the Scioto County Sheriff's Office raided an after-prom drinking party in Minford last weekend.