Scioto County News Archives

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

The Scioto County Sheriff's office issued an arrest warrant for the arrest of registered sex offender.

The Ohio and Scioto County farm bureaus are asking voters to support Issue 2 when they step into the booth Tuesday, while animal rights groups such as the Humane Society hope voters will reject the amendment.

Franklin and Scioto counties had the most driving under suspension arrests over the past three years according to new statistics released by the Patrol today.

"It can peak very quickly in two, three or four weeks," Pediatrician Dr. John Ditraglia told those in attendance at Monday night's H1N1 Town Hall Meeting at Shawnee State University.

Students at Stanton Primary School in New Boston were treated to a three-day weekend when the district closed the school building Monday because of illnesses.

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.

Scioto County Sheriffa s detectives now say five children were in the house at the time that a 10-month-old baby was beaten Friday.

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

The Scioto County Sheriff's office arrested three South Webster men on multiple charges.

Illegal narcotics and drug abuse instuments confiscated. Sunday, October 18, 2009 The Pike County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of an assault occurring at 180 Good Manner Road in Piketon.

Scioto County Health Commissioner Dr. Aaron Adams received confirmation Friday evening of a second H1N1 case in Scioto County, involving a 59-year old male who has been hospitalized in Columbus.

The Portsmouth City Health Department is announcing that H1N1 flu mist vaccinations for EMTs and professional health care workers involved with direct patient care only, will be available from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday at the Scioto County Welcome Center, 342 Second St.

A heavy equipment operator for the City of Portsmouth flattens some of the city's salt supply to avoid clumps in this December 2008 file photo.

Constance Blocker, Dorsey Green, Jr., and Donald Entler were arrested, Saturday.

The Scioto County Sheriffa s Office announced Monday it has received more than $30,000 in grant money for local traffic safety programs.

A Greenup County man was killed in a shooting early Thursday morning in Portsmouth.

A Portsmouth man is being questioned in the shooting death of a Kentucky man at a house in Portsmouth.

Scioto County has recorded a confirmed case of H1N1 Influenza in a Minford Elementary School student.

The victim is identified as 43-year-old Carl Eugene "Gene" Smallwood of Greenup, Ky.

The Pike County Commissioners have decided to move their jail inmates from Ross County to Scioto County, meaning a loss of about $450,000 in revenue for Ross County, according to Ross County Auditor Steve Neal.

Pike County will keep their inmates with Scioto County instead of Ross County. The Ross County Jail is losing some business.

NEWARK - After 30 years of service to the courts, bailiff Bill Powell is reaping an award as one of two Licking County men honored by a statewide court officers association.

The Portsmouth Police Department wants to purchase the former Scioto County Juvenile Detention Center at 526 Fifth St., in Portsmouth, and relocate the Portsmouth Police Department there, at a cost of approximately $1.35 million.

Portsmouth City and Scioto County Health officials are calling reports of several cases of the H1N1 virus "unconfirmed." "We don't have specifics, but I heard there was a case in Portsmouth City Schools," Scioto County Health Commissioner Dr.

The Scioto County Domestic Violence Shelter will have its 19th Annual candlelight vigil in the Scioto County Courthouse on Oct.