Coal Grove News

County Road 1 is closed between the 9.32 and 9.48-mile markers for a dual bridge replacement project.

Independence Day is still a day away, but the celebration has already been going strong at Paul Porter Park.

Employees from Duke Energy survey the damage as a early morning fire is seen burning itself out in one of their transformers Wednesday.

Pot peddling will cost a South Point man 22 months of his future. Robert P. Womack, 40, of 1014 Fourth St.

COAL GROVE a ' With heavy early morning rains last Friday soaking already saturated grounds, the Rocky Top Raceway was forced to postpone the annual Summer Sizzler race until this Friday.

Family Fun Days sponsored by the Coal Grove Betterment Club will be July 1 through 3 at Paul Porter Park.

The project site is located just south of U.S. 52 and its junction with C.R. 144 at Sybene.

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IRONTON a ' The Graduation Recognition Ceremony for Ohio University Southern graduates is scheduled for Friday, at 7 p.m. In the Shafer Courtyard at 1804 Liberty Ave.

The Coal Grove a oeGold Seala basketball camp will be held from 11a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, June 8-12, at the high school.

COAL GROVE a ' Despite nearly two inches of rain in the two days prior to raceday, the Rocky Top Raceway persevered and was able to get the track ready to race last Friday.

It is only a test. The Lawrence County Emergency Planning Committee will test the countya s hazardous materials plan during a drill Saturday, June 13, in Coal Grove.

Filling the tank up is going to take a few more dollars. The price at the pump has zoomed up nearly 22 cents the past week to an average of about $2.46 per gallon in the Lawrence County market, according to AAA.

The competition was talented, but Coal Grove's Daniel "Oakie" Haynes made it through the first test.

For Hannah Lynd, her trip to the Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade Monday was complete when she spied - and got - her very own plastic trumpet she could blow as the procession passed by.

Small communities are often known to pull together and encircle an in-need member with a love and generosity that belies its size.

A former South Point High School Band Boosters treasurer was indicted late last week in connection with band boosters duties as well as her work as branch manager of a local bank.

St. Joseph's offense returned as the Flyers parlayed 10 hits and 13 walks into a 17-6 win over the Coal Grove Hornets on Tuesday.

Lawrence County's first-ever county-wide cleanup day was a success, Lawrence-Scioto Solid Waste Management District Director Dan Palmer told the Lawrence County Commission Thursday.

A new avenue has been established to aid a Perry Township woman assaulted and then badly burned in a fire at her residence April 29.