Franklin Furnace News

The grave of a World War II veteran is missing its bronze vase. About 140 of the vases have been stolen at Sunset Memorial Gardens over the last year.

The Ohio University Southern Equine Studies department is holding an Open House Family Fun Night on Friday, June 1 from 5 p.m.- 8 p.m. At the Ohio Horse Park in Franklin Furnace.

A Portsmouth businessman working to bring a large energy and steel plant to Franklin Furnace says the project is still on the radar and could, if all parties come together, be started within months.

A Wilmington man convicted of cocaine trafficking, and who apparently abuses drugs himself, will participate in community-based correctional facility programming as a part of his sentence.

Clell Elliott knows what he's talking about when he tells anyone wanting a college degree to never give up.

An Ohio man who started as a freshman at a university in southern Ohio more than 50 years ago is about to achieve his ambition of earning a college degree.

The winners of the 2011 Portsmouth Idol competition are, from left to right: Bobby Blanton, second place; A Foresta Shope, third place; A and Josh Stewart, first place.