Ironton News

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar had 23 new waitresses Monday night. The 23 Miss Ohio contestants were celebrity servers, collecting donations for the Miss Ohio Scholarship Program from 5 to 7 p.m. at the restaurant's Stander Avenue, Mansfield, and Lexington-Springmill Road, Ontario, locations.

Transportation officials have drafted plans for repairs to the damaged 12th Street bridge and are soliciting bids now, a spokesman said Friday.

The New Boston Village Council on Tuesday accepted the recommendation of the zoning board to approve a variance for Evangelistic Outreach Program to build a new facility on the corner of Stanton and Ohio avenues.

According to a Columbus Dispatch analysis of 52 new school buildings built this school year by the Ohio School Facilities Commission , 18 were classified as "over capacity." Among them is New Boston School.

Mike Asebrook of Asebrook and Co. Architects/Inspectors was in Portsmouth earlier this week to inspect the fourth floor of the Scioto County Courthouse to determine what walls were load bearing walls and which were not.

Gregory Cox, 32, surrendered to a U.S. Marshal's Task Force at his mother's home on County Road 24 outside Ironton.

Bowling Green, Ohio Cary Williams from Ironton, Ohio, has been named the new Executive Director of the NorthWest Community Corrections Center.

Heading into the Memorial Day weekend, motorists in southern and south central Ohio can expect to see gasoline prices on the rise.