Lowell News

STOCKPORT --A New Year's Eve Square Dance will be held Dec. 31, at the Old Windsor School, located on Ohio 266 in Stockport.

Cash donations are needed. The family is not in a position at this time to accept donations of furniture or appliances.

It was 30 years ago at Christmastime when a group of Ewing School preschoolers' trip to the mall to see Santa went heartbreakingly wrong.

The Portsmouth City and Scioto County Health Departments have been working with all schools in Scioto County to offer H1N1 immunization for all students pre-school through 12th grade.

With a pirate spinning the tales at the Washington County Public Library Monday, there was plenty of travel, adventure and swashbuckling for a group of local children, and some surprising facts about some of history's most revered pirates.

A Sunday afternoon crash near Lowell killed a Waterford woman and remains under investigation, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.

Beverly/Waterford Food Pantry, P.O. Box 7, Beverly; 984-2807. New Matamoras Food Pantry, P.O. Box 205, New Matamoras; 865-2990. L.A.M.B. Food Pantry and Thrift Shop, 309 Walnut St., Lowell.

Excessive speed and alcohol is suspected of contributing to an early Saturday morning roll-over wreck near Whipple that injured two area men, one seriously.

Registered voters who want to avoid the Election Day crowds have until noon Saturday to vote early.

Lorrie L. Dye, 90, of Bloomingdale, OH, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2009 in the Gables Care Center, Hopedale.

Thursday, Oct. 29, 6:30 to 8 p.m. New Matamoras - Friday, Oct. 30, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Belpre - Saturday, Oct.

A sheriff's deputy responding Friday morning to a report of disorderly conduct at a Beverly service station ended up arresting two people suspected of stealing items from multiple vehicles in Lowell.

It begins with the playing of the "Star Spangled Banner," but from there the Washington County Fair's version of the Olympics is...well, just a little bit country.

A Lowell woman was arrested without incident Friday morning, accused of trying to rob the Lowell Duke and Duchess convenience store at gunpoint.

Employers sharply scaled back layoffs in July, and the unemployment rate dipped for the first time in 15 months, sending a strong signal that the worst recession since World War II is finally ending.

Employers sharply scaled back layoffs in July, and the unemployment rate dipped for the first time in 15 months, sending a strong signal that the worst recession since World War II is finally ending.

Suspect description: Black male, 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, short hair, clean-shaven, wearing a white shirt and baggy pants.

The Washington County Sheriff's is interviewing persons of interest in a pair of early morning convenience store robberies in the Barlow and Bartlett areas.

Adam C. Holbert, 23, of Cedar Ridge Road, Lowell, died at 4:08 a.m. Friday at The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.

A Motorcycle, ATV Relay For Life Weekend is being held Saturday and Sunday at the Pioneer Motorcycle Club grounds, Waterford.