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Couple sentenced to 23 total years in jail
A Lucasville couple will spend a total of 23 years between them in prison. Scioto County Common Pleas Court Judge Howard H. Harcha III sentenced Scott Creech, 52, of 1956 Blue Run Road, Lucasville, to 19 years ...
Cleveland man indicted in 2005 fire that killed 9 at children's sleepover
A Cleveland man was indicted today in the worst mass murder in the city's history, a fire that killed eight children and a mother and stunned the city.
Scioto County Career Technical Center is asking voters to approve a renewal maintenance levy during the November election.
The Lucasville riot, 15 years later
It's hard to believe that the prison riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville happened fifteen years ago.
T.W. Allen - Daily Times Lee Howe, shown above with his fiance, Rachel Stamper, was working on an installation job at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on the morning of Sept.
Galloway raises money for charity
Ronald Galloway doesn't hesitate in answering the question of who his hero is. "It's Jerry Lewis." he said.
Youngstown native makes his mark as documentarian
' Derrick Jones is headed north, from the campus of Ohio University to Toledo, to meet again with the wife of a death row inmate.
Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers have confiscated powder cocaine with a street value of $77,500 and placed a Columbus woman under arrest.
Grooms in need of gift of life
Life was going along great for Jami and John Grooms of Lucasville. They were both school teachers, active in the community and involved with their students and fellow faculty members.
Woman arraigned in cyclist's death
A Scioto County woman was arraigned in a Pike County court Monday, on charges of leaving the scene of a fatal accident when she fatally struck a cyclist during Tour of the Scioto River Valley in May.
More than five years ago, Richard Wade Cooey was primed for execution. In the summer of 2003, his clemency was denied by then-Gov. Bob Taft and weeks later, he was moved to the death-house cell at the Southern ...
The following people were booked into Fairfield County Jail from Friday to Monday.
Strickland appoints Adkins to society's board of trustees
PDT Staff Report Gov. Ted Strickland has appointed Thomas Adkins, director of Garnet A. Wilson Public Library of Pike County, to the Ohio Historical Society Board of Trustees.
A Pike County grand jury has indicted six people on charges filed by Ohio State Highway Patrol Chillicothe Post in a fatal 2007 crash that killed Scott M. Jones of Lucasville.
Rarden maintains village identity
One summer day, Drusilla Walker was picking blackberries near a stream that ran through a field north of Rarden when a bear forced her up a small birch.
Local yard sales bring shoppers
PDT Staff Writer It may have been the first of August but Olivia Frasure was doing some Christmas shopping.
A woman who had just left the Scioto County Fair was robbed at gunpoint Thursday night.
For the first time ever, alpacas are being shown at the Scioto County Fair. "I got interested in them about a year ago, and a friend of mine over here, Steve Johnson, who, with his wife, got the fair board ...
Chaffin named Junior Fair Queen
The 2008 Scioto County Junior Fair Queen is Kelly Marie Chaffin of Wheelersburg.
Luke Bryan coming to Scioto County Fair
Georgia native Luke Bryan will perform at the Scioto County Fair in Lucasville at 8 p.m. Monday.