Lucasville News

Despite one fatal vehicle accident this holiday weekend, the Portsmouth Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol in Lucasville reported an overall drop in the number of traffic accidents this year from last.

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Jury deliberations got under way Thursday in the case of alleged Ohio pill mill operators accused of illegally prescribing thousands of prescription painkillers.

Law enforcement officers in Scioto County conducted a two-day multi-agency police saturation enforcement blitz May 3 and 4. Officers said they initiated 598 traffic stops, with 99 cases, including 14 drug cases with 11 felonies; one active meth lab dismantled; one stolen vehicle recovered; 20 arrest warrants served; 18 OVIs and 22 suspended drivers ... (more)

We have had some young people on the front page of the newspaper the last few days for all the... Officer questions convicted murderer's guilt: Marion Police Maj.

We have had some young people on the front page of the newspaper the last few days for all the... At top left is a frame from Bobby Joe Clark's confession video recorded in December 1998.

At top left is a frame from Bobby Joe Clark's confession video recorded in December 1998.

Those who attended Thursday's Federated Democrat Women of Scioto County spring banquet probably were not expecting some after-dinner music.

The owner of a Lucasville auto dealership has been arrested and $60,000 in drugs, $9,000 cash, firearms, vehicles, a fifth-wheel, ATVs, tools and many other items confiscated, after a long investigation came to fruition Thursday afternoon.

A Lucasville woman is in critical condition at St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington, W.Va., following a motor vehicle crash Thursday around midnight on Ohio 139 at Hinkley Hollow Road near Rosemount Hill in Clay Township.

It was like many other late Friday nights in the upper end of Rhodes Avenue in New Boston, said Rome Shoemaker, who lives at 4308 Rhodes.

A New Boston police officer suffered minor injuries when he cruiser was struck by another car about 4:30 a.m. Friday.

A SciotoCounty grand jury has indicted several people in potentially high-profile cases.