Piketon News

Marvin R. Kennard, 81, of West Portsmouth, died Monday June 17, 2013, at Hill View Retirement Center in Portsmouth, Ohio.

Four years ago, Tracy Bell was 21 when she was first on a waiting list to get into Freedom Hall at the New Beginnings Drug Rehabilitation facility in Pike County.

Children in Ross and Pike counties are more likely than adults to live in homes without access to adequate nutrition.

Sample some of the area's best pizza. The Slater Brothers will perform live music.

Worker safety has been a sacred cow for those subjected to potentially life threatening hazards at the place where they earn their living.

Former Portsmouth pain clinic operator Tracy Bias is scheduled to go on trial on June 24 in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati.

The leadership of Fluor-B&W Portsmouth have been meeting with the Scioto County Commissioners quarterly to update them on ongoing activities with the Decontamination and Decommissioning of the former gaseous diffusion plant in Piketon.

Douglas W. Davis, 39 and Tonya L. Burggraf, 44, were arrested and charged with illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for manufacture of drugs, a felony of the third degree.

Fluor-B&W Portsmouth is investigating claims that employees altered documents to cover up problems with radiation detection equipment being used at the uranium enrichment plant in Piketon.

Miami Trace finished 6th rank in the state. The Panthers who won the SCOL baseball title & a sectional championship are next in action Tuesday night against Warren Local in the district semi-finals at Ohio University in Athens.