Portsmouth News

Paul Joseph Howell, Jr., 59, of Wheelersburg, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2013, at Southern Ohio Medical Center.

The Portsmouth City Health Department has hired a new code enforcement officer. That officer's only job will be to write citations for those not following city codes.

As the nation celebrates Memorial Day this weekend, students at the Vern Riffe School in Portsmouth are celebrating another summer milestone - the end of the school year.

Margery G. Gowdy, 86, of Portsmouth, died Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at Southern Ohio Medical Center.

Portsmouth City Council chose Kevin E. Johnson to fill the unexpired term of Third Ward Councilman Nick Basham at Monday night's Portsmouth City Council meeting.

Tim Lawrence has been out of town visiting family. As he packed up his vehicle Thursday to come back home to Portsmouth, he looked around one last time.

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

Eighteen people have been indicted on federal drug charges. Nine of those people are from Portsmouth, eight from Dayton, and one from Lancaster, Ohio.

A Bill of Information was filed Wednesday morning in the case of a former Portsmouth firefighter charged with taking money from IAFF Local 512.

Dave was born Jan. 4, 1948, at Portsmouth; the son of the late Paul Haaf and Irene Haaf of Portsmouth.

Robert O. Jordan, 41, of 1437 12th Street, West Portsmouth was arrested on a holder from the Marion County, Ohio Sheriff's Office, for failure to appear for a pre-trial for criminal endangering.

Kevin E. Johnson, the only person who filed petitions to have his name on the November ballot to become Third Ward City Councilman, may have opposition after all.

Because of a little known ordinance, the city of Portsmouth has doubled the fee involved in the construction work being done at 3008 Willow Way, a house purchased by Scioto Residential Services for the housing of clients with disabilities.

Gospel recording artists Debbie and Kendall Woodard will be singing at 7 p.m. Sunday at Temple Baptist Church, 1148 Gallia Street in Portsmouth.

Calvary Baptist Church is now located in the former Central Presbyterian Church of 2306 Waller Street in Portsmouth, leaving the former location at 1118 Hutchins Street which had been the church's location since 1895.

Residents of Willow Way and surrounding streets spoke out at Portsmouth City Council Monday and asked Council to intervene and support the zoning laws of the city, in the wake of the announcement that Scioto Residential Services has purchased the property at 3008 Willow Way to turn it into a residential home for people with developmental ... (more)

The Governor's Office of Appalachia on Tuesday announced three grants that have been made available for water/sewer projects and community improvement projects.

Portsmouth City Council has announced the requirements; the key competencies; the position summary and job responsibilities.

The Lawrence Scioto Solid Waste Management District will hold its second annual free e-waste and document shred day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, May 17 at Valley Foods, 415 Market Street in Portsmouth.

Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich announced on Monday that $112.8 million - from his proposed a $1 billion rebate for customers of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation - would go to 3,800 public employers in the state of Ohio.