South Point News

It's still only a fledgling organization, but already the Young Professionals have focused on a way to give back to the community they hope one day to lead.

Nov. 5, 2009 South Point Veteran's Memorial Dedication Slated for Sunday Special to Huntingtonnews.net Boy Scout Troop 115 would like to extend an invitation to the community to attend a dedication ceremony for the South Point, Ohio Veteran's Memorial on Sunday, Nov.

The Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce/Lawrence Economic Development Corporation will be hosting a ribbon cutting as the U.S. 52 bridge overpass on Solida Road is renamed the "William A. Gaskin Bridge." The ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday with a ribbon cutting and sign display uncovering on site.

As first-time campaigners they teamed up to go door-to-door throughout their home school district.

One person listed as one of Lawrence County's most wanted probation violators was nabbed this week in South Point; another turned himself in, but only after expressing dismay at finding his name and mug shot in the newspaper.

Two women accused of drug offenses were among those pleading guilty Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.

Ita s been a busy three months. Lawrence County authorities have wrapped up a three-month investigation into alleged drug activity by securing indictments against 21 people.

Two people who made last weeka s list of Most Wanted probation violators didna t stay wanted for long.

An Ironton area woman accused of stabbing her then-boyfriend was among those arraigned Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.

SOUTH POINT, Ohio - Faulkner couldn't overcome five turnovers here Saturday afternoon, the last coming inside the Kentucky Christian 15 in the final 20 seconds, falling to the previously-winless Knights 22-14 in a Mid-South Conference battle.

Two incumbents on Proctorville council want back on the village's governing body as they face off with three other contenders for four open seats this November.

Another probation violator sought by the Lawrence County Adult Probation Agency has been apprehended - and he apparently knew authorities were looking for him.

It was a time for Lawrence County to give itself a pat on the back as the areaa s movers and shakers were honored by their peers.

For a while it looked as if there might have been a contender in the upcoming South Point Village Council race.

The Ohio Historical Society is working to get the sternwheeler W.P. Snyder out of Marietta and down to South Point for needed repairs.

One of four people who made last weeka s list of Most Wanted Probation Violators has been apprehended in South Carolina; authorities said they have leads on the other three people featured last week.

Steam-driven paddle wheel towboats once plied Midwestern rivers by the hundreds, pushing barges to feed the nation's industrial appetite for coal and steel.

The Lawrence County Commission Thursday agreed to sell its five ambulance stations to the Lawrence County Port Authority and then use the profit to plug a $440,000 hole in its 2009 budget.

Nothing is as exciting for children as that final haul of goodies at the end of a successful Halloween trick or treat.

Each year Girl Scout troops fan out across the country armed with boxes of Thin Mints, Samoans and peanut butter sandwich cookies.