West Portsmouth News

Preparing to serve meals Friday afternoon at The Father's Table Ministry at the Salvation Army in Portsmouth, are, back, Zach Boyer, Tom Grashel, Monica Tevault, Becky Grashel and Jan Armstrong, and front, from left, Carolyn Duncan, Maria Paz and Jimmy Armstrong.

A West Portsmouth man has been arrested by Scioto County Sheriffa TMs Deputies in connection with the abuse of a 10-month old baby.

John Simon points to some special features to see on his farm. The 28th Annual Old-Fashioned Sorghum Makina takes place this weekend on the John R. Simon Fifth-Generation Farm, 8721 Pond Creek/Careya s Run Road, West Portsmouth.

Paul Thompson, left, and his cousin, Ron Thompson, both of West Portsmouth, take a break in the shade on a Fifty Street sidewalk behind their vehicles, a 1953 Packard and a 1949 Plymouth.

PORTSMOUTH: Junior G. Adkins, 78, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Southern Ohio Medical Center Hospice in Portsmouth.

State officials have declared the wildfire at Shawnee State Forest as arson. According to an independent investigation by the West Virginia Department of Forestry, the fire that destroyed over 2,800 acres back in April was intentionally set.

Christopher Adkins, 36, of Portsmouth has been charged with one count of first degree felony.

A Piketon man was among two people arrested - one of whom broke his leg while fleeing officers - just before midnight Thursday on Center Street in Lucasville on charges of possession of articles used to manufacture methaphetamine.

A Piketon man was among two people arrested - one of whom broke his leg while fleeing officers - just before midnight Thursday on Center Street in Lucasville on charges of possession of articles used to manufacture methaphetamine.

A Piketon man was among two people arrested - one of whom broke his leg while fleeing officers - just before midnight Thursday on Center Street in Lucasville on charges of possession of articles used to manufacture methaphetamine.

A Piketon man was among two people arrested - one of whom broke his leg while fleeing officers - just before midnight Thursday on Center Street in Lucasville on charges of possession of articles used to manufacture methaphetamine.

A Piketon man was among two people arrested - one of whom broke his leg while fleeing officers - just before midnight Thursday on Center Street in Lucasville on charges of possession of articles used to manufacture methamphetamines.

Two more people received stiff fines for dumping non-recyclable items in a recycle dumpster at the West Side IGA store.

Portsmouth Police now say they have solved two more robberies with the arrest by Scioto County Sheriff's deputies earlier this week of a West Portsmouth man on another robbery charge.

An attentive citizena s help has led to the arrest of a man charged with the robbery of a West Portsmouth grocery store.

Judge William T. Marshall has made it official. Marshall signed the document dismissing the charges filed against Michael Thompson, 22, of 676 Naces Run Road, Stout.

Darren McNeil, center, of West Portsmouth watches a TV monitor in the back of the Mount Zion Worship and Fine Arts Center for a better view of the deployment ceremony involving his stepson, Pvt.

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- The Soldiers of the 7th Engineer Dive Detachment are back on dry land, following 10 days of a dive re-certification training exercise, May 11 through 22, in the coastal waters off the big island of Hawaii.

By G. SAM PIATT PDT Staff Writer The forest fire arson case against a West Portsmouth firefighter is expected to be presented to Prosecutor Mark Kuhn within the next two weeks for his evaluation, meaning the grand jury won't get the case - if indeed it does - until after the Fourth of July The Scioto County Grand Jury is not expected to meet until ...

Camry Carpenter, going on 2, and her father, Ryan Carpenter, of Lucasville, met Smokey and Sparky at the Scioto County Safety Day in New Boston.