West Portsmouth News

The physician who worked at the last pain clinic in Scioto County has been arraigned.

Danette Louise Williams, 42, of Portsmouth, died, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at Southern Ohio Medical Center.

Olivia Lambert, 18, of West Portsmouth is one of 20 young adults in America chosen by the Samaritans Purse Youth program to help deliver Operation Christmas Child shoe box gifts to Mongolia in July 20-28. "I think this will be an awesome eye-opening experience," Lambert said.

FRANK LEWIS PDT Staff Writer A U.S. District Court jury has convicted a West Portsmouth, Ohio couple, Nancy Sadler, 49, and Lester "Ape" Sadler, 56, of operating Ohio Medical and Pain Management, LLC, in Waverly, Ohio as a continuing criminal enterprise, a crime punishable by at least 20 years and up to life imprisonment.

A U.S. District Court jury has convicted a couple of operating a "pill mill" in the Pike County village of Waverly.

The owner of a now defunct Scioto County pain clinic and the doctor who worked for him have officially been indicted by a Scioto County grand jury.

Two Ohio men were arrested Thursday after being indicted on federal charges they ran "pill mills" that sold painkiller prescriptions to as many as 40 people a day.

Both sides have rested in the trial of three area residents charged by federal authorities with operating an illegal pain clinic in Waverly.

Sunday, May 13, 9:30 a.m. - Sunday School; 10:45 a.m. - Morning Worship with Pastor Brian bringing the morning message.

The U.S. Department of Energy will host its next public information meeting about the Piketon DOE site from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Waverly High School, 1 Tiger Drive.

For the first time in 16 years Native American remains have been added to the Kalanu Native American Cemetery in West Portsmouth.

Victoria Howard, of West Portsmouth, browses mystery books at the Portsmouth Public Library.

He is scheduled to speak at the dedication ceremony of the 10th Scioto County Habitat For Humanity house in West Portsmouth at 1:30 p.m. Before that, he is expected to attend a ground-breaking ceremony for the new Ironton-Russell Bridge at 11 a.m. "We are excited to have Gov.

I am a cyclist that currently lives in West Portsmouth. I ride almost every day here in Portsmouth.

A woman working as a pharmacy tech at an area pharmacy has been charged with theft, and has reportedly told Scioto County deputies she has been taking pills from the business for six months.

Man charged awaits extradition from West Virginia PDT Staff Writer According to Scioto County Sheriff Marty V. Donini, an ongoing investigation involving the rape of a 15-year-old Scioto County female has come to an end following an arrest out of state.