Wheelersburg News

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

Phyllis Jean McWharter, 76, of Haverhill, Ohio, went to be with the Lord Wednesday May 22, 2013.

Phillip Dean Kaltenbach, age 59, of Lynn St., Russia, Ohio, died 10:50 p.m. on Monday, May 20, 2013, at his home.

On the heels of the arrest of Chadwick Gary on burglary charges, Scioto County Sheriff's detectives have made a second arrest in that case.

Tiersa Davis Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: May. 21, 2013 3:18 PM EDT Updated: May.

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

Exsell Realty Group has hung up a new sign in a new location on Center Street across from the post office in Wheelersburg.

Interment in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Jewel Craig - 2 p.m. Monday at Brant Funeral Home in Sciotoville, with callers 1-2 p.m. Monday.

A Wheelersburg woman has been indicted on a charge of domestic violence after being arrested for stabbing her boyfriend.

Edna Jewel Craig, 93, of North Moreland, died Thursday, May 9, 2013, at Heartland of Portsmouth.

Wheelersburg senior Brian Stires plays a crash victim as firefighters wrap him inside a body bag at the Wheelersburg School Prom Promise on Friday.

A Wheelersburg man is charged with stealing the property of an elderly woman. Derek A. Knight, 26, has been charged with one count of breaking and entering, a fifth degree felony, one count of felony theft from the elderly, a felony of the fourth degree, and a probation violation.

Edward Blevins of Citra, Fla. and formerly of Wheelersburg, Ohio, went home to be with the Lord on May 4, 2013, at Munroe Regional Medical Center, Ocala, Fla.. Born Aug.

Black tar heroin continues to make appearances in the area. Kenneth Shane McCoy, 26, of 3573 Tick Ridge Rd., Apartment 6, Wheelersburg, faces a charge of possession of drugs - heroin following a traffic stop Friday.

William E. Flanagan, 81, of Rosemount, died Saturday, May 4, 2013, at the SOMC Hospice Center.

Erin Wawro, a native of Wheelersburg, has been serving as a missionary in Brazil since 2005.

Wanda Joyce Welch age 80 of Wheelersburg died May 1, 2013, at Concord Nursing Home.

The Area Agency on Aging District 7 issued a warning this week after learning that individuals in Lawrence and Scioto Counties are knocking on doors and fraudulently claiming to be representatives of the AAA7.

Jordan Nickles, of Jax Theater and a 2012 graduate of Northwest High School, is the writer and director of "Alice's Wonderland" which will be playing this summer.

Tommy Joe Gifford, 60, of Springfield, formerly of Piketon, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at home.