13-Year-Old Leads Police on Foot Chase
A call about an unruly 13-year-old turned into a foot chase through the Scioto Trail area before Portsmouth Police finally ...
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Dog Dispute Leads to Death Threat
An argument over a dog allegedly escalated into a death threat when a man approached an apartment resident and threatened...
Son Hits Dad After He Insists Its Time to Shower
An argument over getting off the Xbox and taking a shower ended with Portsmouth Police taking a 16-year-old boy into...
Driver Runs, Drugs Found During Traffic Stop
An expired license plate caught a deputy's attention, but what happened next turned a routine traffic stop into a drug...
Want to Help Shelter Dogs? Here’s How
After a year of overcrowding, staffing problems and repeated pleas for help at the Scioto County Dog Shelter, local groups...
Neighbor Refuses to Give Loose Dog Back
A Portsmouth woman called police after a neighbor found her loose dog — and then refused to give it back...
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Rent-to-Own Repo Ruckus
A Portsmouth man called 911 after he said employees from a rent-to-own company went too far while trying to recover property from his Harrisonville Avenue home. The resident told Portsmouth Police that Rent-2-Own employees had repeatedly come to the house...
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Suspended Driver Refuses Sobriety Tests
A late-night traffic stop near Mabert Road Baptist Church ended with a vehicle search, tow and citation after police said...
Bar Fights Lead to Arrests
Portsmouth Police made three disorderly conduct arrests during a busy stretch of late-night calls, including two separate trips to the...
Portsmouth Post Names Trooper of the Year
A Portsmouth native has been named the 2026 Trooper of the Year at the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Portsmouth Post....
Horton Case Returns to Court Amid Plea Deal Questions
After months of uncertainty, there's finally a new date on the calendar in Robert Horton's public corruption case. And with...
Dog Warden Called After Bite
Portsmouth Police ran into another animal-control snag Thursday evening after a man reported that a loose dog had bitten both...
Teens Accused of Break-In Attempts
Portsmouth Police were called to High Street just after midnight on October 31 after a woman reported catching two teenagers...
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Woman Loses Money in Fake Rental Scam
A Lucasville woman thought she had found a place to rent in Portsmouth. Instead, police say she became the victim of a scam involving a stolen real-estate listing. Portsmouth Police were called to Albert Street after the woman said she...
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Sheriff Joins Recovery Housing Advisory Committee
Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman is taking on a new statewide role as Ohio works to tighten oversight of an...
Busted! 11/06/26 New Arrests in Portsmouth, Ohio – Scioto County Mugshots
The Scioto County Jail is currently housing 149 inmates. An arrest is not a conviction. All parties are presumed innocent...
Boat Theft Reported on Walnut Street
A late-night report of a stolen boat quickly turned into a complicated ownership dispute after Portsmouth Police stopped a truck...
6 Felony Counts in Jail Attack
A man accused of attacking two Scioto County corrections officers inside the county jail has now been formally indicted on...
Shotgun Threats Rock Neighborhood
A neighborhood feud over a backyard fire allegedly escalated into a terrifying confrontation involving a shotgun, repeated threats and several...
$2.5 Trillion Vanishes as Investors Question the AI Boom
The $2.5 Trillion AI selloff that rocked Wall Street this week was real, but the bigger question is whether investors...
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