A woman with a long history of arrests was headed for a mental-health evaluation Tuesday afternoon. Instead, she walked away before the ambulance arrived, was soon reported walking into traffic, and ultimately ended up back in the Scioto County Jail. Portsmouth police were called after a local mental-health facility said staff were in the process […]
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