STILL NO TRIAL DATE! Horton Case Delays Keep Scioto County’s Economy Stuck in Neutral
The courthouse drama that’s been gripping Scioto County for more than a year just hit another snag—and the fallout isn’t ...
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The courthouse drama that’s been gripping Scioto County for more than a year just hit another snag—and the fallout isn’t ...
Read moreDetailsJust after 1:30 a.m., a visibly shaken woman told 911 dispatchers that a large man had forced her into a ...
Read moreDetailsA late-night garage project took a dark turn after a man never returned inside. When his ex-wife climbed through a ...
Read moreDetailsWhat started as a brawl at Mound Park exploded into a high-speed chase, gunfire, and a swarm of police cruisers ...
Read moreDetailsA disturbing report has prompted law enforcement in both Scioto and Lawrence Counties to begin an investigation into an alleged ...
Read moreDetailsA woman’s urgent SOS led police to a tense scene—one that ended with an on-duty officer under scrutiny, a portable ...
Read moreDetailsScioto County’s newly appointed Commissioner Merit Smith got a taste of local politics at his first official meeting Thursday—specifically, how ...
Read moreDetailsThe manhunt is over. Jimmy Wombles, the 61-year-old inmate who escaped from a lockdown medical facility in Scioto County during ...
Read moreDetailsShe wasn’t violent. She wasn’t high. She wasn’t a threat. She was just homeless, exhausted, and out of options. In ...
Read moreDetailsA frantic search is underway for Laura “Mikki” Elliott, a 48-year-old mother who vanished after walking away from a Portsmouth ...
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