Three-County Manhunt Underway for Missing Inmate Who Skipped Jail Furlough
Law enforcement across Gallia, Scioto, and Lawrence counties are searching for a woman who never returned from a court-approved jail furlough. The ...
Read moreDetailsLaw enforcement across Gallia, Scioto, and Lawrence counties are searching for a woman who never returned from a court-approved jail furlough. The ...
Read moreDetailsJust after 2 p.m. Sunday, Portsmouth Police got a call that two men were stripping copper from a building in ...
Read moreDetailsOne of Portsmouth’s most notorious repeat offenders is back behind bars. On Sunday afternoon, Portsmouth Police picked up Arthur Swanigan ...
Read moreDetailsJust weeks after Portsmouth made headlines over the theft of a Democratic Party advertising bench, the mysterious bench bandits appear ...
Read moreDetailsMarilyn Rosemary Bailey, 62, of Ironton, OH, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 9, 2025, at UK King’s Daughters Medical ...
Read moreDetailsIt was a chaotic scene near Pap’s Carryout when New Boston Police called in Portsmouth officers for backup in a ...
Read moreDetailsThe Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly two-vehicle crash on State Route 7 that claimed the life of ...
Read moreDetailsBeth Ann Fite, 68, of Wheelersburg, OH, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 30, 2025, at Teays Valley Center Nursing ...
Read moreDetailsPortsmouth Police dealt with a string of unsettling calls this week, ranging from a man defiling a church fountain to ...
Read moreDetailsPenny Sue (Scaggs) Henthorn, born June 30, 1953, went to be with the Lord on September 26, 2025, at the ...
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