Tag: Mental Health

A disturbing early morning encounter on 10th Street has once again underscored Portsmouth’s growing struggles with homelessness, untreated mental illness, ...

What started as a disturbance call outside Family Dollar turned into another reminder of the compassion and dedication shown daily ...

The smell hit first.  Then came the horrifying sight: 80 emaciated Dobermans stacked in wire crates, soaked in filth, and ...

The Holiday Inn on Second Street is supposed to be a beacon for out-of-town visitors—a comfortable place to stay near ...

Just after 9:30 p.m., Portsmouth police were called to Kroger once again—this time for a familiar face. Employees reported that ...

It was a wild night in Portsmouth as police and medics were dispatched to three separate mental health emergencies — ...

Just before the sun came up, chaos checked in early at the Holiday Inn on 2nd Street. Staff frantically dialed ...

Scioto County's emergency responders had a packed day on Tuesday, June 3, with a flood of calls ranging from medical ...

A late-night meltdown at a local mental health facility turned into a manhunt after a homeless man busted out a ...

A string of police calls over the weekend has once again drawn attention to Portsmouth’s growing homelessness crisis — a ...