Calm Under Pressure: Deputies Talk Armed Man Out of Crisis, Preventing Tragedy in Lawrence County
What began as a terrifying call about a man threatening suicide and waving a gun turned into a remarkable show ...
Read moreDetailsWhat began as a terrifying call about a man threatening suicide and waving a gun turned into a remarkable show ...
Read moreDetailsThe corruption cases involving Scioto County Commissioner Bryan Davis and former Economic Development Director Robert Horton are still crawling through the courts — and ...
Read moreDetailsA high school fight that started over who was friends with who ended with a boy scratched, bitten, and bruised, ...
Read moreDetailsThe $34 million Portsmouth Riverfront Project just broke ground — but not everyone’s cheering. Local resident Herman Morgan says he’s ...
Read moreDetailsPlans to give Portsmouth’s historic Mound Park a long-overdue makeover are still moving forward — just a little slower than ...
Read moreDetailsSix months ago, Portsmouth City Council voted to move $4 million out of the city’s general fund to help finish ...
Read moreDetailsA heated argument between a father and son spilled over into school grounds this week, leading to a child protective services ...
Read moreDetailsTensions are running high at the Alexandria House PMHA Apartments after residents say repeated break-in attempts and encounters with trespassers have left ...
Read moreDetailsJust before 4 a.m., Portsmouth officers were called to the Alexandria House Apartments after someone reported strangers sleeping in the building’s common area. ...
Read moreDetailsA Mabert Road woman called 911 after accusing someone inside her home of using drugs and demanding that officers search the guest ...
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