New Watchdog Could Oversee Portsmouth Police and 911 — Will It Happen?
Portsmouth’s First Ward Councilman — and former mayor — Sean Dunne is pushing for a new citizen-led watchdog group that ...
Read moreDetailsPortsmouth’s First Ward Councilman — and former mayor — Sean Dunne is pushing for a new citizen-led watchdog group that ...
Read moreDetailsA disturbance at Doyle Landing turned ugly when police responded to reports of homeless individuals yelling and screaming — and ...
Read moreDetailsIt wasn’t just fries getting salty at Rally’s late Tuesday morning — it was a full-on confrontation that sent police ...
Read moreDetailsWhat started as a late-night scroll through Facebook Marketplace turned into a police investigation in Franklin Furnace. A man browsing ...
Read moreDetailsYou don’t have to go home — but you do have to leave the bar. That’s the rule that landed ...
Read moreDetailsA chilling text set this whole scene in motion. A Minford woman messaged a friend saying she was in danger ...
Read moreDetailsJust after 6 a.m., Portsmouth Police raced to a Highland Avenue home after reports of a violent fight between a ...
Read moreDetailsIt was barely past sunrise when things got heated on a Scioto County porch. Just after 7 a.m., police were ...
Read moreDetailsIt’s a story we’ve told before—and one that keeps repeating. Local hospitals are calling police, sometimes daily, to remove people ...
Read moreDetailsWhat started as a simple argument over a toy in Farley Square took a frightening turn when a 9-year-old girl ...
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