James Ruggles Convicted in Rocky Jordan Killing
A Scioto County jury on Friday found James Ruggles guilty of aggravated murder and 19 other felony counts in the ...
Read moreDetailsA Scioto County jury on Friday found James Ruggles guilty of aggravated murder and 19 other felony counts in the ...
Read moreDetailsA late-night armed robbery at a Portsmouth gambling parlor has drawn renewed attention to the growing problem of illegal casinos operating across southern ...
Read moreDetailsFor the first time in months, the Scioto County Board of Commissioners will finally have three people at the table. ...
Read moreDetailsWhat started as a simple warrant service turned into a major drug and weapons seizure in rural Scioto County — ...
Read moreDetailsScioto County Commissioner Scottie Powell says change could finally be coming to the Wild West of recovery housing—but only if ...
Read moreDetailsA Scioto County judge handed down a devastating sentence this week in one of the region’s most heartbreaking and horrifying ...
Read moreDetailsThere are 236 registered recovery houses in the tri-county area of Scioto, Lawrence, and Adams County. That figure has shocked ...
Read moreDetailsA man wanted for rape in Akron is now behind bars in Scioto County, thanks to a coordinated takedown involving ...
Read moreDetailsScioto County is at a boiling point over the explosion of rehab facilities in residential neighborhoods. At the latest County ...
Read moreDetailsFor years, the Scioto County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) has provided, by request of the local media, a daily "chief's report," ...
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