Here’s One Reason the State Won’t Build Mental Hospitals
With a growing population of mentally ill individuals homeless and roaming Portsmouth’s streets, many of you have asked why someone ...
Read moreDetailsWith a growing population of mentally ill individuals homeless and roaming Portsmouth’s streets, many of you have asked why someone ...
Read moreDetailsPanhandling is a frequent problem at Portsmouth stores, and it looks like the problem is spreading out into the county. ...
Read moreDetailsA grandmother called 911 at 1 pm to say her granddaughter was severely beaten in a domestic incident and that ...
Read moreDetailsAn out-of-towner with no place to go seemed to think he could take up residence in the lobby of the ...
Read moreDetailsA troubled homeless man with a history of causing public disturbances on Gallia Street was at it again. Employees of ...
Read moreDetailsOfficers responded to Trigger Pass, just off 348 near Northwest Schools, at 5:30 am after a woman found a bloody ...
Read moreDetailsOfficers responded to the Scioto Trail after a woman said she was cheated out of a slot machine jackpot. She ...
Read moreDetailsA disabled woman died in a house fire after a man said he dosed off with a lit cigarette. Thirty-two-year-old ...
Read moreDetailsJust after 8:30 pm, deputies responded to a report that a female hiker had gotten lost in Shawnee Forest just ...
Read moreDetailsA Wheelersburg motorist called 911 at 6:30 pm to report she’d seen a naked man running down the street. He ...
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