Portsmouth police arrested a wanted woman after a brief foot chase in the 400 block of Campbell Avenue. The chase ...

A messy divorce and disagreement over who should be staying in the family home prompted a call to Lawrence County ...

Scioto County deputies were called to the same Green Street home in Wheelersburg twice in two days after reports that ...

A woman went to the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office after she said a casual hookup took a disturbing turn when ...

Misty Dawn Cooper 45 of Sciotoville, died Sunday April 12, 2026. She was born October 8, 1980 in Portsmouth to Richard Rawlins and Lorraine Evans Hammond. Misty was a retired Deputy Sherriff from the ...

Portsmouth police handled more complaints involving homeless individuals and the shelter area, including a man wandering around downtown and another ...

Portsmouth police helped track down a Hocking County man accused of threatening to harm himself and shoot up a church.

The Scioto County Jail is currently housing 165 inmates. An arrest is not a conviction. All parties are presumed innocent ...

A Willow Wood man told Lawrence County deputies he had a pretty good view of a theft from his property. In fact, he told deputies, “I watched the whole thing.” The man said he was standing on his back ...

A graveside service with Military Honors will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at 11:00 AM at Friendship Cemetery, 26933 US-52, Stout, OH 45684, in Nile Township, next to Friendship Church.

Janice “Dianne” Mader, 82, passed away peacefully on September 1, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. Dianne was born in ...

In Article Audio Player Ikey Ray Cornell, 48, of South Webster, OH, passed away Monday, August 31, 2026, at the SOMC Hospice Center. He was born February 20, 1978, in Portsmouth, OH to the late Lonnie ...