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IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The following information was compiled from Lawrence County Sheriffòòò½ÊÓƵ™s Office reports:
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IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Ironton Council for the Artsòòò½ÊÓƵ™ 2024-25 subscription concert series features six outstanding vocal music, instrumental music, and theatre performances from October 2024 through April 2025 and fulfills our mission of providing high-quality, low-cost, engaging, entertaining, educat…
Annual walk set for Sept. 26
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Eleven people were indicted last week on lesser felony charges that, under Ohio law, generally donòòò½ÊÓƵ™t result in state prison sentences.
DEERING, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Ohio Department of Transportationòòò½ÊÓƵ™s District 9 planning department is seeking public comment on a proposed project call for a culvert to be replaced on Ohio 243 between Deering-Bald Knob Road and Spring Branch Road in a rural area of Perry Township.
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” The 17th of nearly two dozen òòò½ÊÓƵœsuper loadsòòò½ÊÓƵ is scheduled to start Friday, Sept. 13, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
ROME TOWNSHIP, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” A bridge replacement project is scheduled at Rome Township Road 205, according to the office of Lawrence County Engineer Patrick Leighty.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, says many studies show a critical demand for trade and other skills, which do not require a four-year college degree.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners awarded a contract that will bring some $800,000 in improvements to the Lawrence County Airpark west of Chesapeake, Ohio.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” A Chesapeake, Ohio, man was sentenced to 10 to 14 years in prison Wednesday in a drug case in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.
COLUMBUS, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” The governor of Ohio will send law enforcement and millions of dollars in healthcare resources to the city of Springfield as it faces a surge in temporary Haitian migrants that has landed it in the national spotlight.
COLUMBUS, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were abducting and eating pets, repeating during a televised debate the type of inflammatory and anti-immigrant rhetoric he has promoted throughout his campaigns.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” A Coal Grove woman pleaded guilty last week in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court to escape and tampering with evidence and faces up to three years in prison.
WEST PORTSMOUTH, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” Two sisters were arrested last week on a charge of endangering children, according to Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” A new trial has been set for an Ohio man charged with 30 counts of rape of a young child.
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Dr. Singleton Park in Portsmouth, Ohio, has been awarded $100,000 in state funds to make improvements at the park, according to State Sen. Terry Johnson, R-McDermott.
COLUMBUS, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” An appeals court has returned control of Ohio House Republicansòòò½ÊÓƵ™ campaign purse strings to Speaker Jason Stephens, but the Thursday ruling appeared to do virtually nothing to resolve a yearlong intraparty dispute.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Ironton In Bloom announces the Yard of the Month designation for August 2024 goes to Mark and Andrea Harvey, 1915 S. 6th St.
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IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The following information was compiled from Lawrence County Sheriffòòò½ÊÓƵ™s Office reports:
Great Pumpkin Craft Show scheduled
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Appalachian region has higher rates of mental health issues than the rest of the United States, with the suicide rate being 17% higher than the national rate, according to a news release from Ohio University Southern.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Bond was set at $250,000 earlier this week in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court for an Ironton man indicted on 14 counts, including felonious assault and gun and driving charges, among others.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” An Ohio man was sentenced Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court to six to nine years in prison in a drug case.
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” Two people were arrested Wednesday on charges of pandering sexually oriented material, according to Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman.
COLUMBUS, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” Two more Ohio laws restricting abortions have been blocked by the courts as the legal impacts of a 2023 constitutional amendment guaranteeing access to the procedure continue to be felt.
COLUMBUS, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 22 Ohio counties as natural disaster areas because of the stateòòò½ÊÓƵ™s drought.
RACINE, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Gallipolis post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle crash over the holiday weekend, according to a release.
Usha Chilukuri Vance loves her òòò½ÊÓƵœmeat and potatoesòòò½ÊÓƵ husband, JD Vance. She explained to a rapt Republican National Convention audience how their vice-presidential candidate adapted to her vegetarian diet and even learned to cook Indian food from her immigrant mother.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Cutting down trees in the path of the $160 million Chesapeake Bypass is scheduled to start in October, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Lawrence County Prosecutoròòò½ÊÓƵ™s Office has been awarded a grant of $418,316.96 to combat drug problems in the county and help provide services including treatment to other drug offenders, according to a news release.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” An Ironton man was sentenced Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court to 54 months in prison in a drug case.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) has awarded nearly $659,000 in donor-established postsecondary scholarships to students across Appalachian Ohio, including three students from Lawrence County.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Ohio University Southern Student Nurses Association is calling on the community to make a difference by donating blood. Partnering with the American Red Cross, they will host a blood drive on Tuesday, Sept. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Ohio University Southernòòò½ÊÓƵ™s Riffe Rotunda.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” A Catlettsburg, Kentucky, man pleaded not guilty earlier this week in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court to charges of manslaughter and corrupting another with drugs in a case in which he is accused of providing drugs to a person who subsequently died.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The following information was compiled from Lawrence County Sheriffòòò½ÊÓƵ™s Office reports:
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Perkins Ridge Church hosts homecoming
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Oakley C. Collins Memorial Bridge connecting Ironton and Russell, Kentucky, will be closed for a month starting Sept. 12 for a preventive maintenance project to the spanòòò½ÊÓƵ™s driving surface.
ROME TOWNSHIP, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Fairland Local School District Board of Education is proposing an excess levy that òòò½ÊÓƵ” if approved by voters òòò½ÊÓƵ” would generate about $1.2 million per year over the next decade for additional school resources.
GRAFTON, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” A state prison in northeast Ohio says that for the first time in the stateòòò½ÊÓƵ™s history, a five-course meal has been served to members of the public with food prepared by incarcerated men from fruits and vegetables grown in the prison garden.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Lawrence County Animal Shelter has two unique projects underway: installing sound absorbing panels in the dog kennel and asking offices to foster cats.
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” The 36th annual Reunion Big Band will perform at Tracy Park in Portsmouth, Ohio, next month. Itòòò½ÊÓƵ™s a full 18-piece band made up of professional musicians from Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” A South Portsmouth, Kentucky, man was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court as part of a negotiated plea.
COLUMBUS, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” Dr. Amy Acton, the former Ohio health director who became a household name during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, says she is considering a run for governor in 2026.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” An Ironton area man admitted violating terms of his community control sanctions (probation) this week in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court and was sentenced to seven months in prison.
WATERLOO, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” Now that construction is getting ready to start on a $6.8 million water project in the Macedonia area, officials are looking to bring water to another underserved area in Waterloo.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Ohio University and all of its campuses òòò½ÊÓƵ” including Ohio University Southern in Ironton òòò½ÊÓƵ” are preparing to welcome students for the first day of the fall 2024 semester on Monday, Aug. 26.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The following information was compiled from Lawrence County Sheriffòòò½ÊÓƵ™s Office reports:
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Ironton aLive hosts concert series
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners has scheduled an executive session regarding contracts at noon, Tuesday, Sept. 3, at the courthouse in Ironton.
COLUMBUS, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Ohio Supreme Court should step in on behalf of voters and order a rewrite of ballot language for a fall redistricting measure that òòò½ÊÓƵœmay be the most biased, inaccurate, deceptive, and unconstitutionalòòò½ÊÓƵ the state has ever seen, argues a lawsuit filed late Monday.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Dates and special guests have been announced for Ironton Wizardfest 2024.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” An Ironton man faces nearly five years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday in a drug case in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court.
COLUMBUS, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” Backers of a fall redistricting amendment in Ohio vowed swift legal action Friday, after the state ballot board approved language describing their proposal for voters that they decried as inaccurate, devious and manipulative.
PROCTORVILLE, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” A new boat and kayak ramp has been opened along the Ohio River, said Lawrence County Commissioner Mike Finley.
COAL GROVE, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” The local branch of the National Wild Turkey Federation will host a dinner and fundraiser at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Lawrence County Department of Disabilities school, said County Commissioner Mike Finley.
CHESAPEAKE, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” New life is being brought to the more than 100-year-old Chesapeake Community Center on Ohio 7.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Ohio Department of Development and Ironton-Lawrence County Community Action Organization are offering assistance to help households stay cool during the hot summer months.
WAVERLY, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” Stephanie Gilbert has been named executive director of the Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission.
IRONTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The following information was compiled from Lawrence County Sheriffòòò½ÊÓƵ™s Office reports:
