2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (139+ words) HILLSBORO, Ohio — The Highland County Firefighters Association will hold its annual mum sale next week, offering fall mums for $15 each to raise money for the nonprofit’s firefighter and EMT training programs. The sale runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m....

11+ hour, 6+ min ago   (338+ words) WAVERLY, Ohio — A fire department rescue team pulled two people from a manufactured home that was torn loose from its foundation and dragged nearly 30 feet by rising creek floodwaters along U.S. 23 late Saturday, according to the Piketon Seal Township Fire…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (187+ words) PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — The city has set its official trick-or-treat hours for Saturday, Oct. 31, running from 5 to 7 p.m., according to a post from the city. Portsmouth, the seat of Scioto County and the county’s largest city, sits along the Ohio River…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (197+ words) PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Scioto County Prosecuting Attorney Shane Tieman published a lengthy defense of FLOCK Safety license plate reader cameras this week, telling residents in a Facebook post that the technology has repeatedly helped law enforcement agencies solve crimes and recover…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (162+ words) ASHVILLE, Ohio — The Village of Ashville will close a stretch of Harrison Street for seven hours Friday to make way for a special event, according to a notice posted by the village. Harrison Street will be shut down between Long…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (140+ words) PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Portsmouth police are asking for the public’s help locating a 54-year-old woman who has been missing since Saturday. Erin Spears was last seen around 4 p.m. Sept. 5 in the 1700 block of Coles Boulevard, according to the Portsmouth Police…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (279+ words) HILLSBORO, Ohio — The Highland County Victim Witness office is collecting new duffle bags, hygiene items and comfort supplies this month for children removed from their homes by Children Protective Services, along with care-pack items for the caseworkers who serve them....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (238+ words) WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio — Washington Court House’s Planning Commission will consider reviving a long-tabled ordinance to regulate short-term rentals such as Airbnb, along with several development proposals, when it meets Oct. 6. The commission is scheduled to take up an amendment…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (229+ words) CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — The Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office has a new deputy on staff in its Corrections Division. Sheriff Matthew O. Hafey welcomed Deputy Caleb Cox to the office, the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post. Cox recently completed the…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (150+ words) NEW HOLLAND, Ohio — The New Holland Police Department is thanking the Walmart in Washington Court House for donating fishing gear ahead of the department’s Cops and Kids Fishing event, set for 11:30 a.m. Saturday at New Holland Park. “We would…...