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Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman announced Tuesday the arrests of a Lucasville man and a Portsmouth man on multiple charges after an alleged crime spree. 

SCIOTO COUNTY, OH (WOWK) – A Southern Ohio Correctional Facility staff member has died after an accident at a training academy. According to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction Director Annette Chambers-Smith, Corrections Officer Lt. Rodney Osborne was fatally shot during a training exercise at the Corrections Training Academy. Chambers-Smith says Osborne, a 13-year SOCF […]

Lt. Rodney Osborne was named employee of the year at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility last week, officials said.

Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman announced on Monday, April 8, 2024, that his office's 911 communication center received a distress call at 2:33 pm from a resident in the 7000 block of St. Rt. 125. The caller reported that two men were attempting to break into her house. Upon being confronted

IRONTON — Two people pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court in a drug case and face eight to 12 years in prison.

IRONTON — A Proctorville, Ohio, man admitted violating community control sanctions earlier this week in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court and was sentenced to nine months in prison.

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Ohio Attorney General David Yost, Pike County Sheriff Tracy Evans, Pike County Prosecutor Michael Davis, Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman, New Boston Police Chief Carl Compton, Portsmouth Police Chief Debby Brewer and Scioto County Prosecutor Shane Tieman announced that a Portsmouth man has been arrested on drug-related charges and a firearm charge. 

HAVERHILL, Ohio — Two Wayne County residents were arrested over the weekend on drug and weapons charges following a traffic stop, according to Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman.

Portsmouth, Ohio (WCMH) — A West Virginia couple was arrested in southern Ohio early Sunday morning during a traffic stop with multiple pounds of drugs and firearms. The Scioto County Sheriff’s Office said that just after 4:30 a.m., authorities received a tip that a Chrysler with West Virginia plates was driving recklessly on U.S. Route […]