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Ross County Sheriff seeking public help locating missing 79-year-old woman last seen Saturday
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — The Ross County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a 79-year-old woman who has been missing since Saturday. Rita Puckett was last seen at her residence on Cameo Lane. She is believed to be driving a dark-colored 2011 Chevrolet Impala with an Ohio license plate EE87UW. Anyone with…
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Ohio man who survived being struck by truck at Fourth of July parade wins $500,000 on scratch-off lottery ticket
FREMONT, Ohio — An Ohio man who spent years recovering from injuries suffered when he and his 18-month-old daughter were struck by an antique…
Waverly’s Parker Hannifin site: treatment system offline two years, carcinogen violations unreported, Ohio EPA takes no action
WAVERLY, Ohio — An Ohio EPA inspection of the former Parker Hannifin contamination site in Waverly has found that the facility’s groundwater pump and…
Multi-agency operation nets 18 arrests across five southern Ohio counties in statewide human trafficking crackdown
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A week-long multi-agency human trafficking enforcement operation across southern Ohio resulted in 18 arrests in Scioto, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, and Ross…
Scioto River flooding expected to continue through Tuesday as weekend rains push area waterways out of banks
WILMINGTON, Ohio — Area rivers and streams remain swollen following a weekend of heavy rainfall, with the National Weather Service warning that the Scioto…
Scioto County grand jury returns 11 indictments including drug trafficking conspiracy, felonious assault charges
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — A Scioto County grand jury returned 11 public indictments when it met May 8, Scioto County Prosecutor Shane A. Tieman announced…