85-year-old Screams for Help – Deputies to the Rescue
Deputies came to the aid of an 85-year-old woman in need of help. Medics at SOMC asked officers to do ...
Read moreDeputies came to the aid of an 85-year-old woman in need of help. Medics at SOMC asked officers to do ...
Read morePortsmouth continues to struggle with the problem of sidewalk sleepers. Just before 4 am, the Kroger on Gay Street reported...
A man contacted police to say that he thought his family had stolen his gun. He told officers he’d been...
Officers responded to an unusual panhandling situation in the 800 block of Gay Street at 2:30 pm. Witnesses said a...
A very uncooperative customer caused a scene at the First Stop Market in Sciotoville just before 5 pm. The...
A woman in the midst of a drug crisis called 911 to say other addicts were stalking her. She called...
A man who had repeatedly harassed a local woman by calling in a phony story to police was at it again. The Scioto County Sheriff’s Office forwarded a call to PPD from a man who said his girlfriend had...
Read moreTwo victims were transported to the hospital via air ambulance after a car went into the creek on Big Run...
A worried father called CPS for help. He told the agency his children were living in a house in deplorable...
Police responded to several incidents of individuals, many of them homeless, disturbing the peace around town over the weekend. Officers...
Officers responded to multiple reports of people passed out in the area. Just after 6 am, Dorman Street callers reported...
Law enforcement says a 66-year-old grandma tried to be Fentanyl she intended to use to murder a man who lived...
Officers launched a manhunt for a parolee they say was involved in a road rage shooting. They say the 43-year-old...
Sixteen-year-old Kayla Pruitt of Proctorville, Ohio, died after a two-car accident on St. Rt. 243. The accident happened near County Road 2 in Lawrence County in Union Township. According to the Ohio State Patrol, just before 9 am on...
Read moreFirst responders sprang into action to search for a child having a mental health crisis. A caller contacted 911 at...
Ohio’s Fire Marshal issued a ban on open burning due to drought conditions, but a lot of residents seem to...
West Side neighbors called 911 at 7 pm to report some disturbing behavior. They said a man was standing in...
Deputies responded to two incidents of burglars caught in the act in two hours. The first call came in from...
Officers got a report of a suspicious person at Monroe’s Frame & Collision just before 3 am. When they arrived...
The manager of the Kent Street Apartments reported an apparently high man acting strangely in the hallway. The caller said...
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