Scammers Trick Ohio Man, 81 – He Shoots Innocent Uber Driver
An 81-year-old Ohio man has now been indicted for murder after scammers tricked him into believing an innocent Uber driver ...
Read moreAn 81-year-old Ohio man has now been indicted for murder after scammers tricked him into believing an innocent Uber driver ...
Read moreSchool officials asked officers to do a welfare check at a local home after they heard screaming and crying in...
A sharp-eyed delivery driver saved a Lucasville woman’s life. He called 9-1-1 just before 10 am to report he could...
Two people died in a fatal camper fire on Henley Comstock Road on Friday. Deputies, EMS, and firefighters responded to...
Residents caught a thief in the act of stealing tools in broad daylight on Tuesday afternoon. A woman said she...
Portsmouth Police headed to the Party Time Bar on 4th Street just after 1 am when multiple callers reported a...
Just before noon, dispatch received an alert that a smoke detector had gone off in the bedroom of a McDermott home. At the same time, the fire department received multiple calls of visible flames and smoke from the home. Rush,...
Read morePortsmouth Police officers responded to 6th Street after a caller said a shoeless bald man was going door-to-door asking for...
The Scioto County Grand Jury indicted a 48-year-old man with 29 previous arrests on some serious drug charges during its...
A local gal with a love of bluegrass music is bringing the life of a country music legend to the...
An angry father claims cops used excessive force dealing with his daughter and that they forged a witness statement attributed...
A tip from a citizen led officers to the man suspected of robbing an Amish teenager at gunpoint. But cops...
Good neighbors played Crimestoppers to help cops catch a man who broke into a woman’s house while she was in...
A local gal with a love of bluegrass music is bringing the life of a country music legend to the big screen. Scioto County native (and SCDN correspondent) MJ Brickey is writing a movie about a bluegrass pioneer and is...
Read morePolice arrested a man out on parole for felonious assault for another violent crime after a report came in of...
The Scioto County Jail is currently housing 148 inmates. An arrest is not a conviction. All parties are presumed innocent...
Scioto County Deputies hunted down some bad kids to make them do the right thing. Just after 9 am, a...
Deputies arrested two sisters for domestic violence after a dramatic throwdown at a family party. Just before 9 pm, one...
A fed-up Portsmouth resident let garbage truck workers have it just after 8 am. The workers called the police to...
Family members and first responders came to the aid of a man having a mental health crisis. Family members called...
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