A funding package is moving forward in Portsmouth City Council with the goal of building a splash pad in Market Square.

An Ohio lawmaker is attempting to ban those under 16 years old from using tanning beds at salons, and add more restrictions ...

Area Ladies (PALS) are nearing another deadline, as they anticipate first quarter grants of 2025. The group is composed of a plethora of dedicated women who live and work in the Portsmouth community ...

Mammoth trucks and front-end loaders are busy digging and filling a $650 million Ohio landfill with radioactive and hazardous ...

Local college students named to dean’s list Two local students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2024 semester at Baldwin Wallace University, according to Provost Thomas C. Sutton. The ...

Shawnee State University’s Dental Hygiene program in partnership with the Southern Ohio Dental Society, Ohio Dental Association, and state leaders will host the annual Give Kids A Smile Ohio event on ...

OHIO (WCHS) — Two earthquakes were reported in southeastern Ohio Monday. A 3.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded in southern Jackson County, Ohio, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The agency's ...

Residents said they're fighting a bad reputation since crimes — often sensationalized — happen everywhere, not just in Portsmouth.

An Ohio Senate bill would require public schools to display at least one historical document in every classroom from a list of nine, one of which is the Ten ...

The Portsmouth Police Department is planning to exhume the bodies of two newborn girls found dead at a city trash plant in ...

"We've got work to do. We're going back to work on Friday, and we've got a month to correct things," Oyster River/PHS girls ...