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IRONTON -- An Ironton Police Department dispatcher and her husband were arrested Wednesday and charged with drug trafficking, according to Chief James Carey.
IRONTON -- Jackson County has joined Athens County in voting to pull out of the Southeastern Ohio Emergency Medical Services ambulance district, leaving only Lawrence County in the district. However, both counties could rejoin the district before the end of the year if financial conditions improve.
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IRONTON -- In the past 18 years, only a handful of cases have been diverted and eventually dismissed in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court, said Bob Anderson, assistant county prosecutor. One of those handful of cases was held Wednesday in Ironton.
FLATWOODS, Ky. -- A Greenup County man was arrested Wednesday on charges he assaulted a female minor, according to the Kentucky State Police.
David L. Cornell et al to Katherine J. Salmon, 1.46 acres in Rome Township, $110,000.
Classes resume at OUS
IRONTON -- The economy is keeping more students closer to home, but that's a good thing at Ohio University-Southern.
IRONTON -- The following information was compiled from Lawrence County Sheriff's Department reports:
HANGING ROCK -- The next Business After Hours of the Greater Lawrence County Area Chamber of Commerce will be 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, at Rumpke in Hanging Rock.
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SOUTH POINT -- First Baptist Church, located at 101 Solida Road, South Point, invites you to an Old Fashioned Homecoming on Sunday, Sept. 12, for an all day meeting with dinner on the grounds, great preaching, special music, delicious food and dear friends.
Parents should cherish the time with their child before it's too late
I look at the two of them entering my classroom. John, my husband, has brought them to my school after dismissal. They now tower over the kindergarten sized tables and chairs. Immediately, my daughter blurts out, "May Jake and I get some candy?" "Oh yeah," smiles Jake, Maddie's friend and son of my co-worker and friend, Kelli Helton, "May we Ms. Hill?"
I was deep breathing in the middle of triangle pose, a wide stance with one hand touching the ground and the other raised in the air, trying to look up at the ceiling (as instructed) without losing my balance when I heard the mumbled, "This is so stupid."
Two residences chosen as Yard of the Month
IRONTON -- Because there were eight outstanding nominations for Ironton in Bloom's Yard of the Month Award for August, judges found it extremely hard to choose just one winner and finally agreed to split the award between two homes.
IRONTON -- Det. Aaron Bollinger with the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department was back on the job Wednesday after a county grand jury found insufficient evidence to charge him in an officer-involved shooting earlier this year.
SOUTH POINT, Ohio -- Five people were arrested and cash and prescription drugs were seized Friday night during a raid on a room at the Country Hearth Motel in the South Point area, according to Tim Sexton of the Lawrence Drug Task Force.
ASHLAND -- A grand opening celebration is set for 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at Select Home Care Options in Ashland.
IRONTON -- U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio, will be in his Ironton office to meet with constituents from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at 202 Park Ave., Suite C.
LOAD, Ky. -- Ky. 7 will be closed at Load in Greenup County the next two weeks for emergency repairs, according to a news release from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio -- The U.S. Grant Bridge at Portsmouth will undergo a series of routine inspections beginning next week as part of the state's annual bridge inspection program. The bridge will be closed during the time the inspections are under way.
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio -- The U.S. Grant Bridge at Portsmouth will undergo a series of routine inspections beginning next week as part of the state's annual bridge inspection program. The bridge will be closed during the time the inspections are under way.
The following information was compiled from Lawrence County Sheriff's Department reports:
FRANKLIN FURNACE, Ohio -- Plymouth Heights Church of the Nazarene invites everyone to attend a special event called "Lest We Forget," from 6 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11, at Green High School in Franklin Furnace, Ohio.