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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.
Gallery: Construction at The Point
Construction continues on a transportation project at The Point in South Point, Ohio.
CHARLESTON — A lawyer handling two wrongful-death lawsuits says evidence collected so far inside the Upper Big Branch mine could be compromised because of revelations that two Massey Energy managers were underground for nearly four hours after the deadly April 5 blast.
College Football Preview
Check in with all your favorite college football teams to see what's on the horizon for the 2010 season.
High School Football Preview
Check out previews of all of the Tri-State's high school football squads for 2010.
MU Back to School
Whether you are an incoming freshman or a veteran at Marshall, there are a few things you should know about the upcoming weeks. Check here for more.
Health Challenge
The Huntington Health Revolution is a 90-Day Challenge that is a lifestyle change plan. Are you ready for the challenge?
Marshall Plane Crash
Check here to find original stories, photo galleries, victim information and coverage of the filming of the 2006 movie "We Are Marshall."
100 Years of History
A look back at 100 years of Tri-State history through The Herald-Dispatch. Ten of the biggest stories of the last 100 years in our area, as voted on by readers, plus hundreds of photos.
Purchase a photo reprint
Our professional photographers are always out and about in the Tri-State. If you know of an image you would like to purchase, click here to fill out the form.
Bride Guide 2010
Need advice on planning your upcoming nuptials? Check out the Bride Guide, which includes a rich list of possible wedding reception sites, sorted by seating limits.
Tri-State Visitors' Guide
Check out great shopping, dining, lodging and other entertainment opportunities in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky.
Tri-State's Wanted
The Herald-Dispatch's “Tri-State’s Wanted” list has featured several fugitives since June 2006, many of whom have been captured.
Send us your youth sports photos
Send a photo of your favorite Little Leaguer or cheerleader for our youth sports photo galleries.
Send us your pet photos
If they're furry, feathered or slimy, send us photos of your pets to display in our online galleries.
Birthdays and Babies
Want to announce a birth or wish a friend happy birthday? Click here to view galleries and fill out the form.
More Ohio News
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.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Contact and Website: Spikespisak@aol.com; www.votespisak.org/governor/
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.
