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Fire injures Union man, destroys home

UNION TOWNSHIP — Chesapeake-Union Volunteer Fire Chief Ed Webb said he and his firefighters had been saying recently things had been very quiet lately with ... Read more

Fair board bonds get go ahead

ROME TOWNSHIP — The crossed T’s and dotted I’s have it. Now the county commissioners and the fair board can go forward in getting the ... Read more

Businessman wants yes or no on development plans for former school

SOUTH POINT — Local businessman Joe Freeman is asking for a months-long dispute over development plans to come to an end. Freeman asked the South ... Read more

City council to consider fee, tax ordinances Thursday

Money matters dominate Thursday’s Ironton City Council agenda. Council will give second reading to an ordinance that would reestablish the city’s municipal fee and second ... Read more

Fire, police chiefs talk equipment needs

Can’t base future funding on grants COAL GROVE — Despite repeated, and denied, efforts for grant money, the Coal Grove police and fire chiefs have ... Read more  | 5 comments

  1. D-B district gets energy rebate check
  2. Industrial park to award bid for spec building
  3. Victim in Chesapeake shooting dies
  4. Main Street-style program pitched to city | 2 comments
  5. Ironton teen recovering from double lung transplant
  6. Ky. woman violates parole, gets prison time
  7. Dollars and Sense
  8. Shooting sends two to hospital
  9. Department heads defend budget | 2 comments
  10. Commissioners keep fighting for SEOEMS money | 1 comment
  11. Body ID’d as man who fled OSHP during traffic stop
  12. Arraignments fill common pleas docket | 1 comment
  13. Presbyterian Church in Ironton offers special Lenten series
  14. Students share knowledge at fair
  15. Tonnage bill could have local effect
  16. Man sentenced for assault on Necco residents
  17. Arraignments dominate Wednesday court docket
  18. Boating safety course offered in West Portsmouth
  19. News in Brief – 2/2/12
  20. SSU hall of fame banquet and homecoming set
  21. Local MU students participate in Undergraduate Research Day at the State Capitol
  22. DeWine won’t help county with SEOEMS debt | 3 comments
  23. KDMC offers to donate building
  24. Proctorville musician to be part of animal shelter fundraiser

Sports

Late touchdown lifts Giants over Patriots to win Super Bowl, 21-17

Late touchdown lifts Giants over Patriots to win Super Bowl, 21-17

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Take that, Brady. You too, Peyton. Eli Manning is the big man in the NFL after one-upping Tom Brady and leading the New ... Read more

  1. OHSAA Girls’ Sectional Basketball Pairings
  2. Panthers down Miners
  3. Hornets top Devils 64-52

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Mission of hope, helping

Mission of hope, helping

This was no end-of-summer vacation; this was a genuine mission. Recently, 27 people from the Tri-State made a nine-day trip to the Central American nation ... Read more

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Editorials

Citizens must make choices on services

The Village of Coal Grove is facing the same challenge as many other small communities across Ohio and even the entire nation: How to pay ... Read more | 2 comments

Opinions

We can make Ironton a destination

Not that he has an attitude problem, but Steve Call likes telling people where they can ... Read more | 1 comment

Life

Radio celebrity exchanges mike for management job

Radio celebrity exchanges mike for management job

They were words J.B. Miller never expected to hear: He was out of a job. But that’s what happened when the veteran radio personality was ... Read more | 2 comments

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Bridge back on track

Meeting between ODOT, mayor fruitful The bridge is back on track. Six weeks after announcing the Ironton-Russell Bridge project would be pushed back until summer ... Read more | 5 comments

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