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Education

OUS celebrates local leaders, students

Part of annual MLK Legacy Awards On Tuesday, Ohio University Southern honored the legacy of one of America’s greatest civil rights leaders with their annual ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Sunday, February 4, 2024 12:00 am

News

City continues ban on new group homes

Moratorium started in 2021 At Thursday’s Ironton City Council meeting, the members voted to continue a moratorium on any new group residential homes in the ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Wednesday, January 31, 2024 12:00 am

News

Donors sought as blood supply levels hit ‘dangerously low levels’

COLUMBUS — The State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services joins the American Red Cross to alert Ohioans about a critical need for blood ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 12:00 am

Business

Going full circle

Tal Callihan brings restaurant to Ironton It’s a homecoming, of sorts, for Tal Callihan. Years after he started working at C.R. Thomas’s Old Place, he ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Sunday, January 28, 2024 12:00 am

News

Police charge two Coal Grove with animal cruelty

COAL GROVE — Police said a call to their department over puppies, which were supposedly dropped at a home in frigid temperatures last week, led ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Friday, January 26, 2024 1:31 pm

News

Ironton could get parking deck by 2027

Mayor, business call it a ‘win’ for downtown parking situation In the next couple of years, downtown Ironton will see a parking deck put up ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Thursday, January 25, 2024 12:00 am

News

Oversized loads see increased fees

Council raises rates based on Consumer Price Index At a Jan. 11 meeting of the Ironton City Council, members voted to raise the rates companies ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Sunday, January 21, 2024 12:00 am

News

COG meeting set for Thursday cancelled

The Lawrence County Insurance COG meeting scheduled for Thursday at the South Point Board of Education Office has been cancelled. Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Wednesday, January 17, 2024 12:18 pm

News

Suspect in officer involved shooting dies

PEDRO — The domestic violence suspect who was shot by a law officer has died. “He has passed away,” confirmed Lawrence County Sheriff Jeff Lawless. ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Tuesday, January 16, 2024 2:25 pm

News

Domestic violence suspect hospitalized after being shot by deputy

PEDRO — The state is investigating after a Lawrence County deputy shot a suspect during a domestic violence call after the suspect threatened to kill ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Monday, January 15, 2024 12:00 am

Business

Peddler’s closes after three decades

Owner cites high food costs A simple, handwritten sign on both doors marked the end of one of Ironton’s long-time local restaurants. “Permanently closed. Sorry,” ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Friday, January 12, 2024 2:04 pm

Business

‘It grew into a monster!’

New Backfire Boo-tique specializes in creating for horror fans, haunted houses At just 18 years old, Tayen Poplin has started a brick and mortar store, The ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 12:00 am

Business

Council voting to keep commercial marijuana businesses out of residential areas

On the agenda of the Ironton City Council on Thursday, Dec. 28, was the issue of where marijuana can be grown or sold commercially in ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Saturday, January 6, 2024 12:00 am

Education

Returning home to help the community

Clay left Ironton, comes back to help with healthy outcomes Zoie Clay is the new Family and Consumer Sciences educator at The Ohio State University Extension ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Friday, December 29, 2023 12:00 am

Education

Symmes Valley Elementary named among top 1 percent

Symmes Valley Elementary has been recognized as one of 26 Ohio schools for exceptional student performance in the past two years. “There are currently 2,536 ... Read more

by Mark Shaffer, Monday, December 25, 2023 12:00 am

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