Community Stories!

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings Along Route 52 by the viaduct are the “Portsmouth” Hedges. Over time the hedges become overgrown...

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings Sitting on Gallia Street is a little restaurant that is well known in Portsmouth. Jim Dandy has...

By Del Duduit | Local Happenings I think I am in elite company when I say that I have coached two young men who have gone on to a higher...

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings At the end of Second Street sits a hidden treasure of Portsmouth, Ohio. Owned by Bill Harmon, Fork...

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings The Student Life Department at Shawnee State University is a major support system for the students...

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings The Portsmouth Area Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1920. It is run by a Board of Directors...

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings During the warm months, you will see people standing in long lines wrapped around the building just...

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings David Thoroughman is the recent winner of the Scioto County Sheriff’s Race, and will take office on...

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings Burnside Law is a Tri-State Injury Law firm. Their home office sits on Hutchins street right here...

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings Sitting on Market Street, is a little cafe named the “Market Street Cafe”. They are most definitely...

By Doc Dimento | Local Happenings Sitting out in the northeast corner of Scioto County, Ohio is a jewel of a business whose number one...

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings Perry’s Pizza Barn has been a local favorite for years! Owned by the Jennings family, they are...

By Del Deduit | Local Happenings Healthcare workers are being appreciated and celebrated for the job they do every day. Since the...

By Del Duduit | Local Happenings The COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll on the area businesses and communities all over the nation, but...

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings Mex-Itali is a local restaurant right here in West Portsmouth. Tim and Sherri Wheeler purchased the...

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings Friends of Portsmouth is a local non-profit community development organization. Founded in 2018,...

Local Happenings Doc grew up in a small town in southern Ohio and after some brief schooling at Indiana and Purdue Universities and Moody...

By Doc Dimento | Local Happenings The year was around 1951. It must have been around 11.00AM.  There was a hushed scurry around the...

By Audrey Stratton | Local Happenings Chillicothe Street is home to a pub that takes you to another country. Resembling pubs in Ireland...

Del Duduit is an award-winning freelance writer, blogger, and author from Lucasville, OH.  He is represented by Cyle Young, Hartline...