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More than $152M to be made available for Appalachian cities on Ohio River
As part of the Appalachian Grant Program, Gov. Mike DeWine is announcing the availability of $152 million in grants to fund economic development projects along the Appalachian region of the Ohio River. The projects will focus on revitalizing communities along the water front - which includes cities like East Liverpool...
PALS to accept Q2 grants through May 20
The Portsmouth Area Ladies (PALS) are nearing another grant deadline, as they close quarter two applications for 2024. The group is composed of a plethora of dedicated women who live and work in the Portsmouth community and aim to improve the quality of life in the area through microgrants, and, sometimes, larger grants, based on scope of project.
Lady Mambas AAU basketball team to compete for a national championship in June
The seventh grade Lady Mambas AAU basketball team, based in Hillsboro with players from Highland and surrounding counties, had a successful weekend, placing first place in the Buckeye Storm Classic Tournament in Portsmouth. This tournament win qualified the team to play in the South Carolina National Championship Tournament, June 19-23.
SPORTS SCOREBOARD — May 3-May 6
SPORTS SCOREBOARD — May 3-May 6.
Portsmouth breaks ground on Market Square Park
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WSAZ) - Community leaders and elected officials celebrated the the groundbreaking of Market Square Park on Friday. The park will be constructed on the corner of Market Street and Second Street in Portsmouth’s Boneyfiddle District. “It started as a vision of my wife and I when we...
Kentucky man sentenced to eight years after child’s death on Norris Lake
KNOXVILLE – Norman Sturgill, a 62-year-old resident of Grayson, Ky., received an eight-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a boating collision on Norris Lake that resulted in the death of a child. Sturgill entered his guilty plea on April 30, 2024, at the Claiborne County Courthouse, where Criminal Court Judge Zack […] The post Kentucky man sentenced to eight years after child’s death on Norris Lake appeared first on www.elizabethton.com.
Morehead State space science center a 'hidden gem' in the mountains
MOREHEAD, Ky. — Recently Morehead State University was honored in Washington for its role in ensuring a lunar landing mission in February was a success. The Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus mission encountered troubles landing, and that’s when Morehead State’s Space Science Center stepped in. From a room...
Hillsboro drops games to Williamsburg, Manchester, Portsmouth West
Playing three games in two days, the Hillsboro Indians baseball team was defeated by Williamsburg on Friday (May 3) and then lost a tri-doubleheader to Manchester and Portsmouth West on Saturday (May 4) at PWHS. In Friday’s 9-4 loss to Williamsburg at HHS, the Indians totaled two hits and committed...
Sparks, Titans top Tribe in 12
HILLSBORO —Notre Dame’s Gwen Sparks spent a dozen innings of dealing, then just decided —with one swing of the bat —to put the Titans on the scoreboard. That’s because the tall senior Sparks pitched all 12 innings at Hillsboro on Thursday, and struck out a massive 27 Indians —en route to Notre Dame’s 2-0 compete-game shutout victory, in which Sparks’ two-run 12th-inning home run was indeed the scoreboard difference.
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