West Portsmouth, Ohio

• Man Arrested In Gahm's Pharmacy Robbery
  

  Having a township deputy paid off for residents of Washington Township Tuesday, when an armed robbery suspect, already on parole for four counts of armed robbery, robbed Gahma s Pharmacy on Galena Pike, in West Portsmouth.

• Man Charged With Robbing Ohio Pharmacy at Gunpoint
  

  A Lancaster, Ohio, man is now in jail after allegedly robbing a West Portsmouth pharmacy.

• Trio arrested in traffic stop on suspicion of stolen property
  

  Three suspects were taken to the Scioto County Jail this past week in connection with property reported stolen from a Chillicothe business.

• Donations Needed To Send Supplies To Haiti
  

  Pastor Rick Phillips of Bethel United Methodist Church and Jude Isaac of Haiti help load medical supplies on a truck outside the Masonic Temple Building in Portsmouth.

• Journey Gets 13 Years For Beating Baby
  

  A man convicted of beating his girlfrienda s baby has been captured and will go to prison for 13 years, thanks to a cooperative effort by Scioto County Sheriffa s Office detectives and deputies and Portsmouth Police officers.

• Scioto County man indicted in Portsmouth woman's murder
  

  A man has been charged with the murder of a pregnant Portsmouth woman whose skeletal remains were found in the Shawnee State Forest last year.

• Vandals broke windows in several vehicles along 5th Street in West Portsmouth.
  

  Scioto County Sheriffa s deputies were kept busy responding to complaints of vandalism pouring into their offices from West Portsmouth residents Monday.

• Three Jailed; Charged With Trafficking
  

  Scioto County Narcotics Agents seized pills, cocaine, marijuana, firearms and a large amount of cash in making three arrests Tuesday.

• All Aboard!: Train Show Bridges Generation Gap
  

  In the history of Scioto County one thing has been a part of it all. If it happened here, chances are a train runs through it.

• Father's Table Ministry Preparing More Than 12,000 Meals
  

  Preparing to serve meals Friday afternoon at The Father's Table Ministry at the Salvation Army in Portsmouth, are, back, Zach Boyer, Tom Grashel, Monica Tevault, Becky Grashel and Jan Armstrong, and front, from left, Carolyn Duncan, Maria Paz and Jimmy Armstrong.

• Man Arrested For Child Endangerment
  

  A West Portsmouth man has been arrested by Scioto County Sheriffa TMs Deputies in connection with the abuse of a 10-month old baby.

• 28th Annual Sorghum Makin' Festival To Feature Special Guest
  

  John Simon points to some special features to see on his farm. The 28th Annual Old-Fashioned Sorghum Makina takes place this weekend on the John R. Simon Fifth-Generation Farm, 8721 Pond Creek/Careya s Run Road, West Portsmouth.

• International Fun: St. Mary's Festival Brings Out The Crowd
  

  Paul Thompson, left, and his cousin, Ron Thompson, both of West Portsmouth, take a break in the shade on a Fifty Street sidewalk behind their vehicles, a 1953 Packard and a 1949 Plymouth.

• Junior G. Adkins
  

  PORTSMOUTH: Junior G. Adkins, 78, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at Southern Ohio Medical Center Hospice in Portsmouth.

• Shawnee Wildfire Reported as Arson
  

  State officials have declared the wildfire at Shawnee State Forest as arson. According to an independent investigation by the West Virginia Department of Forestry, the fire that destroyed over 2,800 acres back in April was intentionally set.

• Portsmouth Man Arrested on Charges of Rape
  

  Christopher Adkins, 36, of Portsmouth has been charged with one count of first degree felony.

City Description

West Portsmouth is a census-designated place (CDP) in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,458 at the 2000 census. The citizens of West Portsmouth are served by the Washington-Nile Local School District (Portsmouth West High School). West Portsmouth is located at 38°45′30″N 83°1′55″W / 38.75833°N 83.03194°W / 38.75833; -83.03194 (38.758427, -83.031863). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.8 square miles (12.3 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,458 people, 1,368 households, and 995 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 728.5 people per square mile (281.1/km²). There were 1,472 housing units at an average density of 310.1/sq mi (119.7/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.99% White, 0.09% African American, 1.47% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.14% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.09% of the population. There were 1,368 households out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% were

City Contained By:

• Ohio
• Scioto County

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 12.1729441186 km squared

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