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- How a 14-year stray cat habit sparked police reports in South Point
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- Tuesday: A couple of thunderstorms, with a high of 90 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 76, low: 53.
- Thursday: Cloudy, cooler and less humid, with a high of 67 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Stray Cat Drama Explodes at Pet Store—Ends With Assault Claims, Threats and Police Reports (sciotocountydailynews.com) — A long-running dispute over feeding stray cats behind the Petland in South Point has escalated into conflicting assault claims, Facebook threats, and requests for criminal trespass orders. Lawrence County deputies took statements, reviewed surveillance footage, and forwarded the case to prosecutors to consider possible charges, including menacing, as tensions between the woman and store staff continue. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Kick Off to Summer Reading- Pop into the South Webster Library and Dig into Reading!!!
South Webster Branch Library South Webster Library, 496 Webster Street, South Webster, OH, 45682, United States
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See Ya Later Sundaes
Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth
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Baby Woodstock
Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth
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Bingo Night
Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth
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Class Night
Fairland East Elementary Proctorville, OH 45669
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Adult True Crime Club
South Webster Branch Library South Webster Library, 496 Webster Street, South Webster, OH, 45682, United States
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Computer, Switch and VR Gaming
Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth
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Planetarium Show
Portsmouth Area Chamber of Commerce, 342 2nd St, Portsmouth -
Tween Flowerpot
South Webster Library, 496 Webster Street, South Webster
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Sewing Class Series: Machine 101
Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth
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Performing Arts Academy Presents JEWELS →
Vern Riffe Center for the Arts, 940 2nd St, Portsmouth
6:00 pm -
Free Day Friday
Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth
2:30 pm
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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🗞 Nearby News
Ironton
- Remember, honor, reflect as Memorial Day draws near: Sun Messages (cleveland.com)
- Vesuvius rebuild continues (irontontribune.com)
- Stepping into their lives (WITH GALLERY) (irontontribune.com)
Wheelersburg
- Lou Ann Adams, 66 of Wheelersburg (sciotocountydailynews.com)
- Bishop to ordain seminarian at Cathedral (catholictimescolumbus.org)
Portsmouth
- Man Charged After Knife Threat (sciotocountydailynews.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because its horns doesn't work! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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