Ironton Tribune

3 days ago | irontontribune.com | Jim Walker

Published 10:42 pm Sunday, May 11, 2025 By JIM [email protected] — The score of the game will tell fans just how good of a game it was. The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings got a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge the Chillicothe Lady Cavaliers 1-0 in a non-league game on Friday. “It was a heck of a ballgame. Both teams played well in the field and both pitchers pitched well. It was a dandy,” said Lady Vikings’ coach Jeff “Odie” Estep.

4 days ago | irontontribune.com | Mark Shaffer

Published 12:00 am Sunday, May 11, 2025 It is the time of the year when Rotary members gather around the Rotary fountain in downtown Ironton to clean up. “Today, Rotarians are freshening up the Rotary fountain space,” said Sarah Simmons, the Ironton Rotary Club president. “It’s been here for decades and there are some bushes that are starting to look a little scraggly.”So, out came the bushes. “We are going to replace them with some native flowers,” she said.

5 days ago | irontontribune.com | Jim Walker

Published 11:29 pm Friday, May 9, 2025 By JIM [email protected], Ky. — In a game that featured plenty of offense, Ian Ginger was quite offensive. Ginger went 4-for-4 with a triple, home run and 5 runs batted in as he helped the Ironton Fighting Tigers rally past the Russell Red Devils for a 12-9 win on Friday. Nick Sites also had a big game for Ironton as he went 3-4 with a triple and a pair of RBI and Bryson Kerns was 2-3 with a double and 2 RBI.

5 days ago | irontontribune.com | Heath Harrison

Published 3:27 pm Friday, May 9, 2025 Evans hails ‘remarkable’ singer and songwriterSquire Parsons, a West Virginia native and member of the Southern Gospel Hall of Fame died Monday at age 77. Parsons, who was born in Newton, in Roane County, West Virginia, began his Gospel career in 1969, as a member of the Calvarymen Quartet in his home state. After graduating from West Virginia University Institute of Technology in 1970, Parsons served as music director for several churches.

5 days ago | irontontribune.com | Heath Harrison

Published 2:28 pm Friday, May 9, 2025 Local historian, educator Butler dies at 97Alongtime Lawrence County teacher, who, in retirement became a community fixture with her history presentations and work in genealogy, died Sunday at age 97. A Rome Township native, Jean Fuller Butler worked as a teacher in elementary schools, both in Ohio and Florida, for 39 years. In her retirement, she pursued her interest in genealogy, researching not just her own family, but those of many others.