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Pike County residents protest auction of a middle school shut down for radioactive contamination
PIKETON, Ohio (WOUB News) — The Zahn’s Corner Middle School was shut down in 2019 after a study found radioactive contamination in the building. The school hasn’t been active since… Read More
Pike County residents pushing for radiation exposure compensation
MCDERMOTT, Ohio (WOUB) – Vina Colley has an air filter outside her home about 17 miles south of the old Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Once a month, she mails it… Read More
A man claims in a federal lawsuit that contamination from a Pike County uranium plant caused his cancer
ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A Pike County man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming radioactive contamination from a former uranium enrichment plant caused his leukemia. According to the lawsuit, Joshua… Read More