THE Police Ombudsman is investigating the use of a Taser in Portadown. PSNI officers fired the weapon at a man in Shandon Square.

IN this week’s Portadown Times we focus on the tragic story of Portadown boy Jake Flaherty, who died just two days after his second birthday this week.

A FOUR-MAN loyalist gang from the Portadown area who used a Barbie typewriter in a £15,000 extortion plot have been jailed for a total 17 years.

AN Annaghmore firm has netted a £1m contract for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Clive Richardson Ltd will work on six football pitches to bring them up to global standards for the ultimate soccer tournament.

“THRILLED to bits,” is how Mrs Eva Armstrong felt when she was reunited last week with her engagement ring after she lost it in Portadown.

From checking the weather forecast ahead a group trip to emailing a friend some of the latest pictures of their grandchildren, the silver surfers at a Maghery community club are well and truly online after a free iPad training course.

ORCHARD County Primary School principal Stephen Blevins said he is “deeply disappointed” that the Education Minister has refused to overturn his decision not to grant the school an extra classroom.

THE Portadown Times is publishing a special supplement in this week’s paper to mark the 20th anniversary of the bomb which devastated the town in 1993.

A LARGE quantity of cash and £2,500 worth of suspected cannabis were found following a planned search at a house in Portadown on Tuesday.

A PORTADOWN man who sent 77 texts in breach of a court order was jailed for seven months last Friday at Craigavon Magistrates Court.

POLICE are concerned for the safety of a 34 year old woman from Moy who has not been seen since November.

JUSTICE Minister David Ford has congratulated five children from Portadown Integrated Primary School who were winners in the Youth Justice Agency’s Creative Communities competition.

A SINGLE stab wound to the neck caused the death of a 21-year-old Portadown man, a murder trial heard this week.

AN 86-year-old Portadown woman has made an impassioned plea for the return of her engagement ring which she has lost after more than 60 years.

FUNDING has been secured for a new £397,800 full-size 3G pitch in Tandragee.

A SCARVA girl has exceeded all expectations to win a host of equestrian prizes including a Northern Ireland Rider of the Year award.

A UNIT which ‘fast tracks’ patients at Craigavon Area Hospital has resulted in people getting the right care more quickly and avoiding a stay in hospital, a consultant has said.

THE Orange Order religious service planned next month for the Portadown People’s Park could be headed for the High Court.

DARYL Burke and his wife Louise dipped into the family summer holiday fund, faced a last-minute scramble for tickets and spent over £300 on air fares for what the lifelong Manchester United fan describes as “the privilege of paying tribute to Sir Alex Ferguson” at Old Trafford on Sunday.

TUESDAY, May 7 was the hottest day of the year so far in Northern Ireland, but there was crushing disappointment for families wishing to enjoy the sunshine in Laurelvale play park.