Two family members convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family have received lengthy prison terms for their ...

Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy determined Special Prosecutor Angela Canepa’s request to remove the judge ...

Three members of an Ohio family were sentenced Friday for their roles in the 2016 massacre of eight members of another family ...

Here’s a summary of the filings causing chaos and confusion in recent weeks: Visiting Judge Jonathan Hein took death off the table as a possible penalty for Wagner. That triggered the ire of ...

The fourth, patriarch George “Billy” Wagner III, is scheduled for a hearing in his case. He’s fighting 22 charges for the 2016 crimes, with a trial that had been set to start Monday in Pike County but ...

The visiting judge overseeing the cases, retired Darke County Common Pleas Court Judge Jonathan Hein, filed court papers earlier this week rescheduling their sentencing hearings for Friday, Jan. 3 at ...

In a Pike County court room on Friday, Judge Jonathan Hein decided to eschew the prosecution’s plea deal with Edward “Jake” Wagner and instead provide him an opportunity for parole.

Three members of the Wagner family learned their fate on Friday for their involvement in the Rhoden family massacre. Judge ...

Judge Jonathan Hein will remain on the bench for murder trial of George "Billy" Wagner, according to a filing made by Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy.

With the recent sentencing of Edward “Jake” Wagner and Angela Wagner for their parts in the killing of seven members of the Rhoden family and Hannah Gilley in April 2016, ...

Visiting Judge Jonathan Hein was assigned Billy Wagner’s trial and lingering matters for his relatives after the retirement of the Pike County sitting judge and a subsequent visiting judge.