The Pike County massacre has been in the news since eight residents of southern Ohio were found shot to death in their homes on April 22, 2016. Seven members of the Rhoden family, along with one ...

WAVERLY, Ohio – Billy Wagner loomed large over his southern Ohio family. Hulking, combative, sullen and profane, he set the family's agenda even during long spells living away from them. He taught his ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two more family members convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family received lengthy prison terms on Friday for their roles in the 2016 shootings, as prosecutions ...

An Ohio mom and son branded “evil” and the “spawn of satan” have been sentenced for their roles in the mass killing of eight ...

Prosecutors are appealing the sentence for Edward "Jake" Wagner, asking the Ohio Supreme Court for a harsher penalty. Wagner pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, conspiracy, aggravated burglary, ...

Marijuana growing operations were discovered at some of the crime scenes where officials said eight family members were killed in a "pre-planned execution," raising more questions as authorities ...

Last month, when a judge delayed the final trial in the 2016 Pike County massacre of the Rhoden family, Wilma McCoy fled the courtroom in tears. Outside the Pike County Courthouse, the Rhoden sister ...

PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — Investigators already had whiteboards up, evidence collected and laptops whirring by the time one of the state's top crimefighting bosses walked into the Piketon Community Center ...

PIKETON, Ohio — A number of families have started efforts to gain custody of two of the children found unharmed after eight family members were slain in southern Ohio. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports ...

PIKETON, Ohio -- Authorities urged residents to be cautious in this part of rural southern Ohio heading into the weekend as the search continued for whoever fatally shot eight members of a family at ...