A judge has dismissed the possibility of the death penalty against Billy Wagner in the Pike County massacre trial.

A trial of six men over an arson attack at an east London business that supported Ukraine’s war effort against Russia has ...

Prosecutors are appealing Edward "Jake" Wagner's sentence and asking the Ohio Supreme Court for a harsher penalty.

The state of Ohio is looking for a harsher sentence for Jake Wagner, the Pike County man who admitted to his role in one of ...

Prosecutors in the Pike County massacre case are urging the Ohio Supreme Court to review the sentencing of Jake Wagner.

WAVERLY, Ohio — Three members of the Wagner family were sentenced Friday for their role in the Pike County massacre in 2016. Edward “Jake” Wagner, his mother, Angela, and his grandmother ...

WAVERLY, Ohio – Throwing out an earlier agreement that would have imprisoned Edward "Jake" Wagner for the rest of his life without parole, the judge in the 2016 Pike County massacre case on ...

Jake Wagner pleaded guilty in 2018 to the murders of eight members of the Rhoden and Gilley families in Pike County. He was in court Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. WCPO/CONTRIBUTED ...

The decision as Judge Jonathan Hein announced that Edward “Jake” Wagner could one day be released from prison left people in the Pike County Courtroom in disbelief. Jake Wagner had agreed to a ...

Pike County Prosecutor Rob Junk said a transcript ... The death penalty is off the table after his brother, Jake Wagner and his mother, Angela Wagner, both testified against him for the state.

Angela Wagner is testifying Tuesday against son George Wagner IV, the first of the four Wagner family members to be tried in the 2016 Pike County massacre ... Edward "Jake" Wagner was also able ...