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.

George “Billy” Wagner III is due in Pike County Common Pleas Court at 1 p.m. Wednesday for a pre-trial hearing. The hearing is the elder Wagner’s latest in the Pike County courthouse since ...

This is the latest in a flurry of filings by the state appealing Judge Hein’s decisions or seeking to have him removed ...

Just ahead on that road waits the fourth and potentially final defendant in the Pike County case ‒ George “Billy” Wagner III. Billy Wagner, 51, was arrested along with Wagner IV and other ...

"That's the most important thing."One year ago, defense attorneys asked then presiding Judge Alan Corbin to move Billy Wagner's trial out of Pike County, saying the case had generated a huge ...

Billy Wagner, like his wife ... focused on Billy's defense attorney's request that his trial be moved out of Pike County, citing an unlikeliness to be able to seat an unbiased jury, particularly ...

Billy Wagner has been in jail awaiting trial following his arrest in November of 2018. He’s the final defendant to stand trial in the Pike County family massacre. Over the years, his case has been ...

Pike County Prosecutor Rob Junk was elected to the seat last fall. Junk, however, cannot oversee Billy Wagner’s trial due to a conflict of interest. Junk served as one of the prosecutors on the ...

Pike County suspect George "Billy" Wagner III appeared in court Wednesday for a status hearing.It was the first hearing for former Brown County Common Pleas Court Judge Alan Corbin who will ...

He’s overseeing the pending trial of George "Billy" Wagner, the father of the Wagner ... Corbin had taken the case because the current Pike County judge is Rob Junk, the former county prosecutor ...

George "Billy" Wagner III is led out of the courtroom after a pre-trial hearing in Pike County Common Pleas Court in Waverly, Ohio, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. Wagner III entered a plea of not ...