Hannah, 20, was engaged to 20-year-old Frankie Rhoden. They were among eight members of the Rhoden family who were killed in ...

The hearing went over a few housekeeping items before trial. Change of venue and severance of some of Billy’s charges were the most important items the court discussed.

His delayed trial was supposed to have started weeks ago, but Billy Wagner will return to the Pike County courthouse for ...

In late 2023, a jury found George Wagner IV guilty. He's serving life in prison. His dad, Billy Wagner, maintains his ...

In a press freedom lawsuit related to news coverage of a sensational Pike County murder trial, the parties are now arguing ...

Edward “Jake” Wagner and his mother, Angela Wagner, received lengthy prison sentences for their roles in the 2016 killings of eight members of the Rhoden family in Pike County, Ohio. Jake Wagner was ...

Visiting Judge Jonathan Hein sentenced Edward “Jake” Wagner to life in ... the Rhoden family in southern Ohio’s Pike County. Hein sentenced Wagner’s mother, Angela Wagner, to 30 years ...

George Wagner IV and Edward “Jake” Wagner. (Ohio Attorney General’s office via AP, File) Rita Newcomb, of South Webster, is escorted into Judge Randy Deering’s Pike County courtroom in Piketon, Ohio, ...

Hein recently agreed to move his trial out of Pike County, a small rural community intimately familiar with the case. This story has been updated to correct Edward “Jake” Wagner sentence to ...