Pike County massacre timeline: A final trial after 2016 killings of family of eight

Eight members of southern Ohio's Rhoden family were gunned down in the night in April 2016. The case is nearing the finish ...
News Watchman

Wagner trial moved out of Pike County, no trial date set

George “Billy” Wagner III appeared in Pike County Common Pleas Court Monday for a status hearing. This was Wagner’s first ...

Billy Wagner's attorney to appeal death penalty ruling in Ohio massacre

George 'Billy' Wagner's attorney plans to appeal after a ruling reinstated the death penalty for his trial in the 2016 Pike ...
Scioto Valley Guardian

Billy Wagner: Judge says case is “past due” and needs resolved; plea deals being discussed

WAVERLY, Ohio — George “Billy” Wagner III returned to court Monday for the first time in nearly a year, facing renewed prospects of the death penalty in the case accusing him and other family members ...

Venue still in play as Wagner returns to Pike County courthouse

George "Billy" Wagner III returns to Pike County courthouse. The date and location of his coming murder trial remain in limbo.
AOL

Former Pike County Sheriff sentenced

Mar. 24—PIKE COUNTY — Former Pike County Sheriff Charlie Reader was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for stealing money seized from arrests and then covering it up. Visiting Judge Patricia ...