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

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

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit demanding that the Butler County Sheriff’s Office release jail phone call recordings and call logs from an accused participant in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George "Billy" Wagner was back in court on Monday after almost a year. He is accused of killing several people in the Pike County ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) — The trial for the last suspect in a 2016 massacre will be moved out of Pike County, a judge ruled on Monday ...

George “Billy” Wagner III appeared in Pike County Common Pleas Court Monday for a status hearing. This was Wagner’s first hearing since the 4th District Court of Appeals ruled that the death penalty ...

Update, 4:41 p.m.: Mike DeWine said drugs were not the motive in the Pike County killings, but there's "an undercurrent of drugs." Update, 4:35 p.m.: Children's services have stepped in, due to the ...

PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — A second member of the Wagner family has pleaded guilty in connection with the murders of eight members of the Rhoden family more than five years ago. Angela Wagner appeared in ...

WAVERLY, Ohio — A custody dispute between two families that erupted into the massacre of eight people in rural southern Ohio started with a plan to kill just one of them, a young mother refusing to ...

WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) — The trial for the last suspect in a 2016 massacre will be moved out of Pike County, a judge ruled on Monday. George “Billy” Wagner III appeared in court Monday for a status ...