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Two Wagner family members involved in the 2016 Pike County massacre will be re-sentenced
By: Debbie Holmes | WOSU
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PIKE COUNTY, Ohio (WOSU) — The Ohio Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled last week that two members of the Wagner family convicted for their participation in a 2016 massacre… Read More
An agreement to purchase enriched uranium for nuclear reactors could fuel long-term job growth in Pike County
By: David Forster
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PIKETON, Ohio (WOUB) — A company enriching uranium in Pike County announced Thursday it has a potential new customer, which could lead to significant expansion and job growth in the… Read More
A company’s plan for a massive data center complex in Pike County includes private land as well
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Three weeks ago, a company filed a permit application with the state to build on private land in Pike County what would be one of the… Read More
U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno says SoftBank’s investment in Ohio is ‘very different’ than Intel’s
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Business leaders and government officials flocked to southern Ohio last Friday to detail plans for a data center so large it needs a $33.3… Read More
Federal, state, local and international officials break ground for what could be the nation’s largest data center in Pike County
By: Amanda Pirani | David Forster | WOUB
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PIKETON, Ohio (WOUB) — Pike County could become home to one of the largest data center campuses in the nation as part of a trade deal made with Japan last year. … Read More
A joint investigation leads to the arrest of a suspect accused in a Jackson County arson that injured firefighters
By: WOUB News Team
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JACKSON, Ohio (WOUB) — A Jackson County man has been arrested less than a week after he allegedly set fire to an occupied home in the county. Ronald Taylor, 34,… Read More
Meta says it’s making a major investment in proposed nuclear power plants in Pike County
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Meta, the parent of Facebook, announced on Friday a multi-billion dollar investment in a company’s plans to build nuclear power plants in southeast Ohio. Electricity generated… Read More
A Pike County mother alleges in a lawsuit that radioactive contamination caused her daughter’s death
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A Pike County woman alleges in a lawsuit that her teenage daughter died from medical injuries caused by her exposure to radioactive contamination from a former… Read More
A former Pike County police officer has been sentenced to prison for running a drug trafficking ring
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A former law enforcement officer in Pike County was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking ring dealing steroids and cocaine…. Read More
A data center is being proposed at the site of the former uranium enrichment plant near Piketon
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A data center is proposed at a site near Piketon that for decades produced enriched uranium for nuclear weapons and power plants. WOUB has been unable… Read More
Here are the unofficial results for the 2025 November general election in Pike County
By: WOUB News Team
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PIKE COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) — According to unofficial results, 21.31% of registered voters in Pike County cast ballots in the 2025 November general election. Voters in Jackson Township selected Todd… Read More
Centrus Energy plans to add nearly 300 jobs at its Pike County uranium plant
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Nearly 300 full-time jobs are coming to Pike County through a major expansion of Centrus Energy’s uranium enrichment facility in southern Ohio. The nuclear… Read More
Pike Water Inc. reassures customers their drinking water is safe after filing a lawsuit against chemical companies
By: Abigail Semple
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) —Pike Water Inc. has posted a message on its website assuring customers that although “forever chemicals” have been detected in its water sources, their drinking water is… Read More
Six Ohio sites have been added to the national Underground Railroad network
By: Erin Gottsacker | The Ohio Newsroom
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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Earlier this month, the National Park Service added six Ohio sites to its National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom — a program meant to… Read More
Here are the 2024 general election results for Pike County
By: WOUB News Team
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PIKE COUNTY, Ohio (WOUB) – According to unofficial results, 67 percent of registered voters in Pike County cast ballots in the 2024 general election. Voters in the county supported Republican… Read More
Pike County residents protest auction of a middle school shut down for radioactive contamination
By: Alison Patton
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PIKETON, Ohio (WOUB News) — The Zahn’s Corner Middle School was shut down in 2019 after a study found radioactive contamination in the building. The school hasn’t been active since… Read More
A man claims in a federal lawsuit that contamination from a Pike County uranium plant caused his cancer
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A Pike County man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming radioactive contamination from a former uranium enrichment plant caused his leukemia. According to the lawsuit, Joshua… Read More
George Wagner IV gets life in prison after conviction in Rhoden family murders
By: Associated Press
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WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. George… Read More
George Wagner IV to be sentenced in murders of 8 Rhoden family members
By: Associated Press
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WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man convicted in the killings of eight people from another southern Ohio family faces the possibility of life in prison without parole when he’s sentenced…. Read More
A jury convicts George Wagner IV in the 2016 killings of 8 Rhoden family members
By: Associated Press
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WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A jury has convicted a man in the killings of eight people from another Ohio family. The jury deliberated for only a few hours Wednesday before… Read More
A defense attorney claims Wagner IV had no reason to help in killing Rhoden family members
By: Associated Press
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WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A defense attorney for an Ohio man accused of helping his family kill eight members of another family says he had no reason to take part…. Read More
A prosecutor argues the jury should find Wagner IV guilty in Rhoden Family slayings, even if he wasn’t the triggerman
By: Associated Press
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WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor says the first defendant to face trial in the slayings of eight people from an Ohio family should be convicted regardless of whether he… Read More
Closing arguments slated in trial in 2016 slayings of 8
By: Associated Press
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WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled for the Monday after Thanksgiving in the trial of a man charged in the 2016 slayings of eight current and prospective members… Read More
George Wagner IV denies knowledge of the plot to kill 8 Rhoden family members in 2016
By: Associated Press
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WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — A man on trial in the 2016 slayings of eight current and prospective members of another family in southern Ohio has testified that he had no… Read More
Woman testifies that husband wanted 8 Rhoden family members killed
By: Associated Press
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WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman who helped plan the 2016 slayings of eight members of another family says the massacre was her husband’s idea. Angela Wagner made the… Read More