New Marshfield News

On Tuesday, the Athens County Grand Jury indicted 24-year old John Wayne Perry, II on two counts of Involuntary Manslaughter, one count of Handling Weapons under Disability and one count of Handling a Firearm While Intoxicated.

Authorities seized more than 600 pot plants Friday. NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.

Temp: 59.0 F Font Size: Over 600 marijuana plants are off the market in Athens County.

The fourth and final defendant from a Feb. 15 fatal shootout in rural New Marshfield has pleaded guilty.

Temp: 72.0 F Font Size: The fourth suspect connected to an Athens county murder case has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

Jury selection begins in an Athens county murder trial Monday. 17-year-old Abdifatah Abdi is facing two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of murder, both with a gun specification.

Jury selection begins in an Athens county murder trial Monday. 17-year-old Abdifatah Abdi is facing two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of murder, both with a gun specification.

A Westerville man was indicted for his alleged involvement in a crash that killed his mother.

Authorities claim that James T. Shrewsberry had been drinking alcohol all day when he became annoyed by the horse in the pasture behind his Vinton County home.

A rural Athens County man faces up to 28 years to life in prison, after being convicted today of murder and aggravated robbery for his part in a drug-related shootout in February.

The prosecution will be calling witnesses Thursday in an Athens County murder trial.

Attorneys for a two-county solid waste district have tentatively agreed to a $365,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit by an Ohio University student from Japan who was hit by a recycling truck.