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An area man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to two counts of statutory sodomy involving a person less than 14 years old.

A Union man was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for a September arrest for drugs and weapons charges, during which he fled from police.

After Bill Isgriggs was sworn in as alderman for Union’s Ward 2 on Monday, former Alderman Barbara Laberer formally requested a recount with the Franklin County Circuit Clerk’s Office on

A Union man whose toddler son died when he accidentally shot himself with a pistol was sentenced to prison Tuesday.

A date is set for the jury trial of a Villa Ridge man charged with the 1986 murder of a Sullivan woman.

At least one contested county race is expected to be on the August primary ballot.

A Gerald man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for child abuse in connection with a domestic violence incident from four years ago.

A Gerald man was sentenced Feb. 14 for abusing a toddler in 2020.Deric A.

After deliberating for less than an hour, a Franklin County jury returned a sentence of 110 years Wednesday for a Villa Ridge man who killed his girlfriend in 2019, then

A Union man was sentenced to 295 years in prison Friday for drugging and sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl in 2018.