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Teen reveals alleged abuse by “cult-like” family

ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) -- The brother of an Athens County girl who alleged a long history of sexual abuse within her family pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of felonious assault and child endangering.

A member of a family involved in a high-profile sexual abuse case has pleaded guilty to reduced charges, apparently in exchange for testimony against his parents and older brother.

Concealing the Deliberate Israeli Attack I’m not exactly sure when I first heard of the Liberty incident of 1967. The story was certainly a dramatic one, the attack upon an almost defenseless American intelligence ship by Israel’s air and naval forces late in the Six Day War fought against several Arab states. Over 200 American servicemen were killed or wounded by Israeli machine-guns, rockets, napalm, and torpedos, representing our greatest naval loss of life since World War II. Only tremendous luck and the heroic actions of the sailors prevented the Liberty from being sunk with all h...

A Chillicothe man was found guilty on Friday to two of four rape counts in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Grant Sims, 25, of Chillicothe and formerly of Athens, was found guilty after four days of trial and four hours of jury deliberation, according to a press release from the Athens County Prosecuting Attorney's office. Sims was indicted in February 2020 on four counts of rape, each first-degree felonies, as well as fifth-degree felony theft and fourth-degree felony identity fraud. Sims previously pleaded guilty to the latter two charges. He now faces up to 28 years in prison. The four ra...