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CRIME & SAFETY
Athens County man sentenced to 20 years to life for rapes
Joshua D. Murphy, 35 of Coolville, Ohio, was recently sentenced to a mandatory prison term of 20 years to life in the State Penal System, after being convicted of a total of 10 counts of first-degree felony rape. In March of 2023, law enforcement officers received information that a juvenile...
Traffic fatalities decrease over Memorial Day weekend
COLUMBUS — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting 14 crashes resulting in 17 deaths on Ohio’s roadways during the 2024 Memorial Day weekend, according to provisional statistics. This is a decrease from last year, when 26 individuals were killed. The four-day reporting period began Friday, May 24 and ran through Monday, May 27. During the reporting period, state troopers made 19,104 traffic enforcement contacts, including 361 impaired driving arrests, 61 drug arrests, 2,662 safety belt citations and 1,090 distracted driving citations. In addition, the...
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