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The Charles Castle trial appears to be headed to an end after Friday's day of testimonies. After calling Kenton Police Department Detective Daniel Kemmere to the stand, Prosecutor Brad Bailey said he doesn't expect to call any more witnesses, though he has not officially rested. .Detective Kemmere gave an overview of the investigation, stating that it was a Task Force involving multiple agencies including the Ohio BCI and the FBI. […]

(Castle at defendant's table with Attorney Elizabeth Smith) The jury heard alot about DNA in the afternoon part of the Charles Castle Trial Thursday in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. .Brianna Barga, a Forensic Scientist with the BCI lab in London, Ohio, took the stand. She stated that she conducts the initial examination of the evidence taken to the lab. After conducting the prep work at that stage, it is […]

The trial of Charles Castle continued Wednesday in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. In the afternoon session, a video deposition was played to the jury. The video featured the then 7 year old girl who was questioned by Prosecutor Brad Bailey and Defense Attorney Elizabeth Smith. The girl, who turned 8 just this week, told Bailey what happened to her on November 10, 2021. She said Chuck took her. She […]

Opening statements were completed and witnesses are now being called at the Charles Castle trial in Hardin County Common Pleas Court. In his opening, Prosecutor Brad Bailey stated that November 10, 2021, when the 7 year old girl was taken from her home, was Castle's birthday. Bailey theorized that Castle was going to "give himself a present." That, said Bailey, was why he went to her home at 602 South […]

A jury has been seated in the Charles Castle trial. That was much quicker than what was first anticipated. Up first will be a jury viewing. That will be at Castle's home on Leighton Street and at the County Road 180 location where the 7 year old girl was located. Castle is standing trial on one count of aggravated attempted murder, one count of rape, 6 counts of kidnapping, three […]

Charles Castle Jury selection is underway in Hardin County Common Pleas Court for the trial of a man who is facing multiple charges connected to the kidnapping of a 7 year old girl. 57 year old Charles Castle is standing trial on one count of aggravated attempted murder, one count of rape, 6 counts of kidnapping, three counts of tampering with evidence and one count each of endangering children, felonious […]

Melvin Nash The victim in a fatal shooting that occurred Sunday in Carey has been identified. According to a release from the Wyandot County Sheriff's Office, deputies found the body of 53 year old Daren B. High laying in the front yard of his residence in the 500 block of Vance Street in the village. He was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to Blanchard Valley Hospital in […]

A Cairo, Ohio man was killed in an accident that occurred Sunday evening on State Route 117 in Allen County. According to a release from the Lima Post of the Ohio State Patrol, 56 year old Patrick Woods was operating a motorcycle west on 117, when an eastbound vehicle being operated by 19 year old Michaela Cosart, of Harrod, traveled left of center resulting in a collision. Woods was reportedly […]

Kenton City Council will meet this evening. On the agenda, the Kenton-Hardin Health Department's Economic Development Report will be presented to council members. Under new business, three ordinances will be on first reading. One of the ordinances authorizes the city to enter into a highway improvement project with the Ohio Department of Transportation, another provides transfers and additional appropriations for 2022 and the last one involves a transfer of property.  […]