Licking County

Bruce Foster III is accused of killing two people and injuring four in a February workplace shooting at the cosmetics production facility KDC/ONE in New Albany. A Licking County judge ruled he will undergo psychiatric care for up to a year before he can stand trial.

Gary Thomas Keesee Jr., 36, was already indicted on 27 charges for allegedly abusing three minors between the ages of 6 and 15. Five additional charges were filed Monday.

McDonald was charged with six counts of aggravated vehicular manslaughter, nine counts of vehicular assault and 11 counts of misdemeanor assault. Six people died in the bus crash, including three students traveling to Columbus from Tuscarawas County.

Closing arguments happened Thursday in Jacob McDonald's trial. Defense attorney Chris Brigdon called on a crash reconstruction expert and a digital analyst to testify in McDonald's trial in Licking County.

Housing Opportunities Through Municipal Engagement, or HOME, court is a new special diversion court aimed at helping nonviolent misdemeanor offenders who are experiencing homelessness.

Jacob McDonald, 61, is charged with 26 counts, including aggravated vehicular homicide. McDonald allegedly caused a 2023 bus crash on I-70 in Licking County that killed six people traveling from Tuscarawas County to Columbus.

Citizens group Save Hartford Township appealed the Ohio Power Siting Board's approval of the Harvey Solar, a 350-megawatt solar farm set for Bennington and Hartford townships.

Gary Thomas Keesee faces 11 counts of rape, 11 counts of gross sexual imposition and five counts of sexual conduct with a minor.

Gary Thomas Keesee Jr. was indicted Monday on 27 felony counts in Knox County. Keesee's parents are co-pastors of the Faith Life Church in New Albany.

Gary Thomas Keesee, 36, was arrested and charged with rape in Licking County, Ohio. He's the son of the pastors of the Faith Life Church in New Albany and Powell.