Muskingum County

William VanSickle, Christopher Riggs and Kenneth Holycross were all either charged or pled guilty to crimes ranging from voyeurism to raping children since mid-April. The three men are from Miami, Muskingum and Perry counties and all, at one point, worked for LifeWise as volunteers or teachers.

Muskingum County Prosecutor Ron Welch says Detective Matt Wilhite has been charged with cruelty towards animals.

A sheriff's office investigating a report of a possible shooting that prompted a lockdown at Ohio's Muskingum University has determined that no shooting occurred.

The Muskingum County sheriff said his office arrests many people from Columbus for drug trafficking. The county's jail registry shows most of the people arrested for dealing drugs are from Zanesville.

A sheriff in eastern Ohio says three inmates are back in custody after they attacked a guard, stole his keys and escaped through a county courthouse. All three were found Monday morning.

Gov. Mike DeWine says while urban areas are trending down, Ohio's rural counties are starting to see more community spread.