EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was authored by Dillon Carr at Ashland Source. SAVANNAH — Three people have been charged for their involvement in a dog attack that seriously injured a 6-year-old boy last weekend in the village of Savannah. Police and medical personnel responded to the incident on Aug. 17, following a harrowing 911 call […]
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Accused Orange Twp. cat-killer files insanity plea
ASHLAND — Medical experts will examine the mental health of an Ashland County woman, accused of stabbing a cat to death, before the legal case proceeds. April Parks, 44, changed her plea earlier this month from not guilty to “not guilty by reason of insanity” (NGRI) and asked for an examination to determine her competency […]
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Ashland County death penalty case held up on questions of indigent status
ASHLAND — A capital case at Ashland County Court of Common Pleas is being held up because of an argument on whether or not the defendant is indigent. Howard Walters, 59, has been accused in the early 2023 slaying of his son-in-law, Kurtis Harstine, 41. He faces a number of charges related to Harstine’s death, […]