For the second trial in a row, a 9-year-old girl stood tall on the witness stand. Clutching a blue teddy bear and a pink unicorn, the girl testified that she and her two younger sisters were sexually ...

Like his brother, Stephen Hughes will never be free again. Hughes, 25, was sentenced Friday to three consecutive terms of life in prison for three counts of rape and three counts of gross sexual ...

Sommer Eaton recalled her reaction when she saw a 9-year-old girl at the center of a rape trial simulate oral sex on her son. "It was shocking," she said Wednesday during testimony in Richland County ...

A teacher testified Tuesday that a former student exhibited behavior that could indicate sexual abuse. Dawn Couts was the first witness on the third day of the Stephen Hughes trial in Richland County ...

A jury deliberated for a little under two hours Friday before finding Stephen Hughes guilty of sexually abusing three little girls. A Richland County Common Pleas Court six-man, six-woman panel found ...

The state rested its case Thursday in the trial of Stephen Hughes. Hughes, 25, is charged with three counts of rape and three counts of gross sexual imposition. Prosecutors allege he sexually abused ...