Incest

STANFORD — A Lincoln County grand jury has indicted a Waynesburg man for incest, first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse. Phillip G. Oney, of 100 N. Railroad St., allegedly had sex with a girl he knew was his granddaughter in December...

STANFORD — A Kings Mountain woman whose husband has pleaded guilty to incest is facing a trial in March for charges she was complicit in her husband’s actions. Judge David A. Tapp has scheduled a trial for Rhonda Robinson, 47, to begin 9 a.m....

STANFORD — A Kings Mountain woman whose husband has pleaded guilty to incest is facing a trial in March for charges she was complicit in her husband's actions. Judge David A. Tapp has scheduled a trial for Rhonda Robinson, 47, to begin 9 a.m....

Medically necessary abortions would be defined as those needed to avoid serious risk to the life of the woman under a bill introduced in the Alaska Senate. The measure, from Senate Majority Leader John Coghill, says the state health department may not...

STANFORD — A Lincoln County man who was scheduled for trial Tuesday on multiple charges of incest and other crimes related to sex with a minor instead pleaded guilty in exchange for a recommended prison sentence of 20 years. Timothy Robinson of...

Timeline of events  The trial for Shirley Schwab and Brandon Taliaferro begins Monday, but the story began more than two years ago: • November 2010: Richard Mette arrested and charged with abuse-related counts, including rape and aggravated...

Two Aberdeen residents worked together to make sure a local woman was charged with abuse-related counts, even though no evidence had been collected against the woman, a prosecuting attorney told jurors Monday afternoon.  Michael Moore laid out the...

Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Tom Smith ... ... said this afternoon that he opposes abortion in all cases -- even for victims of rape and incest. Smith's comments came after he was asked about the political firestorm surrounding the abortion-related......

Like Akin, (presumptive GOP vice-presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Paul) Ryan is a co-sponsor of the “Sanctity of Human Life Act,” a so-called personhood measure that defines life as beginning at “fertilization, cloning or its...

I approve of what Terry Cosgrove says, but I will fight to the death against the way he says it. Pardon my corruption of Voltaire’s famous saying. It’s inspired by a new round of political attacks from Personal PAC, the......

By Dick J. Batchelor As Mitt Romney prepares to accept the Republican Party presidential nomination in Tampa, he faces a number of challenges. First, he needs to introduce or, in some cases, reintroduce himself to the American voter. According to the...

WASHINGTON -- We shouldn't be talking about this silliness -- Big Bird, "bull -- er," or a girl's "first time." We should be talking about The Issues, we keep telling ourselves. But in the waning days of the presidential campaign, these are the issues --...