Hamden

HAMDEN, Ohio (AP) — Some of the 16 children discovered at a Vinton County home in deplorable conditions were unable to speak and one — an 18-year-old who was developmentally... Read More

HAMDEN, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – The investigation into that southern Ohio house where 16 children...

Authorities in Hamden, Ohio, are investigating after 16 children were rescued from a home where investigators say they had been living in deplorable conditions for years.

HAMDEN, Ohio (AP) - Just days after authorities removed 16 children from a squalid home and arrested four adult relatives, the question looms over their southern Ohio village: How could this have happened, for years, unnoticed, right here? Neighbors of the family in tiny Hamden, [...]

The dilapidated home where authorities say they removed 16 children and arrested four adults remains blocked off by crime scene tape on Wednesday, July 1, 2026 in Hamden, Ohio. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth) HAMDEN, Ohio (AP) — Sixteen children from the same family who were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio were living in wretched conditions with human waste all...

HAMDEN, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say 16 children have been rescued from a dilapidated rural Ohio home where they were confined to a single room for much of the past four years and lived in horrific conditions. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by [...]

HAMDEN, Ohio (AP) - The 16 children found living in "deplorable" conditions inside a small, dilapidated rural Ohio home are part of the same family, officials said Wednesday. Authorities arrested four adults Tuesday on felony child endangerment charges after finding the children in the home. [...]