Cynthia Hess, 58, was using her backyard fire pit on the evening of March 10, according to WKRC, when something went wrong.

A Deerfield Township woman was killed after investigators said she got burned during a freak accident involving her backyard fire pit.

She said the hardest thing to do was to tell her 4-year-old nephew that Kenny died. Kimberly said the two were best buds. The Hess family has started a GoFundMe to help with memorial plans.

The Hess family’s stake in the company founded by John Hess’ father almost a century ago is worth about $5 billion under the terms of the takeover agreement announced in October. Hess ...

Her family said it was unlike Dalquist to leave home for more than a day without phoning them. In September Hess' family held a memorial service for him in Oregon, where he grew up. The Dalquist ...

A former Bible study instructor is facing more charges of sexual assault after a co-worker told police he touched multiple ...

Tragedy thrust the Hess family into the news once before. Hess lost her 25-year-old son Zachary in 2017, when a 16-foot-deep trench he was working in collapsed, burying him alive, WLWT reported.