All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 12 2025 // An Ohio high school lacrosse player died Thursday from injuries he suffered during a lacrosse game.The family of Dylan Veselic announced his death in a message posted to the Bay Village High School lacrosse team’s X...
May 2 2025 // Norfolk Southern began making promises to East Palestine, Ohio, soon after its train derailed and caught fire in February 2023. The railroad said it would “make it right” after five tank cars of vinyl chloride...
May 1 2025 // Bennett Enterprises Inc., doing business as Ralphie’s Sports Eatery Company, will pay $125,000 and provide other relief to settle a race, disability and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...
Apr 25 2025 // The company that owned the railcar that caused the devastating East Palestine train derailment in 2023 won’t have to help pay for the $600 million settlement Norfolk Southern agreed to with residents.An Ohio jury...
Apr 24 2025 // Prompted by a stinging defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court, Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Tuesday said he was putting aside his objections and allowing a proposed constitutional amendment that would end...
Apr 22 2025 // Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who was killed in 2021 after his Tesla crashed and caught fire near Dayton, Ohio.Tesla and lawyers...
Mar 31 2025 // Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the toxic chemicals that were...
Mar 24 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICRs of “a+”...
Mar 10 2025 // A former Ohio fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced in federal court here to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National Forest.James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande,...
Mar 5 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICRs of “a+”...
Mar 4 2025 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board of directors announced a 6% rate cut for private employees effective July 1, 2025. The reduction follows a 7% rate cut for private employers last year.Ohio’s...
Feb 27 2025 // A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Norfolk Southern NSC.N of causing hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for bondholders by concealing safety risks prior to the February 2023 derailment in East...
Feb 21 2025 // A former Ohio fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced in federal court here to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National Forest.James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande,...
Feb 19 2025 // A former Ohio insurance agent was sentenced this month to five years of probation for thefts exceeding $1.4 million.Rhonda Chandler, of the Columbus area, stole and misappropriated funds, including premiums for pre-need...
Feb 5 2025 // A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment was announced on Monday’s second anniversary of the toxic crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border...
Feb 4 2025 // King Risk Partners announced the acquisition of Barker, Beck, Collins & Kronauge Agency (BBC&K), an independent insurance firm in Dayton, Ohio. BBC&K was founded in founded in 1923. Over the decades, the agency...
Jan 31 2025 // Norfolk Southern’s solid fourth quarter — combined with the optimism the railroad is hearing from their customers and support they’re getting from Washington D.C. — has the CEO feeling optimistic about...
Jan 27 2025 // Residents challenging Norfolk Southern’s $600 million settlement for the disastrous East Palestinetrain crash have asked a court to reject a judge’s order requiring them to put up an $850,000 bond to continue...
Jan 23 2025 // A judge in northwestern Ohio found a pastor guilty on criminal charges Tuesday for failing to comply with the city fire code after he opened his church to let homeless people and others stay inside overnight to escape the...
Dec 13 2024 // A bill making its way through the Ohio General Assembly would prohibit requiring firearm liability insurance.Senate Bill 58 passed the House by a 61-27 vote and now heads to the Ohio Senate, where legislators in the...