All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 7 2023 // CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) – A man who spent more than 16 years in prison for a rape that DNA evidence showed he did not commit has reached a $4 million wrongful imprisonment settlement.The agreement between...
Mar 7 2023 // SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) – About 20 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield Saturday evening, the second derailment of the company’s trains in Ohio in a month, officials said.But unlike...
Mar 6 2023 // A man who spent more than 16 years in prison for a rape that DNA evidence showed he did not commit has reached a $4 million wrongful imprisonment settlement.The agreement between Christopher Miller and Cleveland Heights...
Mar 2 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Railroads like the one involved in this month’s fiery crash and toxic chemical release in Ohio would be subject to a series of new federal safety regulations and financial consequences...
Feb 28 2023 // Ohio residents suing Norfolk Southern Corp NSC.N will get an extra day to inspect rail cars that spilled a toxic chemical during a train derailment this month before the company clears the crash site, according to a deal...
Feb 27 2023 // Norfolk Southern Corp. this week can resume shipments of hazardous waste from the site of its freight train derailment in Ohio, a US official said Sunday.Federal officials ordered the railroad last week to pause waste...
Feb 24 2023 // DEER PARK, Texas (AP) – Toxic wastewater used to extinguish a fire following a train derailment in Ohio is headed to a Houston suburb for disposal.“I and my office heard today that `firefighting water’ from...
Feb 24 2023 // A U.S. train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in an Ohio town might have been avoided if the railway company’s alarm system had given engineers an earlier warning that bearings were overheating, the chair of...
Feb 23 2023 // Norfolk Southern NSC.N will take responsibility for cleaning up the environmental damage from this month’s train derailment and controlled detonation of hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio, its chief...
Feb 22 2023 // OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio (AP) – A maintenance worker was killed in explosion at an Ohio metals plant that sparked a large fire and sent more than a dozen people to hospitals, with at least two in critical condition,...
Feb 22 2023 // The U.S. government on Tuesday ordered rail operator Norfolk Southern Corp. to clean up contaminated soil and water at the site of a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and to attend all public meetings with local...
Feb 21 2023 // In less than two years, three workers at a leading tool manufacturer in Barberton suffered injuries from unguarded machinery.The latest injury occurred on Oct. 26, 2022, when a worker suffered a left thumb amputation while...
Feb 21 2023 // TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – Police Chief Jason Wright feared the worst as he rushed to the scene of a freight train derailment in Michigan’s Van Buren Township, mindful of a fiery rail crash this month in Ohio that...
Feb 17 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a gymnasium demanding reassurances after toxic chemicals spilled and burned in a huge plume over their homes and...
Feb 17 2023 // Ohio and Pennsylvania have negotiated agreements with DNA Diagnostics Center – a Fairfield, Ohio, company that provides paternity and other DNA testing – over a 2021 data breach that compromised the personal...
Feb 16 2023 // Hundreds of irate residents of the Ohio town where a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals packed into a high school gym on Wednesday, seeking answers to what health dangers they face.East Palestine Mayor Trent...
Feb 14 2023 // A West Virginia water utility is enhancing its water treatment process as a precaution following the derailment of a train hauling chemicals that later sent up a toxic plume in Ohio.West Virginia American Water said Sunday...
Feb 13 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Residents who filed a federal lawsuit in the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line are seeking to force Norfolk Southern to set up health...
Feb 10 2023 // Evacuated residents can safely return to the Ohio village where crews burned toxic chemicals after a train derailed five days ago near the Pennsylvania state line, East Palestine Fire Chief Keith Drabick said.Authorities...
Feb 9 2023 // Branch, a full-stack insurance company, announced it has launched condo insurance, expanding its list of instantly bindable products. Condo joins Branch’s existing arsenal of home, auto, renters, and umbrella...