All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 27 2024 // A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million class-action settlement Wednesday that Norfolk Southern railroad offered to everyone who lived within 20 miles (32 kilometers) of last year’s disastrous derailment...
Sep 26 2024 // CLEVES, Ohio (AP) — Students in school buildings and residents in neighboring homes were told to evacuate after a dangerous chemical began leaking from a railcar Tuesday near Cincinnati.Aerial video showed firefighters...
Sep 17 2024 // BEDFORD, Ohio (AP) — An 8-year-old girl took an SUV from her Ohio home and drove for miles to a store where she was later found unharmed, authorities said.The girl, whose name was not released, and the vehicle — a 2020...
Sep 16 2024 // The CSX worker who discovered his friend run over by a pair of remote-control locomotives in a rail yard last year sees a simple solution to preventing similar deaths in the future: two-person crews.But that idea...
Sep 11 2024 // Very few people who live near the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment opted out of a $600 million class action settlement despite residents’ reservations about whether the deal offers enough, so lawyers argue the...
Sep 2 2024 // The energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio will pay $20 million and avoid criminal charges as part of a deal with state prosecutors to resolve its role in the scandal.Akron-based FirstEnergy...
Aug 30 2024 // The CSX worker who discovered his friend run over by a pair of remote-control locomotives in a railyard last year sees a simple solution to preventing similar deaths in the future: two-person crews.But that idea...
Aug 28 2024 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” (Good) of Buckeye State Mutual Insurance Company...
Aug 21 2024 // The Laurels of Athens, a nursing and rehabilitation facility in Athens, Ohio, owned and operated by Laurel Heath Care Company, Athens LTC, Inc., Ciena Healthcare Management, Inc., and Ciena Group, LLC, will pay $150,000...
Aug 19 2024 // The creeks around East Palestine, Ohio, were so badly contaminated by last year’s disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment that some workers became sick during the cleanup.Workers who reported headaches and nausea —...
Aug 16 2024 // The family of Casey Goodson Jr., a Black man who was shot and killed by an Ohio sheriff’s deputy, will receive $7 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit over the December 2020 shooting.The Franklin County...
Aug 15 2024 // The energy company at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio will pay $20 million and avoid criminal charges as part of a deal with state prosecutors to resolve its role in the scandal.Akron-based FirstEnergy...
Aug 14 2024 // Thousands of FirstEnergy Corp.’s customers in Ohio will potentially be without power through this after two tornadoes hit the northeastern part of the state last Tuesday.About 252,000 customers of The Illuminating...
Aug 6 2024 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Recreational marijuana sales will begin across Ohio on Tuesday when the state issues its first operating certificates.Nearly 100 medical marijuana dispensaries will be able to begin sales...
Aug 6 2024 // The City of Columbus said an investigation into a July 18 cybersecurity incident has found that a foreign cyber threat actor attempted to disrupt the city’s IT infrastructure, in a possible effort to deploy...
Aug 5 2024 // The Ohio city of East Cleveland must pay a $30 million jury verdict awarded to a man who police wrongly assaulted, arrested and detained, the state’s highest court has ordered.The victim, Arnold Black, went to court...
Aug 2 2024 // Orion180 has announced its expansion into the Buckeye State.According to a press release, the company now offers homeowners insurance services and coverage in Ohio through Orion Select Insurance Co., Orion180’s...
Aug 1 2024 // People who live near East Palestine, Ohio, can now get $25,000 apiece for any injuries they sustained after last year’s Norfolk Southern freight train derailment on top of whatever money they get for property damage...
Jul 31 2024 // Norfolk Southern got a boost during the second quarter from insurance payments related to last year’s disastrous East Palestine derailment, but it also made progress in reducing its expenses and getting more...
Jul 30 2024 // Consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a...