Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ohio Insurance Department Warns of ‘Past Posting’ Fraud Scheme
Mar 9 2023 // The Ohio Department of Insurance warned of an insurance fraud scheme committed after an auto accident or property damage that is trending in the state. Named the “past posting” scheme, the term describes the...
Ohio Dollar General Operator Fined $254K for Repeat Safety Violations
Mar 9 2023 // Alerted by the concerns of the West Chester Township Fire Department in Ohio, workplace safety inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor discovered exit routes, doors and fire extinguishers blocked at a Dollar General...
Norfolk Southern Promises $7M for Pennsylvania Communities Affected by Ohio Train Derailment
Mar 7 2023 // Norfolk Southern has promised to pay $7 million in relief to Pennsylvania communities affected by last month’s train derailment over the border in East Palestine, Ohio. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called the...
Latest Ohio Train Derailment Poses No Public Risk, Officials Say
Mar 7 2023 // SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) – Authorities in Ohio say there is no indication of any risk to public health from the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train between Dayton and Columbus, the second derailment of a...
Ohio Man Cleared by DNA Evidence in Rape Case Gets $4M Settlement
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...
20 Cars of Norfolk Southern Cargo Train Derail in Ohio
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...
Man Cleared by DNA Evidence in Ohio Rape Case Gets $4M Settlement
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...
Ohio Senators Prepare Rail Safety Bill After Norfolk Southern Crash
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...
Ohio Residents, Norfolk Southern Strike a Deal on Crash Evidence
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...
Norfolk Southern Cleared by EPA to Resume Ohio Waste Shipments
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...
Toxic Wastewater From Ohio Train Derailment Headed to Houston Suburb
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...
Earlier Warning Might Have Spared Ohio a Derailment, NTSB Says
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...
Norfolk Southern CEO Apologizes to Ohio Residents, Vows to ‘Do What’s Right’
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...
Explosion at Ohio Metals Plant Kills 1 Worker, Injures More Than a Dozen
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,...
Norfolk Southern Ordered to Clean Polluted Ohio Derailment Site
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...
Ohio Tool Manufacturer Fined $164K After Worker’s Thumb Amputated
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...
Train Derailments in Michigan, Ohio Have Similar Risks, Different Outcomes
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...
Jeers, Boos From Ohio Residents Enraged by Toxic Train Spill
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...
Ohio’s DNA Diagnostics Settles $200K Fine Over Data Breach
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...
Angry Ohio Residents Seek Answers on Train’s Toxic Spill
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...
