Latest Ohio Headlines
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Charity Settles False Claims to Help Those Impacted by Ohio Train Derailment
Jun 9 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Thousands of dollars raised by a charity that falsely claimed it would help residents affected by a train derailment on the Ohio- Pennsylvania border earlier this year will be turned over to a...
Hub Acquires Ohio’s HORAN Associates
Jun 6 2023 // Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the employee benefits assets of HORAN Associates, Inc. and HORAN Smart Business, LLC (collectively HORAN Health). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With...
Ohio Resin Manufacturer Fined $171K for Exposing Workers to Respiratory Hazards
May 24 2023 // In certain concentrations, flammable vapors can ignite, leading to powerful explosions and leaving workers seriously injured or worse. For workers manufacturing plastic resin, the high heat used in the production process...
Wisconsin’s United Mutual to Merge Into Ohio Mutual Holding Company Structure
May 23 2023 // Ohio Mutual Insurance Group announced that it has reached agreement to merge Medford, Wisconsin-based United Mutual Insurance Company as a subsidiary under Ohio Mutual’s mutual holding company structure. The boards...
Norfolk Southern Bondholders Sue Over Safety Disclosures Preceding Ohio Derailment
May 18 2023 // Norfolk Southern Corp was sued on Tuesday by bondholders who said they lost hundreds of millions of dollars because the railroad concealed safety risks prior to the February derailment in Ohio of a train carrying hazardous...
Football Player with Down Syndrome Sues Ohio College for Discrimination
May 17 2023 // An Ohio man who was the first person with Down syndrome to play and score a point in a college football game is now suing the school, its president and several staffers. Caden Cox alleges he was the target of disability...
Ohio Opioid Settlement Panel’s Records Must Be Public, Court Says
May 15 2023 // The state panel that will decide how Ohio distributes more than half of the money it will receive from a nationwide settlement regarding the opioid addiction crisis must make its records publicly available, the state...
Senate Panel OKs Rail-Safety Bill But Fate Uncertain
May 12 2023 // A Senate committee on Wednesday approved a rail-safety bill introduced after the derailment of a freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, but its fate remains uncertain due to significant Republican opposition. The bill...
Norfolk Southern to Pay Ohio Homeowners Near Wreck
May 11 2023 // Norfolk Southern has recommitted to creating a fund for residents near the site of an Ohio train wreck that would cover any decline in home values since before the derailment earlier this year. In early February, 38 cars...
Senate Committee to Vote on Bipartisan Rail Safety Bill
May 9 2023 // The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday will vote on sweeping bipartisan rail safety legislation prompted by a Norfolk Southern-operated train derailment on Feb. 3 in Ohio. Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, a...
Roof Collapse at House Injures 14 Near Ohio State University
May 1 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Part of a house collapsed and 14 people were injured near The Ohio State University Saturday evening when people climbed onto a roof that was not designed to hold significant weight, authorities...
Feds: Ohio Man Tried to Firebomb Ohio Church to Stop Drag Show
Apr 28 2023 // CLEVELAND (AP) – An eastern Ohio man told investigators that he tried to burn down an Ohio church because he wanted to prevent a drag show that was scheduled to take place there, federal prosecutors allege in newly...
Norfolk Southern Estimates That Ohio Derailment Cost $387M
Apr 27 2023 // Norfolk Southern expects February’s fiery Ohio derailment to cost it $387 million, but that total will likely increase over time and that doesn’t reflect how much the railroad’s insurance companies will...
Ohio Families Living in Limbo Months After Fire
Apr 26 2023 // AST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Jeff Drummond spends days and nights alone in a tiny room with fake wood paneling, two small beds and a microwave atop a mini refrigerator that serves as a nightstand – his pickup...
Ohio’s R&L Carries to Pay $1.5M in Sex Discrimination Settlement
Apr 25 2023 // R&L Carriers, Inc. and R&L Carriers, Shared Services, LLC (R&L Carriers), a nationwide trucking company headquartered in Wilmington, Ohio, will pay $1,250,000 to a class of female applicants and take steps to...
Ohio Doctor Acquitted in 14 Patient Deaths Sues Health System
Apr 19 2023 // DETROIT (AP) – An Ohio doctor acquitted in the deaths of 14 patients who died after they were given painkillers has filed a lawsuit against a national Catholic health system that operates the hospital where he worked...
Ohio Train Derailment Illuminates Waste Disposal Predicament
Apr 12 2023 // When word surfaced that soils and liquids laced with chemicals from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment were being sent to southeastern Michigan for storage, local residents and politicians were livid. “People...
Ohio Food Plant Faces $1.9M in Fines After Worker’s Leg Amputation
Apr 10 2023 // While working the overnight sanitation shift at an Ohio food processing plant, a 29-year-old temporary worker – on the job just nine months – suffered critical injuries after falling into an industrial blender he was...
Ohio Flooring Mill Fined $333K for Repeated Safety Violations
Apr 4 2023 // For the third time in five months, federal safety inspectors responded to a Portsmouth, Ohio hardwood flooring mill to investigate reports of unsafe machinery. Two of those inspections involved worker’s injuries, the...
Investigators Cite BP Safety Failures in Ohio Refinery Deaths
Apr 3 2023 // BP violated U.S. process safety rules and did not train workers properly at its Toledo, Ohio refinery, contributing to the death of two workers at the plant last year, U.S. federal investigators said. The two refinery...
