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Darlington Township wants Norfolk Southern to pay to bring public water to residents concerned about lingering impacts from the East Palestine derailment.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announce a $310 settlement with Norfolk Southern on May 23 for East Palestine.

Village leaders held a press event on Feb.2 to discuss economic development plans, clean-up updates and the villages new logo as they look to the future.

It’s not often your community turns into a national news story. But that’s what happened to editor Rachel Wagoner's hometown last February when a train derailed and caught fire in East Palestine, Ohio. She lives less than 4 miles away from the derailment.

One year later, residents of East Palestine still face the impacts of the Norfolk Southern train derailment that leaked contaminants into the water and air.

One year since the East Palestine derailment, safety changes in the railroad industry are lackluster and Railway Safety legislation is stalled in the Senate.

One year after Potter Township's Shell ethane cracker plant opened, residents and environmental activists hold a rally in Irvine Park calling for change.

The phony charity's fundraiser will direct all of the money raised on behalf of Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley to the organization.

The Ohio State CFAES Crisis Rapid Response Team for East Palestine was recently honored with the 2023 Spirit of the Land-Grant Award.

Soil and plant tissue test results show no contamination from a fire and chemical burnoff that followed a massive train derailment in East Palestine. So, area farmers are moving on after months of unknowns.