The deaths of seven people, including a one-week-old baby, are alleged in a series of new lawsuits filed against Norfolk Southern and the Environmental Protection Agency.

The village highlighted accomplishments since the February 2023 train derailment, including a new logo, website, social media, monthly newsletter and filming council meetings.

Two detections of 2-butoxyethanol and “other chemicals” were identified east of the East Palestine derailment site, the village reported on Friday through its website epohio.org. “Norfolk Southern, under EPA oversight,

When the attorneys who brokered last year’s $600 million dollar settlement between Norfolk Southern and area residents were celebrating the deal and campaigning for those impacted to file claims, distribution of personal injury payments were promised to begin as soon as final approval was granted.

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The bipartisan legislation was introduced by U.S. Reps. Michael Rulli of Salem, R-6th, and Emilia Sykes of Akron, D-13th.

U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th, has cosponsored the East Palestine Health Monitoring Act of 2025 that would authorize funding to study the long-term health effects of the 2023 train derailment in East

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has privately urged the Trump administration to reconsider a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action against climate change.

Democratic Senator Casey Weinstein, as well as Republican Senator Al Cutrona introduced the Reducing Accidents in Locomotives (RAIL) Act in the Ohio Senate.