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Another lawsuit filed against Norfolk Southern

LISBON — Another lawsuit was filed Friday morning in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court against Norfolk Southern Railway over the East Palestine train derailment and chemical catastrophe. The case includes 30-plus plaintiffs made up of area residents and two businesses, while the list of ...

Kroll defends role amid derailment payment fight

YOUNGSTOWN — Kroll Settlement Administration (KSA) has pushed back against a contempt motion filed by class counsel in the East Palestine train derailment case, defending its handling of personal injury payments and arguing that the settlement’s allocation for such claims is insufficient to ...

Peace Light now available in Mahoning Valley

YOUNGSTOWN — The Peace Light for 2025 is available free to the community to anyone wishing to bring the luminaire into their homes for the Advent and Christmas season. The public can bring a candle, lantern or other device to either JMJ Spiritual Connection, 3434 Canfield Road, Youngstown, ...

Railroad says stream cleanup is done as EPA reviews final report

EAST PALESTINE — Norfolk Southern has submitted its final assessment of the Sulphur Run and Leslie Run waterways to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, marking what the railroad says is the completion of stream-related mitigation nearly three years after the Feb. 3, 2023, train ...

Rusu appointed to serve on Ohio Judicial College

YOUNGSTOWN — Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy has appointed Mahoning County Probate Judge Robert N. Rusu Jr. to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Judicial College for a three-year term starting Jan. 1. The Judicial College provides continuing legal and professional ...

Victims recover from arson spree

YOUNGSTOWN — Keith Logan is unhappy his family of five was uprooted from their home at 607 Oak Hill Ave. just north of downtown in a 4:17 a.m. Nov. 23 arson. But he is eternally grateful his 7-year-old daughter’s excitement over newly acquired furniture caused her to wake him up that ...