The Ohio attorney general said Thursday an investigation against a charity claiming to benefit the East Palestine community has resulted in settlements.
According to a release from Gov. DeWine, Monday was the deadline set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency following a previous extension request.
“People don’t want to get rich. Let’s make that clear,” Chase Kinder said. “We just want to get out be healthy, we want to be in a position where we can function and do the things we normally would do in our lives, That’s all we want.”
Norfolk Southern (NS) CEO Alan Shaw confirmed to investors this week, the cleanup process in East Palestine from the February train derailment has cost them $387 million in first quarter earnings.
Phillip Falck was transporting 40,000 pounds of contaminated soil and officials said about 20,000 pounds of soil spilled onto the roadway and the berm, said officials.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s office says a truck hauling toxic soil out of East Palestine crashed Monday, spilling about half its contents onto the roadway.
The Murphy family has lived at their home in East Palestine for the past 22 years. They love their home and their farm. They didn’t plan on moving but now because of the toxic train derailment they might. Their family has been sick including their horses.
Dozens of people gathered at McCarthy’s in the Flats on Friday to do their part to help the families of East Palestine as they work to get back to some form of normalcy.
The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern following the train derailment in East Palestine seeking injunctive relief, cost recovery and civil penalties.
Marty and Abby Hostetter, who live a few miles outside of East Palestine, said there still appears to be a sheen of chemicals in Leslie Run Creek behind their house.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) on Monday will be discussing the bipartisan rail safety act following February’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine.
The accounts, which parroted Kremlin talking points on myriad topics, claimed without evidence that authorities in Ohio were lying about the true impact of the chemical spill.
United States Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) is set to make an appearance in East Palestine on Monday to meet with residents and local leaders following last month’s toxic train derailment.
She is known as one of the best women to ever play the game. Annika Sorenstam and her husband will be supporting the community of East Palestine in a big way.
On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced Tuesday that a special investigation of Norfolk Southern Railway’s organization and safety will soon be underway.
Many people in East Palestine are packing their bags and moving away out of fear for their health following the train derailment, while some lifelong residents can’t come to grip leaving the small they have called home their entire lives.
Crews have spent weeks cleaning up the mess left behind from the Feb. 3 Norfolk-Southern train derailment and controlled explosion of five train cars carrying the chemical vinyl chloride.
Governor Mike DeWine announced Wednesday that Norfolk Southern has agreed to create a new first responders training center, as well as hold training classes as soon as March 22, according to a press release.
Norfolk Southern on Monday announced a new plan to increase safety measures following last month’s toxic train derailment in East Palestine last month.
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