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Norfolk Southern Sued by Insurers Over Ohio Train Derailment
Norfolk Southern is facing a subrogation lawsuit from several insurance companies over the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which resulted in a toxic chemical spill. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, includes claims of negligence, strict liability, and trespass.
Poland Township residents concerns about above ground utility boxes
When driving around Poland Township neighborhoods, you may notice utility boxes popping up in yards. The installed utility boxes are meant to provide more and better options for internet service. Although the equipment could give residents better internet options, some residents are worried about having these boxes on their property.
2 Valley businesses included on Ohio's Ice Cream Trail
Two local ice cream spots are highlighted as part of the Ohio Ice Cream Trail by Ohio.org. Handel's Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt in Youngstown and Cockeye Creamery in Warren are included on the list of 54 locations. Ohio is just outside of the top 10 for milk production in...
Three Valley Democrats making bids to take on Cutrona for state Senate seat
The deadline for Democrats interested in running against Al Cutrona to fill a seat in the Ohio Senate previously held by Mike Rulli is fast approaching. Mahoning County Democratic Party Chair Chris Anderson tells 21 News those interested in running have until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, July 1 to submit interest. Candidates can submit their interest to chair@mahoningcountydemocraticparty.com.
Creek Critter Hike gives Beaver County youth a taste of nature
NORTH SEWICKLEY TWP. — Several tents stand in a grassy field near a creek running through a park of the same name. Surrounding the tents are almost 30 small children and parents awaiting the Creek Critter Hike. This hike’s objective is to find the various creatures that live among the rocks and...
State sanctions mental health center where teens put in chokeholds, slapped and abused
State authorities ordered a troubled mental health treatment center to stop accepting new teens into the facility until its problems are fixed. The 57-page state report cited 47 violations, including 16 issues with restraints of teens. For example, an employee shoved a child during a "power struggle," and another child was held in...
Embrace your inner Viking at Beaver County's first Heathen Fest at Hookstown Fairgrounds
GREENE TWP. ― Hang out with heathens at the Hookstown Fairgrounds. That's the unique opportunity presented July 26-28 at the first Beaver County Heathen Festival. First let's explain: Heathens − in this context − is another name for Vikings. Or as the National Museum of Denmark explains, "In the early Viking period the Nordic gods were worshipped in Scandinavia. Christianity was being adopted in Europe and therefore the Vikings in the north stood out as different. The Christians of Europe called the Vikings heathens. This term was used indiscriminately for those with differing beliefs."
Struthers to receive $500K grant to improve route for safe school travel
The City of Struthers will receive a $500,000 grant from the State in order to make a school route safer for students. On July 2, the State and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced $8.5 million in grants for infrastructure projects to improve safety for K-12 students walking and biking to and from school in 19 counties.
Mahoning, Trumbull courts to receive new fingerprint scanners from state grant program
Courts within Mahoning and Trumbull County will receive new fingerprint scanners from a state grant program to "bolster criminal-records systems" within the Valley. Announced in a press release from the Attorney General's Office, the state's criminal-records repository will pay for 77 new devices that courts across Ohio will use to capture defendants' fingerprints for submission to the database.
Landmark Civil Rights legislation celebrated on it's 60th anniversary
The Dr. Martin Luther King Planning Committee in Youngstown hosted an event and showed a documentary to remember significant events leading up to the signing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. Students from Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past, talked about the bus boycotts in Montgomery Alabama, the murder...
Kelly Linger of East Liverpool appointed as judge to Columbiana County Municipal Court
Kelly Linger was recently appointed as a judge to Columbiana County Municipal Court by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Linger, of East Liverpool, will assume office on July 23, 2024, and will be taking the seat formerly held by Judge Katelyn Dickey, who resigned upon being appointed to the Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals. She will serve the remainder of the unfinished term and will need to run for election in November 2025 to retain the seat.
REBECCA ROGERS: The Realty Building is a major asset of Youngstown’s downtown
I watched the conversation about the Realty Building yesterday with disbelief. A major asset of Youngstown’s downtown is its historic core of tall buildings, most designed by nationally famous men. Most are very, very, good looking. I would choose the Realty Building by Youngstown designers Edgar Stanley & Morris Sheibel and Central Tower by Sheibel alone as the two best looking.
‘What’s going to happen?’: Still no answers for displaced residents
Although there are now a pair of excavators and a crane sitting outside the damaged Realty Building downtown, there's been little other visible activity and no word when residents of the now vacant International Towers next door will be able to go back home after May's explosion in downtown Youngstown.
Youngstown CityScape awarded $30K in grants
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — Youngstown CityScape is the recent recipient of two local grants, announced July 2. The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley awarded $10,000 through its general fund and the Western Reserve Health Foundation contributed an additional $20,000, to support purchasing equipment to help restore the urban tree canopy.
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