Temporary road closure announced for East Palestine

FEMA chooses recovery leader for East Palestine

EAST PALESTINE — Jim McPherson, chosen by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to oversee the community’s recovery from the Norfolk Southern Feb. 3 derailment and fire, is no stranger to disaster. Wednesday, President Joe Biden issued an executive order directing FEMA to designate a federal disaster recovery coordinator to oversee the long-term recovery efforts in the communities affected by Norfolk Southern’s train derailment in East Palesti…

Temporary road closure announced for East Palestine

As the work to remediate contaminated material from the derailment site continues, a portion of North Pleasant Street will be closing for about a week and a half starting Monday, Sept. 25.

Ohio's Sen. Brown demands Norfolk Southern to do more for East Palestine

More than seven months after a fiery train derailment upended lives in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) is demanding that Norfolk Southern do more.