Norfolk Southern announces plans to open permanent field office in East Palestine
The office will be across the street from the company's historic train depot.
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The office will be across the street from the company's historic train depot.
Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm at railroad crashes causing potential disasters.
A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the way it responds to problems with overheating bearings.
Additional charges related to the Ohio train derailment, combined with a drop in shipments, more than halved the company's profits.
$1 million is going to Darlington Township in Beaver County and Lawrence County for community relief from Norfolk Southern.
Months after a train carrying chemicals derailed in their town, many residents say that enough still hasn't been done to help them.
Norfolk Southern says the owner of the rail car that caused the fiery Ohio derailment in February failed to properly maintain it in the years before the crash.
Norfolk Southern's CEO has spoken often of safety and better service since he took the job over a year ago, but it's safety that has dominated discussions after one of his trains derailed and caught fire in February in Ohio.
Testing of several crops showed no contamination.
A union official says freight railcar inspections are happening less often and are not as thorough as before due to regulatory loopholes, time constraints and staff cuts.
One Monday in early March, a team of 15 health specialists affiliated with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry began knocking on doors along Taggart Street in East Palestine, Ohio.
The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report for a Norfolk Southern train derailment in New Castle last month focused on hot bearing detectors and how there seemed to be no audible alarm before the train derailed.
KDKA Political/Money Editor Jon Delano talks with Congressman Chris Deluzio to mark the 100th day since the hazardous train derailment in East Palestine. They discuss what's being done to prevent similar events from happening in the future.
Approximately 10 cars derailed and there is no threat to the public or hazardous material danger.
A Senate committee on Wednesday approved a rail-safety bill introduced after the derailment of a freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, but its fate remains uncertain due to significant Republican opposition.
People living on a property in Beaver County are finding themselves stranded multiple times a week.
Norfolk Southern said it expects February's fiery Ohio derailment to cost it $387 million, but that total will likely increase over time and that doesn't reflect how much the railroad's insurance companies will eventually cover.
Norfolk Southern attributes nearly $400 million in profit losses to the East Palestine train derailment.
Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, say they're still living in limbo almost three months after a fiery Norfolk Southern train derailment blackened the skies and sent residents fleeing.
The district claims that the company was negligent and exposed it buildings and residents to a highly toxic mix of dangerous chemicals in the East Palestine train derailment.
The southern track has had the contaminated soil removed.
The trains derailed near Burnot Island by West Carson and Telford streets.
A second Beaver County school district has filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern.
The initial payments will go toward fire companies in three counties that responded to the derailment.
The attorney who filed the lawsuit spoke with KDKA Thursday and he believes this is the first lawsuit filed by a school district against Norfolk Southern.
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A woman and her husband are fighting for a $400 refund after they bought furniture from a Value City Furniture store.
Bo Horvat scored his second goal of the game 52 seconds into overtime and the Islanders beat the Penguins 5-4 on Tuesday night.
Tuesday marked three years since the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
Filming for the final season of "Mayor of Kingstown" is expected to take place between March and June.
Darden Restaurants announced Tuesday that all 28 of its Caribbean-themed Bahama Breeze locations nationwide will be closing.
A woman and her husband are fighting for a $400 refund after they bought furniture from a Value City Furniture store.
Bo Horvat scored his second goal of the game 52 seconds into overtime and the Islanders beat the Penguins 5-4 on Tuesday night.
Tuesday marked three years since the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro delivered his fourth budget address at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, three months after last year's budget was passed by state lawmakers.
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from revoking Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, granting a last-minute reprieve to 350,000 immigrants who were set to lose protections on Tuesday.
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A woman and her husband are fighting for a $400 refund after they bought furniture from a Value City Furniture store.
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Patrick Vereb is accused of taking money from pet owners who believed their animals would receive dignified cremations.
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Bo Horvat scored his second goal of the game 52 seconds into overtime and the Islanders beat the Penguins 5-4 on Tuesday night.
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The NFL has released the first official renderings for the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh.
Spell had previously committed to Penn State and is the No. 1 running back recruit in the country.
More than 140 employees at Nemacolin were informed they were being let go.
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Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O'Connor on Tuesday announced a new initiative aimed at revitalizing neighborhood business districts across the city.
A handful of Pittsburgh-area Value City Furniture stores are going out of business after their parent company filed for bankruptcy.
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Filming for the final season of "Mayor of Kingstown" is expected to take place between March and June.
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A woman and her husband are fighting for a $400 refund after they bought furniture from a Value City Furniture store that filed for bankruptcy.
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Tuesday marked three years since the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
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Mike Tomlin stepped down as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers after 19 seasons with the team.
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