With the statute of limitations to file suit against Norfolk Southern for damages inflicted by the 2023 train derailment and subsequent chemical release less than a week away, East Palestine Council announced the village and the railroad have reached a settlement.

With the statute of limitations to file suit against Norfolk Southern for damages inflicted by the 2023 train derailment and subsequent chemical release less than a week away, East Palestine Council announced the village and the railroad have reached a settlement.

A Norfolk Southern train's 50-plus carriages fell off the track. The released chemicals affected the nearby soil and water.

Norfolk Southern and East Palestine, Ohio, reached a settlement over the February 2023 derailment that sent toxic chemicals into the area's air, soil and creeks, the village and company said in a joint statement.

Nearly two years after a train derailment sent toxic chemicals into the air, ground and water, the village of East Palestine, Ohio, and Norfolk Southern reached

SO JUST TO NOTE OFF THE TOP, THE SETTLEMENT STILL NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY BY A FEDERAL JUDGE. BUT YEAH, WE WANTED TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN EAST PALESTINE, THE ONES WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THAT.

East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement resolving all of the village’s claims arising from the disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border th

Norfolk Southern and the Village of East Palestine have reached a $22 million settlement to resolve all claims by the village resulting from the Feb. 3, 2023, derailment and hazardous-materials release,

East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement after the toxic train derailment in 2023.

The railroad operator’s earnings rose above expectations in the fourth quarter, as the company continued to recover financially from a costly 2023 derailment in Ohio.

This settlement is to be used "for priorities identified by the Village in connection with the train derailment."