Latest Ohio Headlines
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Freight Railroads Fail to Join Federal Safety Program After Ohio Derailment
Aug 25 2025 // Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest freight railroads have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call program designed to...
Ohio Healthcare Facility to Settle Race Discrimination Charge
Aug 19 2025 // Progressive North Ridgeville, LLC, a healthcare facility in North Ridgeville, Ohio, agreed to pay $5,000 and take corrective action to resolve a race discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Ohio’s Roehr Insurance Partners With Higginbotham
Aug 15 2025 // Higginbotham announced it has partnered with Roehr Insurance, one of the largest property and casualty insurance agencies in Cincinnati, Ohio. The partnership grows Higginbotham’s presence in the Midwest and provides...
Chemours Must Stop Unlawful Pollution of Ohio River, Federal Court Orders
Aug 12 2025 // A federal judge ordered the Chemours Chemical Company on Thursday to immediately stop discharging unlawful levels of cancer-causing chemicals into the Ohio River from the company’s Washington Works plant in West...
Ohio Company to Pay $326K for Allegedly Selling Unregistered Pesticides
Jul 28 2025 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last week a settlement with Tranzonic Cos., known as Hospeco Brands Group, in Cleveland, Ohio, for allegedly selling unregistered pesticide products and a product...
Congressman Jim Jordan Deposed in Ohio State Sex Abuse Case
Jul 24 2025 // Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan was among those questioned under oath this month about the sexual abuse of Ohio State University athletes decades ago by a team doctor, according to a court filing. Jordan’s deposition...
Ohio Waste Management Firm Faces $602K in Fines After Worker’s Death
Jul 23 2025 // A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc., an environmental and hazardous waste management service provider, failed to properly ventilate a confined space containing...
Ohio Rules That Data Centers Pay for Minimum Energy Needs
Jul 11 2025 // Regulators in Ohio, a key data center market, ruled that data centers will have to pay for some of their energy requests regardless of whether the electricity ends up being needed. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio...
Reliance Global Completes Sale of Ohio’s Fortman Insurance Services
Jul 8 2025 // Reliance Global Group announced it has completed an asset sale of Ottawa, Ohio-based Fortman Insurance Services, wholly owned subsidiary, for $5 million in cash. The transaction marks the successful execution of a...
Bishop Street Underwriters Acquires Ohio’s Aerospace Insurance Managers
Jul 1 2025 // Bishop Street Underwriters announced that it has acquires Ohio-based Aerospace Insurance Managers, a general aviation insurance services provider, from Hallmark Financial. This acquisition marks Bishop Street’s entry...
Telemarketing Firm to Pay $85K Over Discrimination at Ohio Location
Jun 26 2025 // DialAmerica Marketing, LLC, a provider of telemarketing and call-center services for third-party clients, will pay $85,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charging...
First Financial to Acquire Westfield Bancorp From Ohio Farmers
Jun 25 2025 // First Financial announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Westfield Bancorp, in a cash and stock transaction, from Ohio Farmers Insurance Company. Ohio Farmers is the parent company of the global...
Former Ohio Doctor Loses Defamation Lawsuit Against Ex-Employers
Jun 19 2025 // A former Ohio doctor who was fired before being found not guilty on murder charges in the deaths of 14 patients lost a defamation lawsuit against his former employers on Monday, after a judge stepped in for a jury on...
Manufacturer Fined $500K for Violating OSHA Rule Leading to Ohio Worker’s Death
Jun 12 2025 // Fabcon, a Delaware corporation with a manufacturing facility in Ohio, was sentenced to pay a $500,000 fine, the statutory maximum, after pleading guilty to willfully violating an Occupational Safety and Health...
Report Reveals Delay in Deploying Specialized Plane in Ohio Train Derailment
Jun 9 2025 // A specialized plane equipped with advanced sensors that the government deploys to chemical disasters could have helped authorities avoid needlessly blowing open five rail tank cars and burning their toxic contents after...
Train Strikes Family on Ohio Railroad Bridge, Killing 3
May 20 2025 // Two women and a 5-year-old girl died after a train struck the family members while they were on a railroad bridge over a northern Ohio river, authorities said Monday. Crews equipped with sonar had been scouring the...
Morton Salt Settles Ohio Discrimination Case With $75,000 Payment
May 16 2025 // Morton Salt, Inc. will pay $75,000 and provide other relief to settle a race, disability and retaliation discrimination case filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency...
Ohio High School Lacrosse Player Dies From Injuries Suffered During Game
May 12 2025 // An Ohio high school lacrosse player died Thursday from injuries he suffered during a lacrosse game. The family of Dylan Veselic announced his death in a message posted to the Bay Village High School lacrosse team’s X...
Ohio Residents Divided Over Norfolk Southern Settlement Agreement
May 2 2025 // Norfolk Southern began making promises to East Palestine, Ohio, soon after its train derailed and caught fire in February 2023. The railroad said it would “make it right” after five tank cars of vinyl chloride...
Ohio Eatery to Pay $125K Over Race Discrimination Lawsuit
May 1 2025 // Bennett Enterprises Inc., doing business as Ralphie’s Sports Eatery Company, will pay $125,000 and provide other relief to settle a race, disability and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal...
