Columbiana County

The EPA said it will study vinyl chloride to determine whether it poses an “unreasonable risk to human health or the environment.″

The railroad is offering to pay to clean the homes of anyone who hasn’t returned home yet as long as they didn’t already take advantage of a similar program.

The Columbiana County Pride Committee is holding its first event Saturday to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride. The event faced pushback from some community members who brought their concerns to a village council meeting in June.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture and Ohio State University collected and tested plant tissue samples from 16 agricultural areas in Columbiana County.

Local farmers are still struggling to convince customers that their products are safe following the toxic train derailment in East Palestine more than three months ago.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture and Ohio State University created a plant tissue sampling plan to check whether the February train derailment in East Palestine is impacting the region's agriculture.

Officials from the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say there's no indication East Palestine's agriculture system was impacted by February's rain derailment.

Carnegie Mellon and Texas A&M researchers found high levels of acrolein, a chemical found in manufacturing and formed in combustion. It is considered a hazardous air pollutant.

A handful of people who were planning to buy homes in the East Palestine area have backed out after the Feb. 3 train derailment, and others who were looking for homes in the area have stopped.

Nearly two million gallons of wastewater and thousands of cubic yards of contaminated soil have already been removed from the site, with more to go. Every aspect of removal is governed by regulations.