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Tag: derailment

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She’d already been ‘to hell and back,’ then came the derailment

by Steve MellonNovember 11, 2025November 14, 2025

For decades, Candy Kiehl carried a heavy load of painful memories and everyday worries. Then a billion-dollar company added to that burden by crashing a freight train and setting fire to more than a million tons of toxins in her community. A black cloud of poisons loomed over thousands of homes in East Palestine, Ohio, […]

Posted inCommunity news

Power of the rail industry looms over stalled train safety bill that could prevent another East Palestine-level disaster

by Steve MellonJuly 24, 2025July 25, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Greed and deceit define the history of vinyl chloride, which tops the list of chemicals unleashed in East Palestine

by Steve MellonJuly 13, 2025October 13, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Keepers of the Times Beach story and a Pitt study land in the region this week

by Steve MellonApril 24, 2025April 24, 2025
Posted inCommunity news

Waiting takes a toll in East Palestine: ‘I’m so overwhelmed with stress. I feel like I’m going to have a heart attack …’

by Steve MellonApril 13, 2025April 18, 2025
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Izzy honored? Yes, our Steve Mellon is, with a prestigious independent journalism award

by Pittsburgh Union ProgressApril 7, 2025April 8, 2025
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Rates of PTSD and depression in East Palestine are similar to those found in Flint after water crisis, study shows

by Steve MellonMarch 30, 2025March 30, 2025
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Vance visit on derailment’s second anniversary leaves residents wondering, ‘Who has our backs?’

by Steve MellonFebruary 4, 2025February 4, 2025
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A human-made disaster bound Tom Lewis’ extraordinary life to a community of uncertainty and loss

by Steve MellonFebruary 2, 2025April 13, 2025
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‘Beautiful sad tapestry’ of stories could bring hope in wake of derailment, attorney says

by Steve MellonJanuary 14, 2025February 4, 2025

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