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Norfolk Southern brings apology, aid to derailment hearing

Scenes of billowing smoke above the village, alongside outcry from people that they are still suffering from illnesses, have turned high-level attention to railroad safety.

By The Associated Press

Ohio train that derailed wasn’t considered ‘high hazard.’ Could stricter rules make hazardous material transport safer?

All four U.S. Senators from Ohio and Pennsylvania say they’ll push for new rules to prevent a similar disaster in the future.

By Reid Frazier/The Allegheny Front
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