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Rail Union Reports Sickness, Safety Concerns At Ohio Train Derailment Site

Rail Union Reports Sickness, Safety Concerns At Ohio Train Derailment Site Alexa Schwerha on March 2, 2023 Norfolk Southern workers reported experiencing migraines and nausea after being sent to work in East…

March 2, 2023

Ohio workers vote for union at GM, LG battery plant

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Workers at a General Motors-LG Energy battery cell factory in northeast Ohio overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers, a big win for the union seeking…

December 9, 2022

Workers to decide whether to unionize Ohio GM-LG battery joint venture

By David Shepardson (Reuters) – Workers next month will decide whether to unionize at a General Motors-LG Energy battery cell manufacturing joint venture in Ohio, a U.S. government agency said. The National…

November 23, 2022

Biden touts manufacturing, union jobs in battleground Ohio

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland HAMILTON, Ohio – President Joe Biden boasted on Friday of a U.S. manufacturing surge and introduced a new small business program in the key swing state…

May 7, 2022

Uniontown player scores big with $130,000 lottery win

UNIONTOWN, OH – A Rolling Cash 5 ticket worth $130,000 was sold Monday night at Giant Eagle Market District #1620 in Uniontown, marking the game’s third jackpot win this month. The winning…

June 10, 2025

Lucky Ohio Circle K customer lands $130K jackpot win

ALLIANCE, Ohio — A Rolling Cash 5 ticket worth $130,000 was sold at a Circle K in Alliance for the Feb. 5 drawing, the Ohio Lottery announced. The winning ticket was purchased…

February 6, 2025

Police Issue Alert After Teen Girl Goes Missing in Uniontown

UNIONTOWN, Ohio — The Hartville Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 15-year-old girl, Abbi Egli, who has been missing since Monday afternoon. Abbi was last seen on…

September 10, 2024

Ohio Yard Turns Into Makeshift Goat Farm, Police Seeking Owner

UNIONTOWN, OH—In an unexpected turn of events, five goats were found wandering in the front yard of a residence on Amber Circle, situated at the intersection of Redwood and 619. The Uniontown…

May 18, 2024

New Jersey Woman Fugitive Facing Child Sex Crime Charges in Ohio

A Union County woman, Corrinne Kneipp, 30, is wanted for alleged unlawful sexual conduct with a teenage boy in Ohio. Authorities in Kettering, near Dayton, started an investigation after a 14-year-old disclosed…

April 25, 2024

Judge temporarily blocks Ohio gender-affirming care ban

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – An Ohio judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Republican-backed state law banning gender-affirming care, such as puberty blockers and hormones, for transgender minors from taking effect later…

April 16, 2024

Ohio Man Indicted for Concealing Involvement in 1994 Rwandan Genocide

BOSTON — Eric Tabaro Nshimiye, a 52-year-old resident of Uniontown, Ohio, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly hiding his participation in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, during…

March 26, 2024

ACLU Sues Ohio Over Law Banning Trans Sex-Change Surgeries For Minors

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against Ohio Tuesday after state lawmakers passed a law banning transgender hormones and sex-change surgeries for minors. The law, which is set to…

March 27, 2024

US Supreme Court to hear dispute over Starbucks firing pro-union workers

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge by Starbucks to a judicial decision that required the coffee chain to rehire seven employees at one…

January 12, 2024

Paw Patrol: Senior Dog Missing in Uniontown

UNIONTOWN, OHIO — The Uniontown Police Department has issued a missing alert for Pepper, a 16-year-old dog last seen in the area of Wisteria & King Church. The department shared the information…

November 20, 2023

UAW-Ford deal nets union big wins on wages, benefits, investments

By Joseph White and David Shepardson DETROIT (Reuters) -United Auto Workers leaders approved a tentative deal on Sunday with Ford that includes a pay hike of at least 30% for full-time workers…

October 30, 2023

Norfolk Southern profit slumps, takes $163 million charge on Ohio derailment

(Reuters) – U.S. railroad operator Norfolk Southern’s third-quarter profit slumped 41% on Wednesday as the company took another hefty charge related to the Eastern Ohio freight train derailment. The derailment of one…

October 25, 2023

GM, Canadian union reach tentative agreement, ending strike

By Arlyn McAdorey and David Shepardson OSHAWA, Ontario (Reuters) -General Motors and Canadian union Unifor reached a tentative agreement on Tuesday just hours after 4,300 workers went on strike at three GM…

October 11, 2023

UAW makes new counter proposal to Chrysler parent Stellantis -union

By David Shepardson and Joseph White (Reuters) -The United Auto Workers made a new counter-proposal to Chrysler-parent Stellantis on Thursday, just one day before the union is set to strike additional Detroit…

September 28, 2023

United Steelworkers union chief Tom Conway dies at 71

(Reuters) -Thomas Conway, international president of the United Steelworkers (USW) union that represents 850,000 North American steel, paper, health, education and oil workers, has died at the age of 71, the USW…

September 25, 2023

On the Ohio-to-Michigan highway, US auto workers drive for solidarity

By Ben Klayman TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) -A Toledo grocery store parking lot was full of Jeeps and Fords on Tuesday morning in a show of strength by auto workers on strike from…

September 20, 2023

‘Pick A Side’: Major Auto Union Announces Historic Strike Against Big Three

‘Pick A Side’: Major Auto Union Announces Historic Strike Against Big Three Ryan Meilstrup on September 14, 2023 The United Auto Workers union (UAW) announced a strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers…

September 15, 2023

Detroit UAW workers strike threat tests Biden’s plan to win union votes

By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s strategy of backing politically crucial unions while avoiding strikes that cripple the economy has hit a bump in Detroit. During…

September 7, 2023

UAW workers ratify Ultium Cells wage agreement in Ohio

(Reuters) – The United Auto Workers (UAW) union at Ultium Cells, a joint venture of General Motors and LG Energy Solution in Lordstown, Ohio, on Sunday said members voted in favor by…

August 28, 2023

GM battery joint venture agrees to hike Ohio workers wages

By David Shepardson (Reuters) -A joint venture battery plant said on Thursday it will hike the wages of workers at its Ohio plant by an average of 25% after some U.S. senators…

August 24, 2023

Norfolk Southern agrees to boost safety at Ohio derailment site, US says

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Norfolk Southern Corp has agreed to improve conditions for workers rebuilding and cleaning up the site of its February derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the U.S.…

August 9, 2023