Palestine, OH

EAST PALESTINE — East Palestine voters have rejected an earned income tax levy for the local school district. Voters rejected the measure by 67 percent on Tuesday, with 1,818 residents casting no votes and 888 giving their approval. The 1 percent continuous earned income tax levy was being sought by the district in order to […]

EAST PALESTINE — Voters in the village supported two charter amendments on the General Election ballot Tuesday. The amendments recommended by the Charter Review Committee and Village Council included the replacement of newspaper publication requirements as listed in several sections of the Charter to publication on the village’s official website; and changing how a member […]

EAST PALESTINE – Wayne Floor, 79, died Saturday at St.Elizabeth Health Center in Youngstown. He was born in Salem, son of the late Harold and Norma Floor. Linsley-Royal Funeral Home in East Palestine is in charge of arrangements. 11/3/26

SAT/10-31 Beloit American Red Cross blood drive, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., Connecting Point Chapel Columbiana Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; 20 percent off red and/or blue items. East Palestine Trick of Treat, 5:30-7 p.m.,; parade, 7:30 p.m., meet at the Methodist church; party at […]

EAST PALESTINE — A public hearing for the Joint Economic Development District (JEDD) between East Palestine and Unity Township was well attended this week, with village officials fielding questions about what exactly a JEDD would mean for residents. The primary concern voiced among residents who turned out for the meeting involved the proposed sanitary sewer […]

The Environmental Protection Agency’s response to the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment will be investigated after local residents of the small town on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and Vice President JD Vance pressed for the review. The Inspector General of the EPA announced the investigation Tuesday to assess the agency’s response to the worst rail […]

INTRO: More than three years after a freight train derailment devastated East Palestine (PAL'-uh-steen), Ohio, the federal agency responsible for prot...

The Environmental Protection Agency's response to the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment will be investigated after local residents of th...

The Inspector General of the EPA announced the investigation Tuesday to assess the agency’s response to the worst rail disaster in more than a decade.

1930-2026 EAST PALESTINE – Bessie Ruth Sansenbaugher, 96, of East Palestine, died on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, at Masternick Memorial Health Care Center, New Middletown. She was born on July 4, 1930, in Canaan Valley Davis, W.Va., daughter of the late Jacob and Ada Wolford Harr. Bessie had worked as a cosmetologist for Royale Beauty […]