President Joe Biden drinks coffee as he visits 1820 Candle Co. in East Palestine, Ohio, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) EAS PALESTINE, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Strong words for Norfolk Southern, as President Biden paid a long-awaited visit to East Palestine on Friday. He spoke at a media event with the mayor and fire chief, saying the toxic train derailment a year ago was not an accident, but an act of greed. Biden also had a cup of coffee at a village coffee shop. Residents are...

President Biden faced widespread backlash Friday for making his first visit to East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year after a hazardous train derailment. Administration officials said Biden has had a "laser focus" on the issues facing the rural village where more than a million gallons of toxic chemicals were released into the environment, despite the president not visiting the area for 378 days. Biden was heavily criticized by Republicans, public figures and local residents for not visiting the rural Ohio town, which is located in Columbiana County on the...

President Joe Biden will visit East Palestine, Ohio, on Friday, more than a year after a train derailment sent more than 1 million pounds of toxins into the town’s soil, water and air. Biden has been under intense pressure to visit East Palestine since the Norfolk Southern train derailed on February 3, 2023. The White House said shortly after the train’s derailment that the president would find a time to visit, but that did not happen last year. Former President Donald Trump visited East Palestine about three weeks after the...