Basketball has been the furthest thing from the minds of the athletes and the residents of East Palestine. After a derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials in the city on Feb. 3 ...

A girl’s high school basketball game was not played Thursday night in Ohio over health concerns following the train derailment in East Palestine on February 3rd. The Bristol girl’s varsity ...

East Palestine senior Ryan Rosen said ... if I’ll be able to come back to basketball. I’m glad to be back, and I’ve caught up on my schoolwork. I’m just trying to get back to normal.” ...

but their opponent opted to forfeit rather than travel to East Palestine. “I understand they were scared,” said Lee, who had her Senior Night ceremony tucked into a boys’ basketball game.

EAST PALESTINE — A coaching change was made this week during ... Superintendent Chris Neifer said the high school assistant boys basketball coaching contract change was the result of “philosophical ...

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio - For Chris Neifer, the first indication that something was wrong the night of Feb. 3 came when he received a call from one of his basketball coaches. Something had happened ...

Gene J. Puskar/AP, FILE Although officials declared the town safe to play sports, East Palestine high school girls' basketball opponent forfeited a sectional playoff game rather than play in East ...

She's lived in East Palestine since she was 10. The day of the derailment, Dilworth got off work around 5:30 and went to her granddaughter's basketball game two towns over. Once they heard about ...