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Since the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train filled with hazardous materials in Ohio earlier this year, the looming potential of a similar disaster has weighed heavily on the minds of local leaders whose communities are traversed by trains every day. Thirty-eight Norfolk Southern train cars jumped the tracks Feb.
There wasn’t much in Mt. Pleasant that didn’t bear Jerry Lucia’s fingerprints. Some say he was the lifeblood of the small town at the foot of the Laurel Highlands. Gerald Lucia the longtime Mt. Pleasant mayor and fire chief died unexpectedly Friday morning, Dec. 17, 2021, in his home. He