WARREN, Ohio — As the Seven Seventeen Credit Union celebrates its 60th anniversary, two of its first members remain members, “amazed” – both used that word – by its growth and success. Al Shinosky of Howland and George Houtz of…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – In his four years as a punter for the Youngstown State University Penguins, Ryan Martino never played in a national championship game. So when the opportunity arose to travel to Frisco, Texas, to see his alma mater…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – There couldn’t have been a bigger difference between the final day of the 2016 campaign for the Youngstown State University Penguins and the start of fall camp eight months later. In December, it was a less-than-balmy 23…
WARREN, Ohio – Xiangen Hu, the chairman of China-based CW Bearing and Cixing Group Co., visited Drake Manufacturing Services Inc. for the first time as a potential customer four years ago. Yesterday, he returned to the Champion Township plant as…
WARREN, Ohio – A U.S. District Court has approved the sale of Drake Manufacturing Inc. to Drake Manufacturing Acquisition LLC, a subsidiary of CM North America Inc. Acquisition price was $2.1 million, according to papers filed with the U.S. District…
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio – Nearly 50 employees will be laid off in the next couple months from TubeTech Inc. as the welded steel tube manufacturer shuts down its operations here. The plant at 900 E. Taggart St. is in the…
WARREN, Ohio – Representatives from a cross-section of the local economy painted a picture Wednesday of the promises and challenges that lie ahead for the Mahoning Valley during a roundtable discussion hosted by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown. It was the…
SALEM, Ohio – Quaker Mfg. Co. notified employees Tuesday that it may be forced to close the plant at 187 Georgetown Road as soon as June 20 should its senior secured lender, First National Bank, “exercise its right to put…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – After meetings in Detroit with officials from General Motors, union leaders at the plant in Lordstown have announced that the complex’s production speed won’t be changed after a shutdown this summer, preventing further layoffs. “At this point…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Toward the rear of QFM Stamping Inc.’s plant in Salem, a brightly painted yellow robotic arm zips back and forth, stopping at programmed intervals to weld portions of a component used in the rail car industry. The…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – In 1916, against great odds, Fletcher F. Armstrong and his wife, Maggie, opened F.F. Armstrong’s Haberdashery at the edge of downtown Youngstown. It was the first black-owned business of its kind in the city. A century later,…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — There is at least one aspect of the automotive industry that both organized labor and management can always agree on: they can’t control the buying whims of the American public. These trends have a direct impact on…
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