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Operations at Warren plant moved and location closed

WARREN — Less than one month after it announced it acquired the Engineered Wire Products plant on the city’s west end, North Carolina-based Insteel Industries announced it closed the facility. Insteel in a news release stated the company moved the manufacturing from the West Market Street ...

Foundation given $10K for workforce support

YOUNGSTOWN — The Northeast Ohio Correctional Center has given $10,000 to the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber Foundation to support efforts to grow the Mahoning Valley’s workforce. The correctional center in Hubbard, and its parent company CoreCivic, provide educational, vocational, ...

Farmers National acquires retirement planning firm

Farmers National Banc Corp. announced Tuesday a subsidiary, National Associates, Inc., has acquired Crest Retirement Advisors LLC, which provides custom retirement plans and administrative services to small businesses. The transaction closed Monday, and is expected to be accretive to earnings ...

Premier, WesBanco shareholders OK merger

YOUNGSTOWN — Shareholders of Premier Financial Corp. and West Virginia-based WesBanco Inc. have approved WesBanco’s acquisition of Premier. Approximately 85% of the votes cast at WesBanco’s special meeting Wednesday were to approve the merger as well as the proposal to issue shares of ...

$50,000 grant to boost area’s workforce efforts

WARREN — One organization’s effort to grow the region’s workforce by helping overcome barriers to employment has received a $50,000 boost from the PNC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PNC Bank. The project is part of the Youngstown / Warren Regional Chamber’s effort in partnership ...

Wean Foundation announces members of its new cohort

The Raymond John Wean Foundation has announced the 15 members of its first Nonprofit Leadership Cohort. The members, picked from nearly 40 applicants that serve organizations in Warren and Youngstown, will participate in an eight-month course next year that provides coaching, peer-to-peer ...