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First Niles announces cash dividend

Business News

First Niles Financial Inc., the parent company of Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Niles, has announced a cash dividend of $.06 per share on common stock and $.07 per share on preferred class A stock for the first quarter of 2025. The dividend will be payable March 21 to ...

Delmont chosen as Austintown police chief

Local News

AUSTINTOWN — The township has its new police chief, and it didn’t have to look very far. While the paperwork is still pending, trustees made the official announcement Monday that Lt. Valorie Delmont will succeed Chief Robert Gavalier as the department’s next executive officer. Gavalier ...

Starbucks lays off 1,100 corporate employees

Business News

Starbucks plans to lay off 1,100 corporate employees globally as new Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol streamlines operations. In a letter to employees released Monday, Niccol said the company will inform employees who are being laid off by midday Tuesday. Niccol said Starbucks is also ...

Testimony in murder trial set to begin

Local News

YOUNGSTOWN — Testimony in the aggravated murder trial of Andre K. Bailey, of Craig Beach, will begin Wednesday morning after a full day of jury selection took place Monday in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. There will be no activity in the case today. In addition to aggravated murder ...

US refuses to blame Russia for Ukraine war in UN votes

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UNITED NATIONS — In a dramatic shift in transatlantic relations under President Donald Trump, the United States split with its European allies by refusing to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in votes on three U.N. resolutions Monday seeking an end to the three-year war. The growing ...