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Venture Home Real Estate operating locally as Bill Montgomery Group

CALCUTTA — Former area residents, Adam Hoppel and Jacob Robinson, are returning to their roots “in hopes to give back to the area where they grew up.” Hoppel and Robinson were born and raised in Columbiana County, and are graduates of Beaver Local High School. According to a ...

Columbiana County Property Transfers

Butler Township James and Charlotte Tanner to Joseph Morris, 1 acre on U.S. Route 62; $50,000. Columbiana William and Carolyn Nezbeth to Mike Tolson, duplex on West Southern Avenue; $156,900. East Liverpool Donald and Heather Bouscher to Steven and Jessica Williams, home on Park Boulevard; $196,700. Robert Kimbell to Aaron and Joanna Stevens, home on Ravine Street; $3,000. East Palestine Dave Biggins to Thomas Figley, apartment house on East Main Street; $5,000. U.S. Bank to DWG Rentals, home at 121 S. Walnut St.; $19,500. Elkrun Township Jason Webb to Middlerun ...

GM Lordstown workers to receive share of profits

LORDSTOWN, Ohio — Autoworkers at the GM Lordstown Plant will each collect up to $11,750 in profit-sharing toward the end of February after the car-making giant released its 2017 earnings report Tuesday. The amount is a slight dip from the maximum $12,000 employees at the plant were eligible for last year, breaking a five-year streak of the payments increasing every year. Employees were eligible to receive up to $11,000 in 2016 and up to $9,000 in 2015. The maximum amount will be paid to employees who worked the maximum amount of hours — 1,850 — in 2017, said Glenn Johnson, ...

Business Highlights

Stocks rally, wobble, then end lower as turbulence continues NEW YORK (AP) — US stock indexes finish mostly lower after a morning rally faded away. Technology companies including Apple fell, and energy companies dropped along with oil prices. Industrial companies climbed and banks made small gains along with interest rates. That followed three days of turmoil on markets that knocked stocks off their recent highs. Wynn Resorts jumped after Steve Wynn stepped down as CEO following allegations of sexual misconduct. Tax cut, bonuses for workers? Many businesses not sure yet NEW YORK ...

Columbiana County Property Transfers

Butler Township Justin and Alison Biery to Mike and Teresa Hixson, home and 1.3 acres on Woodsend Drive; $334,000. Center Township Gary Eichler Jr. to James Converse, house trailer and 1 acre on Hilltop Drive; $17,500. Columbiana Cecil Conkle to Samuel Henderson, vacant land on Ray Avenue; $10,000. East Liverpool Maurice Brown, et al, to Timothy and Connie Spiroff, home on Orchard Grove Avenue; $57,654. McKinney Enterprises of Ohio to Boardwalk Realty Group Investments, warehouse on Bradshaw Avenue; $50,000. East Palestine Rebecca Bentfeld, et al, to Rebecca Bentfeld, ...

Superior Marine Services opens in Calcutta

CALCUTTA — Fortunately for boat owners in the Ohio Valley, there’s a new master marine mechanic in town — Hookstown’s Jason Moore. Anyone who owns a mechanically propelled boat in this region should have his number in their contacts list. The 41-year-old Moore has built quite a ...