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United Community Financial sees record second quarter earnings YOUNGSTOWN — United Community Financial Corp., parent company of Home Savings Bank (Home Savings), last week announced net income of $8.2 million, or $0.163 per diluted common share, a 45.5 percent improvement over the $0.112 per diluted common share reported for the quarter ended June 30, 2016. Second quarter 2017 highlights include: * Organic loan growth, including loans held for sale, strong at 9.4 percent annualized * Revenue growth of 31 percent, compared to the second quarter of 2016 * Net interest margin ...

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Columbiana County Property Transfers

Center Township Barrow Trust to Robert Powell III, house trailer and property on Miller Road; $30,000. Columbiana Land Shark Holdings to BHP Rentals, property (Naughton Plumbing) on South Main Street; $180,000. Benjamin Greenawalt to Richard Johnson, home on Park Place; $127,500. County Sheriff (Becky Perkins) to John Doss Enterprises, home on Fairfield School Road; $69,000. Delmar Justice, et al, to Annika Guzzetti and Brandon Siembida, home on Firestone Avenue; $105,000. Cory McCusker to Maxie Dowd, home on West Park Avenue; $82,500. Brenda Lunderberg, estate ...

Character development

Michael B. Ross, president of Mainstream Leadership Network, addresses a team of Hot Dog Shoppe employees on July 13 to kick off a six-session motivational class on character development. The program gives instruction on identifying personal value and using unique talents to improve ...

DeGori passes nutritional exam

EAST LIVERPOOL — Megan DeGori, nurse practitioner for Dr. Desai, recently passed her Aspen Nutritional exam. Desai was one of the first 250 physicians in the country to become certified in nutritional support and now has two Certified Nutrition Support Clinician Nurse Practitioners as ...

Summer Crisis Program underway

LISBON — Community Action Agency’s HEAP Summer Crisis Program is underway and runs through Aug. 31. Appointments for the HEAP Summer Crisis Program may be made by calling the automated phone service at 1-844-493-1198. Based on available staff, a limited number of walk-in applicants will be taken daily on a first-come first-serve basis from 8-9 a.m. The agency will stop taking walk-ins when the maximum number has been signed in for the day. Scheduled appointments begin at 9. Fridays will be walk-in appointments from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the duration of the program. The HEAP ...