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East Liverpool H. Thomas Greenwood to David and Penny Jennings, home on West Fourth Street; $22,000 Thomas Taylor Trust to Ernest Peachey, home on Center St.; $7,228 Tax Ease Funding to Ebury Re LLC, home at 754 Minerva St.; $11,500 Timothy Martin to Terry Martin, home on Vine Street (sheriff’s sale); $45,000 Fairfield Township Stanley Burt to Bradley and Cathy Jones, home and 11 acres on state Route 517; $4,500 Mike and Audrey Delagarza to Alysa Christiansen, home on Edward Circle; $168,800 Hanover Township Shawn and McKenzie Sweeney to Deborah Karcher, home on state ...

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Despite free-flowing kombucha, WeWork tenants feel unease NEW YORK (AP) — WeWork’s stock market fiasco has yet to reverberate much for its more than 600,000 tenants. But beneath the work-and-play cheer, there’s unease as WeWork embarks on a painful restructuring that will include thousands of layoffs as early as this week. The office-sharing company is slashing the lavish spending that has fueled its breakneck growth while racking up unsustainable losses. Experts are skeptical that WeWork can achieve meaningful cost reductions without somehow squeezing tenants. Boeing’s ...

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Chief justice orders delay in House fight for Trump records WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts is ordering an indefinite delay in the House of Representatives’ demand for President Donald Trump’s financial records to give the Supreme Court time to figure out how to handle the high-stakes dispute. Roberts’ order Monday contains no hint about what the court ultimately will do. Ford Mustang SUV starts a blitz of new electric vehicles DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — It’s called the “Mustang Mach E,” and it can travel at least 230 miles on a single charge. Ford is ...

Columbiana County Property Transfers

Center Township Betty and William Pancake to Joe Gregory, home on Leetonia Road; $115,000 Mike Helman to James Cox, home on Thomas Road; $85,000 Columbiana Kenneth and David Kornbau, trustees, to John and Deborah Schmitt, home on Kingwood Avenue; $142,500 Brian and Cynthia Pearl to Bryan and Kristin Granchie, home on Metz Road; $199,900 ACM Vision V to Morgan Linger, home at 212 Duquesne St.; $17,500 East Liverpool Dan Galeoti to William Brunner, home and 2.1 acres on Trentvale Street; $10,000 Dean Shreve to Bristen Lavant and Ashlee Durbin, home on First Avenue; ...

No. 1 milk company declares bankruptcy amid drop in demand

Got milk? Increasingly, Americans don’t, and that led the nation’s biggest milk producer to file for bankruptcy Tuesday. Dean Foods blamed a decadeslong drop in milk consumption that has seen people turn to alternatives like soda, juice and almond milk. The Dallas company said it may sell itself to the Dairy Farmers of America, a marketing cooperative owned by thousands of farmers. “Despite our best efforts to make our business more agile and cost-efficient, we continue to be impacted by a challenging operating environment marked by continuing declines in consumer milk ...

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McDonald’s workers say anti-harassment efforts fall short CHICAGO (AP) — A former McDonald’s employee is suing the company and one of its Michigan franchisees over sexual harassment. On Tuesday, Jenna Ries filed a class-action lawsuit against the fast-food chain. She’s one of at least 50 workers who have filed separate sexual harassment charges against McDonald’s over the past three years. The lawsuit comes on the heels of McDonald’s firing its CEO last week for having a consensual relationship with an employee. Boeing orders, deliveries continue to sag with Max ...