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Superior Tire promotes Peterson to VP of Engineering & Quality

Superior Tire & Rubber Corp. has announced the promotion of Joseph Peterson to the position of Vice President of Engineering and Quality. Since joining the company in February of 2017, Peterson has been instrumental in reorganizing and enhancing the company’s engineering functions. Under ...

Former Warren resident earns teaching award

On Thursday, May 3, the 29th Annual Clarksville Education Association (CMCEA) honored the Distinguished Educators for the 2018-2019 school year. Abigail (Mack) Swartzfager, a fourth-grade, STEM Math teacher, received her second consecutive Green Apple Teacher of the Year award at Moore ...

Co-work space Innovault timeline announced

A board has been assembled and a timeline is in place for the eventual opening of a co-working space in the PNC Building in downtown Warren. The portion of the first floor fronting Liberty St. is the location for the space. At a meeting on Monday, the following individuals were appointed to the board of the coworking space, dubbed Innovault: Phil Gilbert, president; Chuck Gray, vice-president; Lisa Hagberg, treasurer; Lacy Hanson, secretary; Harry Krissy, Jim Decker and Ben Kafferlin. Gilbert said that the plan is for bids to be accepted in June and awarded in July “at which ...

On top of a $3 million award from the jury trial, Northwest Bank will be recouping legal fees. In December, Northwest Bank won a jury trial and was awarded more than $3 million, for a situation in which a former employee — Matthew Turk — left Northwest Insurance Services (a wholly-owned subsidiary) for a competitor — First National Insurance Agency (a subsidiary of First National Bank) — and took fellow employees and clients with him in breach of his contract. That suit was originally filed in June of 2017. According to the complaint, officials at FNIA, First National ...

Penelec’s 2019 Tree Trimming Program underway

Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), continues to conduct tree trimming work in communities across its Pennsylvania service areas as part of its ongoing efforts to help enhance electric service reliability. This work helps keep power flowing to customers around the clock by preventing tree-related outages. Maintaining proper clearances around electrical equipment can help reduce the frequency and duration of power outages, especially those associated with severe weather such as the storms experienced this past winter. Since the ...

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. announces First Quarter 2019 Earnings and Quarterly Dividend

Northwest Bancshares, Inc., (the “Company”), (NasdaqGS: NWBI) announced net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, of $25.0 million, or $0.24 per diluted share. This represents an increase of $59,000, or 0.2%, compared to the same quarter last year when net income was also $25.0 million or $0.24 per diluted share. The annualized returns on average shareholders’ equity and average assets for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, were 7.96% and 1.03% compared to 8.40% and 1.08% for the same quarter last year. Earnings during the current quarter were impacted by $1.9 million of ...