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Ultium layoffs extend to August

Staff report Laid off Ultium Cells workers must wait until August before returning to the company’s Lordstown facility, a media outlet reported Friday. In a dispatch from Detroit, Reuters news service cited the slow-moving electrical vehicle market for the move. General Motors and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution are co-owners of the battery cell plant. “Ultium Cells Ohio employees who have been on temporary layoff status are now expected to return in ​August,” Ultium told Reuters. Earlier this week, Ultium recalled a limited number of workers. GM said it was ...

Cardinal Mooney beats Field to win back-to-back district titles

LOUISVILLE — For the second year in a row, the Cardinal Mooney Cardinals are district champions. After a go-ahead hit from junior Taco Verocco that scored a pair of runners, and a complete game effort on the mound from junior Ford Stacy, Mooney took down Field 3-1 to earn the Division IV, ...

Girard cuts 3 teachers

GIRARD — Citing financial issues facing the city’s school district, the board of education in a 3-2 vote Thursday cut three teaching positions for the next school year. However, officials said they plan to hold a special meeting Monday to bring back one of the positions. More than 75 ...

Canfield loses to University in district final on walk-off

NORTH RIDGEVILLE — The Canfield baseball team just needed one or two more things to go its way on Thursday at North Ridgeville. The Cardinals came up just short, falling to University School 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh in the Division IV, Northeast 5 district final. “The kids played ...

Trumbull approves funding to improve cybersecurity in county

WARREN — The Trumbull County commissioners approved two resolutions providing a total of $214,429.40 for programs over a three-year period to improve cybersecurity in the county. “We are constantly updating our cybersecurity,” Commissioner Denny Malloy stated after Wednesday’s meeting. “We are spending whatever it takes to make sure the county is as protected as it can be.” During a Thursday morning meeting, Malloy noted the county is following recommendations from professionals to both monitor and protect county departments from cyber threats. “We have a team in our ...

Steelers’ Rico Dowdle happy to reunite with Mike McCarthy

PITTSBURGH — Leslie Dowdle called it. Months before her son Rico entered free agency after running for more than 1,000 yards for Carolina, Leslie Dowdle rang Rico just minutes after the Pittsburgh Steelers announced that Mike McCarthy would replace Mike Tomlin as head coach in ...