UIt's a familiar scene on sales floors throughout the Mahoning Valley: Customers snatching up sump

UIt's a familiar scene on sales floors throughout the Mahoning Valley: Customers snatching up sump pumps, generators, mops, cleaning supplies and more. Hardware stores in the region are staying open later -- in some cases all night long -- in an effort to help local businesses and residents deal with the effects and aftereffects of flooding. A3
UColumbiana County residents affected by flooding Wednesday and Thursday should call the county's Help Hotline to make a disaster claim, not the Federal Emergency Management Agency, because the federal government has not yet declared the county a disaster area. A3
UAfter having been invaded by several inches of floodwaters from Yellow Creek and closed Thursday, the Poland library was to reopen today. Library Director Carlton Sears also said events scheduled for that library's meeting room Saturday would go on as planned. A3
UParts of Ohio still trying to recover from flooding earlier this year took another hit from the remnants of Hurricane Frances, with strong rain contributing to two deaths and forcing people to leave their damaged homes. B3