BANK MOVES

BANK MOVES
Changing names
History of Sky Bank in the area:
1902: Citizens Bank founded in Salineville in Columbiana County.
1982: Citizens creates a holding company, Citizens Bancshares, and begins a rapid expansion by buying banks in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
1994: Citizens acquires Firestone Bank of Lisbon and New Waterford Bank.
1996: Citizens acquires Lowellville-based Western Reserve Bank of Ohio.
1998: Citizens merges with Mid Am Inc. of Bowling Green to create Sky Financial Group, which is based in Bowling Green.
1998: Sky acquires First Western Bancorp of New Castle.
1999: Sky acquires Mahoning National Bank of Youngstown.
2004: Sky acquires Second National Bank of Warren.
2006: Sky is bought by Huntington Bancshares of Columbus.
Source: Vindicator files