Source Providers pact OK’d by union

Source Providers pact OK’d by union

austintown

United Steelworkers Local 0621 voted in favor of an agreement for a five-year contract with Comprehensive Logistics’ Source Providers plant on Victoria Road in Austintown.

The contract was overwhelmingly approved Sunday with 258 voting yes and 64 voting no.

“We feel like this is a big commitment to our men and women at Source Providers,” said Jose Arroyo, USW business representative for the Youngstown-Warren area.

The agreement for about 450 members includes increases in wages, signing bonuses and provisions for retirement.

Source Providers does sequencing for the Lordstown General Motors Assembly Plant where the Chevrolet Cruze is built.

Trump reclaims lead

NEW YORK

With the first votes of the 2016 presidential race a little more than two months away, Donald Trump is showing renewed support among likely Republican voters.

Trump has reclaimed the lead in Iowa, according to a CBS/YouGov poll released Sunday, with 30 percent support among registered Republican voters in the state. Ben Carson, who was tied with Trump in the same poll a month ago, has fallen to third place with 19 percent support, behind Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who earned 21 percent support.

The news is even better for Trump in New Hampshire, where CBS/YouGov found that he has an even more commanding lead. Trump won 32 percent support in the poll. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida was second, with 13 percent.

Endangered white rhino dies at zoo

SAN DIEGO

One of only four northern white rhinos believed left in the world died Sunday at San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

Nola, a 41-year-old female who has been at the park since 1989, was euthanized after her health took a turn for the worse, a zoo statement said.

The remaining three northern white rhinos, all elderly, are in a closely guarded preserve in Kenya.

Survey: US gasoline drops 11 cents

CAMARILLO, Calif.

The average price of gasoline plunged 11 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.14 a gallon.

Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg reported Sunday that the drop comes as crude-oil prices continue to fall.

Lundberg says prices may continue to go down into December.

The current gas price is 70 cents per gallon under its year-ago point.

5 Syrian refugees surrender at border

LAREDO, Texas

Federal officials say another group of Syrian refugees has turned themselves in to immigration authorities along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Sunday that the group identified themselves to border agents in the South Texas town of Laredo on Friday. The group consisted of a family of three along with two other men.

They were held to check their identities against national security databases and then turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for temporary detention.

Their arrival came after two Syrian families identified themselves Tuesday to border officials in Laredo.

Hundreds of thousands of people have fled Syria to escape the war, most of them to Europe.

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