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Keep it Local event

AUSTINTOWN

Keep it Local, Austintown! will have its June mixer Tuesday at Paladin Brewing, 6520 Mahoning Ave. The event starts at 6:30 p.m.

Hors d’oeuvres will be sponsored by Wayla Evans Insurance.

The mission of Keep it Local, Austintown! is to bring together local professionals in a fun, relaxed setting to encourage the growth of professional relationships and support community development.

Vienna to get new Police Interceptor

VIENNA

At 7 p.m. Monday, Vienna Township will take delivery of a new 2016 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor that was purchased from Mark Thomas Ford in Cortland. Mark Thomas Ford won the state bid for the purchase.

Groundbreaking for new facility

LORDSTOWN

Officials from the Lordstown Energy Center and partners Siemens Financial Services and Macquarie Infrastructure Partners III will officially break ground on their $900 million facility at 1 p.m. Monday at its Henn Parkway location.

Workplace safety

COLUMBUS

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation joins the National Safety Council in recognizing June as National Safety Month, when thousands of organizations across the country raise awareness of what it takes to stay safe at work, on the road and in our homes and communities.

For more information about safety, go to bwc.ohio.gov and click on Safety Services to get tips and information about grants and consultations.

Employers can call 800-OHIOBWC to schedule safety consultations.

All BWC safety services are included as part of employers’ premiums at no additional charge.

Slot machine revenue reported

HARRISBURG

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Thursday posted the monthly report for total gross revenue and tax revenue generated from the play of slot machines at casinos during May.

Gross revenue from slot machines at the 12 casinos fell 1.1 percent in May of this year to $208,852,793, compared with the $211,219,909 of gross revenue in May 2015. Tax revenue in May of this year was $111,448,220.

After an early wobble, stocks close higher

U.S. stocks rebounded from an early slide Thursday, nudging the Standard & Poor’s 500 index and Nasdaq composite to their highest close of the year.

Health care companies led the comeback. Energy stocks declined the most after a meeting of OPEC ministers that ended without an agreement on crude production cuts.

A late-afternoon reversal delivered the second gain in two days for the stock market in what’s been a muted week of trading. Investors have been on the sidelines waiting for clues as to whether the Federal Reserve will raise its key interest rate at the central bank’s next meeting of policymakers later this month.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .129.33.03

Aqua America, .71 32.99 .15

Avalon Holdings,2.10—.0016

Cortland Bancorp, .2816.20.00

Farmers Nat., .129.28 —.09

First Energy, 1.44 33.31.24

Fifth/Third, .5219.30.28

FirstMerit Corp., .6822.89 .13

First Niles Financial, .209.00.00

FNB Corp., .4813.44.02

General Motors, 1.5230.26.04

General Electric, .9230.05—.06

Huntington Bank, .28 10.56.05

iHeartMedia Inc.,1.03 .03

JP Morgan Chase, 1.7665.81.12

Key Corp, .3012.96.07

LaFarge, .3417.57 .00

Macy’s, 1.44 34.351.32

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 115.88.48

PNC, 2.0490.01.27

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.40197.40—.86

Stoneridge 16.64 .28

Talmer Bank, .20 20.22.11

United Comm. Fin., .10 6.04.00

Selected prices from Thursday’s 4 p.m. close.