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Mercy Health grant

YOUNGSTOWN

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th, announced a $70,000 Appalachian Regional Commission Project Grant to Mercy Health Youngstown LLC to be used for the purchase of new medical-education simulation equipment. The equipment will improve and expand clinical training for physicians, dentists, nurses, medical students and other health care professionals and medical staff in the region. According to the Mercy Health and the ARC, this investment will enhance competency for health care providers, improve patient outcomes and increase access to health care in under-served areas of Appalachian Ohio. The equipment supplied under this grant is also necessary for Mercy Health to be able to maintain its accreditation status with the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education, which is vital to its medical-education programs.

Girard Daffin’s

GIRARD

The Girard branch of Daffin’s Candies, 39 W. Liberty St., will close due to lack of business, manager Linda Deprofio confirmed.

The last day in business will be Saturday.

Daffin’s locations in Niles, Greenville, Pa., Franklin, Pa., and Sharon, Pa., are remaining open.

Gas prices up

YOUNGSTOWN

After stagnating last week, gas prices in Northeast Ohio continued to rise this week.

The average price increased by almost 4 cents to $2.361 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

In Youngstown, the average gas price this week is $2.282.

Today’s national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $2.42, which is an increase of 13 cents over last month and 29 cents more than this time last year.

FNB earnings

PITTSBURGH

F.N.B. Corp. on Tuesday reported earnings for the first quarter of 2017 with net income available to common stockholders of $21 million, or $0.09 per diluted common share, including $0.15 of merger-related expense and $0.01 of merger-related net securities gains. Comparatively, fourth quarter of 2016 net income available to common stockholders totaled $49.3 million, or $0.23 per diluted common share, and first quarter of 2016 net income available to common stockholders totaled $24.1 million or $0.12 per diluted common share.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .1236.483.17

Aqua America, .71 33.15-0.04

Avalon Holdings,2.370.00

Chemical Bank, .2750.42-0.29Community Health Sys. 8.62 0.17

Cortland Bancorp, .2818.300.10

Farmers Nat., .1614.320.18

First Energy, 1.44 30.62-0.09

Fifth/Third, .5225.01-0.32

FirstMerit Corp.,--

First Niles Financial, .1210.500.50

FNB Corp., .4814.670.14

General Motors, 1.5233.990.08

General Electric, .9229.43-0.12

Huntington Bank, .28 13.040.05

iHeartMedia Inc.,2.05-0.05

JP Morgan Chase, 1.9288.270.77

Key Corp, .3418.630.08

LaFarge, .34--

Macy’s, 1.51 29.270.08

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 165.084.47

PNC, 2.20121.120.26

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.60168.07-0.87

Stoneridge 19.180.24

United Comm. Fin., .12 8.700.01

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