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Sheetz to hire 3,400

YOUNGSTOWN

Sheetz recently announced plans to hire more than 3,400 employees companywide.

Sheetz will have open interviews for full-time and part-time positions starting Wednesday at its 550 locations.

For information, go to: https://jobs.sheetz.com/.

Chamber program targets property redevelopment

NILES

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber and city of Niles have launched a property redevelopment program using a recently completed Youngstown State University study.

The study, spearheaded by volunteers from The Avenue & Main community group and completed by YSU’s Regional Economic Development Initiative, identified abandoned and tax-delinquent properties throughout the city.

The chamber’s economic-development team and city leaders are engaged in positioning those parcels for future economic growth.

Ohio gas prices fall

COLUMBUS

Gas prices around Ohio are down compared with a week ago, leaving them near where they were at this time last year.

Ohio’s average for a gallon of regular fuel was $2.28 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That’s down about a dime from last week, and just under the average from a year ago, when it was $2.30.

The national average was about $2.39, down three cents from last week. The national average was lower a year ago at $2.21.

AAA says anticipated higher summer demand hasn’t yet kicked in, so prices at the pump are expected to rise in the coming weeks.

Staff/wire reports