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Gas prices up

YOUNGSTOWN

Gas prices in Northeast Ohio rose by nearly 10 cents this week to $2.308 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

In Youngstown, the average price is $2.246.

National gas prices are increasing for the first time in four weeks, with the average at $2.36/gallon – 2 cents more than a week ago, 6 cents less than a month ago, but 8 cents more than a year ago. The increases are likely the result of rising demand and crude-oil prices. At least 36 states saw price increases for the week, with national gasoline inventories dropping by 400,000 barrels to 240.7 million.

Free AT&T service

YOUNGSTOWN

AT&T will waive or credit charges incurred for calls placed and texts sent by AT&T’s customers between the U.S. and England from Monday to today in the local time zone in light of the bombing in Manchester, England. This includes land-line, texting and mobility (postpaid and GoPhone) calls.

Dividend declared

CANFIELD

On Tuesday, the Board of Directors of the Farmers National Banc Corp. declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share, a 25 percent increase from the 2016 second-quarter payment. The common stock cash dividend will have a record date of June 9 and is payable to shareholders on June 30.

New instructors

WARREN

Fred Astaire Dance Studios recently announced that Oksana Sidak and Kyrylo Myshakov are now instructors at the Warren studio, 4365 Youngtown Road SE, Suite B. Originally from Ukraine, Oksana and Kyrylo have chosen to share their passion for dance with Northeast Ohio.

Chevrolet award

SALEM

Stadium GM Superstore, located at 292 W. State St., will receive the 2016 General Motors Mark of Excellence Award on Thursday that is presented to the top Chevrolet dealers in America.

Succession plan

PITTSBURGH

F.N.B. Corp. recently announced the implementation of its board-succession plan relative to several key leadership positions.

The plan is the result of a proactive, long-term process that contemplated the upcoming retirements of certain F.N.B. directors having key board and committee leadership positions.

The implementation of the transition plan marks the culmination of a deliberate and proactive planning process designed to ensure continuity of board leadership in anticipation of upcoming director retirements under the F.N.B. board retirement policy. These transitions will enable the board to continue to capably guide the strategic direction of the company, according to a company news release.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .1233.260.30

Aqua America, .71 32.170.20

Avalon Holdings,2.540.09

Chemical Bank, .2746.550.43Community Health Sys. 9.61 -0.06

Cortland Bancorp, .2818.690.00

Farmers Nat., .1613.650.00

First Energy, 1.44 28.500.06

Fifth/Third, .5224.740.35

FirstMerit Corp.,--

First Niles Financial, .129.670.00

FNB Corp., .4813.760.27

General Motors, 1.5233.230.31

General Electric, .9228.260.08

Huntington Bank, .28 12.890.25

iHeartMedia Inc.,2.15-0.03

JP Morgan Chase, 1.9285.771.07

Key Corp, .3418.050.34

LaFarge, .34--

Macy’s, 1.51 23.06-0.35

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 158.020.06

PNC, 2.20121.171.72

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.60157.28-0.32

Stoneridge 16.32-0.06

United Comm. Fin., .12 8.160.08

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