Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University has named Omer Genc, associate professor of management and marketing in the Williamson College of Business Administration, as the Lariccia Family Endowed Professor, recognizing his work advancing experiential learning, applied research ...

Ohio’s March unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported last week. The March 2026 rate was 4.1%, down from 4.2% in February 2026. Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment increased 12,500 over the month, from ...

Staff report This year’s Ohio sales tax holiday will take place noon Aug. 7 through 11:59 p.m. Aug. 9. “Ohio’s sales tax holiday comes at a time of year when families are getting ready for back-to-school,” Gov. Mike DeWine said. “The sales tax break is designed to provide ...

SEATTLE (AP) — The collapse of the U.S.-based Spirit Airlines may mark the end of an era for travelers with a certain financial sensibility. But if you’ve been snagged in their now-defunct flight schedule, here are some things to know on how to get home, and get whole. Many airlines ...

GIRARD — When Linda Barton launched a line of Good Humor T-shirts in 2020, she hoped to raise money for an infant bed at Akron Children’s Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. Six years later, that modest idea has grown into Sweet Memories Vintage Tees & Candy and, as of April, ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Spirit Airlines, an impish upstart that shook the industry with its irreverent ads and deep discount fares, announced Saturday that it has gone out of business after 34 years. The ultralow cost airline that once operated hundreds of daily flights on its bright ...