CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK » TODAY’S ISSUE U DAILY BRIEFING, A2 • TRIBUTES, A7 • WORLD, A8 • CLASSIFIEDS, B5 • OUTDOORS, B7 • RELIGION, B8 • PUZZLES, C3 • TV WEEK ROTH BROS. MAKES PLAYOFF PUSH FEELS RIGHT AT HOME KEEPING YOUR KIDS ENGAGED Rain hinders Class B team’s drive New Boardman chief set for transition Summer camps abound SPORTS | B1 LOCAL | A3 ERNIE BROWN JR. | A2 FOR DAILY & BREAKING NEWS LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1869 SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2017 U 75¢ PUCO urges fi nancial oversight for Youngstown Thermal Thermal’s finances can be set throughout the process.” UTILITIES COMMISSION ASKS AG’S OFFICE TO SEEK A RECEIVER U PUCO fi ndings and order ;fnecfX[ straight and the service to about Haque noted during the Friday By KALEA HALL ceiver will be able to get the utility’s 40 Youngstown customers will not hearing that PUCO is a regulator
[email protected] finances in order so that service be interrupted. and does not run utility compa- YOUNGSTOWN remains viable for Youngstown “The next step is to go before the nies. Youngstown Thermal’s dire fi- Thermal’s customers,” said Asim could face, the commission had to courts to seek the appointment of Carl Avers, chief executive of- nancial situation has led the Pub- Z. Haque, chairman of the com- act swiftly. the receiver,” said Kate Hanson, fi cer of Youngstown Thermal, ex- lic Utilities Commission of Ohio mission, during a Friday hearing. The PUCO board voted unan- public information offi cer for the plained that he initiated the pro- to formally ask Attorney General The commission doesn’t usu- imously to accept its staff’s rec- attorney general’s offi ce.