The intended use of the Westfield Insurance proceeds from the bank sale is not immediately clear. After all, the deal isn’t expected to close for several months. Plus, Largent said the company is ...

Cincinnati-based First Financial scooped up Westfield Bank near Cleveland after Westfield's parent company decided to exit ...

First Financial Bancorp (“First Financial”) has agreed to acquire Westfield Bancorp, which has $2.2 billion in assets, the ...

Downtown-based First Financial (Nasdaq: FFBC), the second-largest bank headquartered in Greater Cincinnati, has agreed to ...

The Cincinnati bank aims to grow in northeast Ohio with the acquisition of Westfield. The deal is expected to boost First ...

Seiler cites two individuals who have been important mentors to him – David Brandt, an Ohio farmer who was a pioneer in the ...

Ohio lost 6.9 million acres of farmland to development between 1950 and 2000, representing nearly one-third of the state’s agricultural land.

“By helping Ohio companies grow through exports, we increase the demand for quality, Ohio-grown products,” said ODA Director Brian Baldridge. “Events like this not only connect products to new markets ...

First Financial entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Westfield Bancorp, in a cash and stock transaction, from Ohio ...