Elaine Morris Roberts covers all aspects of business in Clark County. She works with business leaders, public officials, area organizations and citizens to create daily news stories and feature articles including a weekly Sunday business feature. Elaine works on special projects and enterprise features, creating Springfield’s first Top 20 Under 40 and manages long-term reporting topics such as the 2007-2008 International Truck and Engine/United Auto Workers union strike and contract negotiations. She works with local organizations such as the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce and Junior Achievement to provide news coverage for annual business events. Elaine holds Doctoral and Master’s degrees in education, both with a concentration in literacy, from the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Miami University.

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URBANA — One business owner’s desire to better use her space after a shift in her customers’ habits has sparked a retail trend here.
SPRINGFIELD — While Porter-Qualls Funeral Home and its former director are facing license suspensions, competition from a former employee is preparing to open just down the street.
SPRINGFIELD — Porter-Qualls Funeral Home and a former funeral director for the business have had their licenses suspended by the Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors for what the board has deemed “immoral or unprofessional conduct.
SPRINGFIELD — As negotiations between United Auto Workers union and Navistar International Corp. take place, Gov.
SPRINGFIELD — While most manufacturing businesses have experienced a decline over the past months, one area shop is doing well, mostly because they’re hungry.
SPRINGFIELD — A local heat treating company has announced it will expand its facility to accommodate increased sales and to provide better long-term support to its customers.
SPRINGFIELD — Navistar International Corp. has launched a website to help interested parties keep track of upcoming contract negotiations between the company and the United Auto Workers union.
Hundreds of community members of all ages and from all walks of life joined together to celebrate the life of a Springfielder who loved his family, loved his community and was a true gentleman, according to a longtime friend.
Eight years ago, Larry Schneider accepted a friend’s invitation to move from the scrap metal business into the promotional items production business, and he’s glad he did.
SPRINGFIELD — Instead of the usual internship experiences revolving around menial tasks and learning by watching, 12 interns at Avetec spent their summers immersed in researching ways to integrate varying technologies to enhance technology security.
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