Almost 15-hundred local jobs were retained in Logan and Dewitt Counties, as a result of the Small Business Administration's Payroll Protection Program thru a local bank.

State Bank of Lincoln President and C-E-O Steve Aughenbaugh tells Regional Radio News that 210 P-P-P loans were completed by the bank, totaling over 9-point-3 million dollars.

Aughenbaugh was pleased that their bank was able to assist local businesses in keeping their employees during the coronavirus outbreak.