8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):     April 30, 2007   

UNITED COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

OHIO	0-024399	34-1856319
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer I.D. No.)

275 West Federal Street, Youngstown, Ohio	44503-1203
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:     (330) 742-0500   

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Section 8 — Other Events

Item 8.01.  Other Events

     (a) On April 30, 2007, United Community Financial Corp. issued a press release discussing a new share repurchase program. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.

Exhibit
Number	Description
99	Press Release of United Community dated April 30, 2007.	Included herewith.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

UNITED COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORP.
By:	/s/ Patrick A. Kelly
	Patrick A. Kelly, Chief Financial Officer

Date: April 30, 2007

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EX-99

EXHIBIT 99

UNITED COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CORP.
275 West Federal Street
Youngstown, Ohio 44503-1203

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information:
Patrick A. Kelly
Chief Financial Officer
(330) 742-0592

United Community Financial Corp. Announces Repurchase Of Two Million Shares

     Youngstown, OH (April 30, 2007) — United Community Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: UCFC), holding company of The Home Savings and Loan Company and Butler Wick Corp., announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to repurchase an additional 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

     The shares will be purchased through open market transactions. Currently, there are 90,147 shares remaining to be purchased from the repurchase program that was previously announced on April 21, 2003.

     Douglas M. McKay, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UCFC, said, “We continue to look for opportunities to profitably deploy our excess capital. We feel that at current prices, the purchase of UCFC stock represents great value while also supplying additional liquidity to our shareholder base.”

     Home Savings operates 38 full-service banking offices and five loan production offices located throughout Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Butler Wick has 21 offices providing full service retail brokerage, capital markets or trust services throughout Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Additional information on UCFC, Home Savings and Butler Wick may be found on UCFC’s web site: www.ucfconline.com.

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