UNITED STATES ~~SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549~~

~~FORM~~SECURITIES ~~8-K~~AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~CURENT~~WASHINGTON, ~~REPORT~~D.C. ~~Pursuant~~20549 ~~to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 18, 2005
FIRST NILES FINANCIAL, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its chapter)
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation	0-24849 (Commission File Number)	34-1870418 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

FORM 8-K

55CURRENT ~~North~~REPORT ~~Main Street, Niles, Ohio (Address of principal executive offices) 44446 (Zip Code)~~

~~Registrant's~~Pursuant ~~telephone~~to ~~number,~~Section ~~including~~13 ~~area~~or ~~code~~ 15(~~330~~d) ~~652-2539~~of ~~__________________________________________________________~~the ~~(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)~~

~~Check~~Securities ~~the~~Exchange ~~appropriate~~Act ~~box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation~~ of ~~the~~1934 ~~registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):~~

~~ITEM~~Date ~~8.01. Other~~of report ~~Events~~(Date of earliest event reported): July 21, 2005

OnFIRST ~~May~~NILES 18FINANCIAL, ~~2005, the Registrant issued a press release announcing a cash dividend of $~~INC.16 ~~per share for the secnd quarter of 2005. The press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.~~

~~Pursuant~~(Exact toName ~~the requirements~~ of ~~the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the~~ Registrant ~~has~~as ~~duly~~Specified ~~caused~~in ~~this~~Charter) ~~Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.~~

	FIRST NILES FINANCIAL, INC.
Delaware		000-24849	34-1870418
Date: May 19, 2005	By:	/s/ Lawrence SafarekLawrence SafarekVice President and Treasurer
(State of or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated May 18, 2005

55 North Main Street

Niles, Ohio 44446

(Address of Principal Executive Offices / Zip Code)

(330) 652-2539

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d—2(b) under the Exchange Act.

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e—4(c) under the Exchange Act.

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On July 21, 2005, First Niles Financial, Inc. (“Niles”) issued a press release regarding its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2005. Niles’s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

The information in this Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01 Exhibits

99.1	Press Release dated July 21, 2005.

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 hereunto duly authorized.


	FIRST NILES FINANCIAL, INC.
	(Registrant)

Dated: July 25, 2005	By:	/s/ Lawrence Safarek
		Lawrence Safarek
		Vice President and Treasurer

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