Bridgestone announces a tire plant closure in Tennessee with 700 layoffs and other reductions
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Iowa organizations, advocates work to aid immigrant communities and avoid misinformation spreading
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Bridgestone layoffs include undisclosed number of Akron workers, spokesperson says
A Bridgestone Americas spokesperson said Akron employees are being laid off as the company makes workforce cuts across the Americas.
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‘I still have hope she is alive’: Family of Des Moines woman missing in Mexico still searching for answers
By KCCI Staff Click here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Chris Leguisano was not there to celebrate Christmas or several milestones for her children and grandchildren for the last five and a half months.
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Bridgestone announces a tire plant closure in Tennessee with 700 layoffs, other reductions
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Ticker: Bridgestone announces a tire plant closure; People are hawking TikTok-loaded phones
Tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas is closing its LaVergne, Tennessee, truck and bus radial tire plant and laying off 700 workers there, the company announced in a news release. Bridgestone said the closure will help the company “optimize its business footprint” and “strengthen its competitiveness.”
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Bridgestone to Close Tire Plant in Tennessee, Lay Off 700
Tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas is closing its LaVergne, Tenn., truck and bus radial tire plant and laying off 700 workers there, the company said in a release.
ICE arrest at Des Moines courthouse prompts immigration enforcement questions
The new presidential administration's changes to federal immigration policy are prompting questions about where immigration law can be enforced after an arrest Thursday at the Polk County courthouse.
'I still have hope she is alive': Family of Des Moines woman missing in Mexico still searching for answers
Chris Leguisano, 51, has not been heard from since Aug. 9. She went missing after traveling to the Mexican border to deliver a truck to a family member.