Articles tagged as: Kokomo
September 13, 2022
Work at Stellantis plant to resume after deal with UAW
United Auto Workers union members who went on strike Saturday at a Stellantis casting plant in Indiana are returning to work after ratifying a deal with the company.
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2022
UAW workers in Indiana, Stellantis reach tentative deal
The UAW Local 1166 bargaining committee announced a tentative agreement in a blog post, saying that a ratification vote would be held Monday.
Read MoreMay 24, 2022
Stellantis, Samsung plan Indiana electric car battery plant
The venture announced Tuesday plans to spend more than $2.5 billion on the plant in Kokomo that will supply electric battery modules for a range of vehicles produced at Stellantis' North American assembly plants.
Read MoreMay 1, 2022
Boy, 14, held in fatal shooting of 17-year-old brother
A 14-year-old boy faces a murder charge in the fatal shooting of his 17-year-old brother in central Indiana.
Read MoreMarch 23, 2022
Historic Black school in Kokomo to go solar with help of the Indiana NAACP
The Douglass School, named after abolitionist Fredrick Douglass, opened during segregation and eventually merged with an all-white school in the 1950s before closing in 1968.
Read MoreMarch 14, 2022
Indiana city drafts cleanup plan of soils tainted with PCBs
Kokomo officials recently submitted their proposed cleanup plan to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management spelling out how they will address the toxic soils found on land at the city's wastewater treatment plant.
Read MoreDecember 10, 2021
GM CEO says making ventilators at Indiana factory changed the company culture
General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the automaker learned valuable lessons last year when it converted an Indiana factory to boost emergency production of ventilators to treat severely ill COVID-19 patients.
Read MoreAugust 11, 2021
Bus Drivers, Custodians Continue Union Push In Kokomo Despite School Leaders' Rejection
After being praised as essential during the pandemic, Kokomo Schools service employees are pushing for improved working conditions and higher pay.
Read MoreJune 7, 2021
School Employees In Kokomo Fight To Unionize, Citing Essential Work And Understaffing
School employees in Kokomo are fighting to organize a union after the school corporation voted not to recognize it earlier this year.
Read MoreFebruary 27, 2021
Indiana-Made Alloy Helped Mars Rover Nail Red Planet Landing
A special alloy made at Haynes International in Kokomo was used on the Sky Crane thrusters that lowered NASA's Perseverance rover onto the planet
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