Articles tagged as: Kokomo
August 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
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2021
EPA Proposes Pollution Cleanup Of Delco Plant Site In Kokomo
The EPA's proposal chiefly aims to clean up high levels of trichloroethene, or TCE, a chemical the federal agency has classified as a carcinogen
Read MoreDecember 21, 2020
Pandemic Slows Reopening Of Fiat Chrysler Factory In Indiana
Fiat Chrysler has pushed back the reopening of a shuttered Indiana factory until late 2021, blaming delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreNovember 5, 2020
Company Winding Down Ventilator Production In Kokomo
Ventec, in a partnership with General Motors, began operations in the GM Components Holdings plant in April, hiring local employees to make 30,000 ventilators.
Read MoreSeptember 21, 2020
Teen Brothers Among 3 Killed In Plane Crash Near Kokomo
A preliminary investigation shows the Piper PA-32 craft was approaching the Glenndale Airport airstrip southwest of Kokomo when it struck a utility pole.
Read MoreJuly 16, 2020
Tortured Pet Videos Posted On Social Media; Woman Arrested
A Kokomo woman has been arrested after images and videos posted to social media of cats and dogs being hanged and skinned were reported to police.
Read MoreApril 30, 2020
Pence Visits Kokomo GM Plant, Applauds 'Inspiring' Effort To Make Ventilators
Vice President Mike Pence visited General Motors' Kokomo plant where the automaker, in partnership with medical device-maker Ventec, is producing 30,000 ventilators to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreApril 27, 2020
GM Looks To Hire More Than 1,000 To Make Ventilators
General Motors in Kokomo is hiring for more than 1,000 full- and part-time workers in Kokomo to help it meet demand for medical ventilators during the coronavirus outbreak.
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