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Pennsylvania is preparing for another major food-industry closure, months after a large beef plant shutdown eliminated nearly 1,500 jobs. ASK Foods plans to stop production at its Palmyra operation on…

Cat Jumper’s father, Sgt. Conley Jumper, was killed during a traffic stop in October 2020

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) - Global defense technology company Lockheed Martin now has its own presence in northeast Indiana after completing its $3.4 billion acquisition of Ultra Maritime, a manufacturer of advanced undersea warfare and anti-submarine warfare capabilities. ORIGINAL REPORT: Lockheed Martin completes $3.4B acquisition of maritime defense...

Voters in Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne counties will decide a millage renewal for the Detroit Zoo in the November election. Hayley Murphy is the zoo's Executive Director. She said in addition to the exhibits and care for about 2,000 animals, from 200 species, the zoo operates educational outreach programs for communities and schools, and operates the Belle Isle Nature Center.

Broward County's top elections official is telling voters not to trust the mail with their ballots this cycle. Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott says his office has fielded dozens of reports of completed ballots sitting in transit far longer than they should, and he wants residents to vote early in person or hand-deliver their ballots instead of dropping them in a mailbox.

When Isaac Ross met Madison Heights Madison football coach Kyle Gary three years ago, he told him he was a running back deserving of carries. The only problem? Ross, nicknamed “Meatball” by his coaches and teammates, is 5-foot-8, 258 pounds and built like a defensive tackle. More: Subscribe to our high school football newsletter Still, Gary took him seriously. Now, Ross is one of the key pieces to Madison’s offense, which averaged 38 points per game during the regular season. That was evident in

Detroit City Council voted unanimously in September to study whether the city should break away from DTE Energy and build its own public power utility, after storms left more than 450,000 people without electricity. The idea isn't entirely new for Detroit, which ran its own public electric utility until financial troubles tied to the city's 2013 bankruptcy forced it to shut down. Now, with outages fresh on residents' minds, the question is back on the table.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — A popular Evansville bookstore has closed their doors after more than 50 years of operation. The wife of the owner of the Book Broker shared an update on social media, stating that health and financial problems have resulted in them to close the business for now. Teresa Stillabower, owner Tom Stillabower’s […]

Three killed in airborne crash on the Lodge in Detroit

The Ohio History Center, the state museum and research center beside the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, will remain closed through 2030 while it undergoes a major rehabilitation, WOSU reported in a story published by WYSO on Oct. 30. The building shut abruptly in September over a problem with its fire-safety system, and what began […]