Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined Will County elected officials and leaders with the Lion Electric Company on Friday, May 7 to announce plans for the company to build its first-ever U.S. manufacturing…
Layoffs at Montgomery’s Caterpillar plant are expected to begin late this month, according to a recent notice sent to plant employees. In February, as required by the Worker Adjustment…
Through all of the changes to our world in the past nine decades, there has been one notable constant in Peoria: Global heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has called the city…
The job losses keep coming at Caterpillar, Inc. as the company is planning additional layoffs this year. The Peoria-based heavy equipment manufacturer announced last week the need for…
Cook County officials are none too sweet on seeing 600 local jobs eliminated as a food company puts money into its plant in Mexico. Mondelez International, which creates Oreo and Chips…
When Caterpillar’s Aurora plant closes at the end of 2018, hundreds of employees and area residents will be without jobs. A 4-million square-foot facility could sit vacant,…
United States Steel Corp. announced Dec. 12 that it will reopen the idled hot strip mill at its Granite City Works in mid-February; bringing about 200 employees back to work. Some…
Exactly one year ago, Japanese automaker Mitsubishi North America made the eye-popping announcement the company was shuttering its Normal plant and pulling up the stakes on all its…
Chicago police plan DUI patrolsThe Chicago Police Department will be conducting DUI Saturation patrols this weekend ...
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Democratic leadership gets behind Williamson’s ...Republican Amy Grant, R-47th, was first elected to the state House in ...
