Dr. Joanne Liebman Matson, professor of rhetoric and writing, is celebrating her department’s and her parents’ commitment to education with the creation of an endowed scholarship at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Matson’s donation of $25,000 will establish…
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Goodyear Buys Cooper Tire in $2.8 Billion Cash-and-Stock Transaction
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleGoodyear Tire & Rubber Company is buying rival company Cooper Tire in a $2.8 billion transaction. On Monday, Feb. 22, Akron, Ohio-based Goodyear announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cooper Tire & Rubber Company. This…
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Tyson Foods Expanding Ohio Plant Workforce by 200
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleTyson Foods is expanding its workforce at an Ohio plant to keep up with production demand. The company has announced plans to add 200 employees to its Amherst, Ohio plant, which manufactures sandwiches for various company brands. According to media…
by Dustin Jayroe Another weekend has passed, and with it, more innocent lives have been lost at the hands of domestic terrorists carrying out mass shootings. In Texas, on Saturday, many El Paso families were enjoying a tax-free weekend as…
A recent story out of Ohio received international attention for providing that occasional example of wayward humanity that leaves us all shaking our heads. A man, whose name is not worth mentioning, came upon a burning car after its teenage…