Laid-off worker help

Laid-off worker help

WARREN

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th, on Thursday announced the successful certification of Trade Adjustment Assistance for approximately 250 laid-off workers at Delphi Automotive Systems who were engaged in activities related to the production of automotive components.

This certification includes on-site leased workers from the Bartech Group. TAA will assist workers in their search for re-employment through income support, training, assistance with health care premium costs, employment and case-management services, and may include job search and relocation allowances.

TAA is a federal program that assists U.S. workers who have lost their jobs as a result of foreign trade.

Death toll from Tennessee wildfires increases to 11

GATLINBURG, Tenn.

Crews discovered the remains of more people as they searched the rubble of wildfires that torched hundreds of homes and businesses near the Great Smoky Mountains, bringing the death toll to 11, officials said Thursday.

Authorities set up a hotline for people to report missing friends and relatives, and after following up on dozens of leads, they said many of those people had been accounted for. They did not say whether they believe anyone else is still missing or may have died. Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters said the searches would likely be completed today.

Sheriff: Suspect in credit union hostage situation charged

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

After an armed robbery suspect put a gun to the back of one hostage’s head, SWAT team members resolved at the first chance they had Thursday to storm a north Florida credit union where nearly a dozen people were being held, authorities say.

That moment came, they say, when two people hiding inside the Jacksonville building made a run for it, distracting the man. SWAT team members stormed the credit union and put themselves between the gunman and the 11 hostages, ending a two-hour standoff, said Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect on social media as 23-year-old Nicholas Daquan Humphrey of Tampa. He was charged Thursday evening with one count of armed robbery and 13 counts of kidnapping.

Woman found in container sues possible serial killer

SPARTANBURG, S.C.

A woman who police say was chained in a storage container for two months by a man charged with killing seven people is suing her alleged captor.

The woman filed suit Wednesday in Spartanburg County, where authorities say Todd Kohlhepp kidnapped the woman Aug. 31 after talking to her and her boyfriend about hiring them to clean up his property. Deputies say Kohlhepp fatally shot her boyfriend that day, then locked the woman in the container, where deputies eventually found her.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .1228.83-0.14

Aqua America, .71 29.64-0.09

Avalon Holdings,3.370.30

Community Health Sys., 5.44 0.00

Cortland Bancorp, .2817.000.00

Farmers Nat., .1611.950.10

First Energy, 1.44 30.99-0.30

Fifth/Third, .5226.430.41

FirstMerit Corp.,21.610.37

First Niles Financial, .129.000.00

FNB Corp., .4815.490.21

General Motors, 1.5236.431.90

General Electric, .9231.390.63

Huntington Bank, .28 13.030.57

iHeartMedia Inc.,1.500.05

JP Morgan Chase, 1.9281.681.65

Key Corp, .3417.860.56

LaFarge, .34-0.00

Macy’s, 1.51 42.430.23

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 143.474.54

PNC, 2.20112.602.06

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.60176.83-2.87

Stoneridge 16.020.15

Chemical Bank, 23.34-0.36

United Comm. Fin., .12 8.380.20

Selected prices from Thursday’s 4 p.m. close.