O‘Reilly Auto Parts employees started moving the store piece by piece to its new temporary location at 1124 Cherokee Ave. on Monday, Jan. 9.

Employees finished moving the entire store across the Lost Creek Bridge to its new location by Wednesday, Jan. 11.

This is a temporary move that was prompted by problems with the roof and structural damage that was caused by last year’s heavy snow.

“The weight of the snow caused some structural damage and also caused the roof to start leaking,” said O’Reilly store manager Ken Henry.

“The structural supports that have been damaged will be repaired or replaced, and the roof replaced, and then we will make the move back to our original location.”

The store was moved by a group of 20 employees that are mostly out of Springfield.

“They are part of the acquisitions team, and they do store moves and new store set-ups,” said Henry. “The team…………… continues on Senaca News Dispatch

ROOTSTOWN TWP.: A once-closed auto-parts plant has been resurrected with the state’s help and is hiring dozens more workers.

“This plant is expanding fast. There’s a need for talent” said Ian Hessel, chief operations officer of the General Aluminum Manufacturing unit of Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. “We put $ 4.2 million into an addition and machines in the last year alone.”

The 2007 shutdown of the plant, along with the closing of a second Ravenna Aluminum plant in nearby Ravenna, hit Portage County hard.

About 400 jobs were wiped out. About the same time, at least two other plants in the county closed.

The state — eager to save manufacturing jobs — granted a $ 4 million low-interest loan to help Park-Ohio with the purchase at a time when auto sales were declining.

Cleveland conglomerate Park-Ohio, a publicly held company, bought the Ravenna Aluminum Inc. plant in 2008.

Located on state Route 44 outside Ravenna, the plant now employs about 160, many of whom previously worked for Ravenna Aluminum.

The plant is looking for more worker…………… continues on Akron Beacon Journal