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Joseph Sienicki, SKF Aeroengine Factory Manager and Gregory Livingston, Factory Business Development Lead, accept Retool WNY mini-grant award from Jamestown BPU Business Development Coordinator Ellen Ditonto. The local plant will use the money to invest in additional equipment and automation tools. For more information about local companies that received mini-grants from the BPU, see Page B1. Submitted photo SKF USA’s Aeroengine Plant in Falconer is getting some help from the Jamestown BPU’s Retool WNY mini-grant program. The grant comes at a time when the local plant’s...

1 of 2 | Homes and structures were damaged after a tornado touched down near Potosi, Missouri, on Wednesday. Photo courtesy Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop C April 2 (UPI) -- Tornadoes on Wednesday struck the central United States, including damaging property in Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana and Oklahoma, with torrential rain spurring flash flooding. Tornado watches affecting 17 million people were in effect for Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee until at least midnight CDT, CNN reported. In a watch, forecasters have high confidence of large, destructive...