Jerome opens new facility for road crews
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March 9, 2026

Jerome opens new facility for road crews

By Jack Christian 

Jerome Township unveiled its new road department building to the public Thursday. The building is located next to the township hall off Industrial Parkway.  Pictured above inside the new facility at a Thursday open house are Jerome Township Trustees, from left to right, Andrea Watson, Barry Adler and Joe Craft.

(Journal-Tribune photo by Jack Christian)

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Above are a sampling of Journal-Tribune newspaper clippings from the days surrounding the 1976 worker uprising at Goodyear. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
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Above are a sampling of Journal-Tribune newspaper clippings from the days surrounding the 1976 worker uprising at Goodyear. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)
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Pictured above is footage from city cameras of the truck that McPherson shot out of on Sept. 14, 2024. (File photo)
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