Akron’s historic Firestone Plant 1 Building is in its final days unless a last-minute "Hail Mary" attempt works to save it.

Former Akron rubber executive Kimball C. Firestone stands in front of Firestone’s Culinary Tavern in Frederick, Maryland, about 2013. An heir to one of Akron’s most prominent families is gone. Kimball ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This study collection contains five 8 x 10 inch black and white publicity photographs, dated May 31, 1943, of Liberian officials, U.S. State ...

Only one proposal was made to overhaul Firestone Plant 1, but it did not meet city's requirements. Akron will proceed with ...

Founded in August 1900 in Akron, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was extremely successful for a long time. Be that as it may, the Ohio-based tire manufacturer was hemorrhaging money left and ...

The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American tire company founded by Harvey Samuel Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Expeditions, new product launches and consumer and trade shows are among the special events being planned for Bridgestone Americas Inc.'s 125th anniversary celebration of its ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The U.S. farm tire market continues to enjoy strong sales amid high demand for equipment and customers' desire to buy from local suppliers. "It's been strong since the fourth quarter ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Bridgestone Americas Inc. has added a trio of long-haul tires to its Firestone Classics line. The tire maker July 19 introduced the Firestone FS509 (steer radial), FD609 (drive radial ...

Noblesville plans to develop the former site of a Firestone manufacturing plant that has been vacant for more than a decade while environmental testing and remediation took place. Nashville-based ...

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...