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Kenworth Truck Confirms Layoffs
Wednesday, April 11, 2012    
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As many as 200 employees will get pink slips this month.

Kenworth Truck Company in Chillicothe will be reducing its staff by 10% in April. Plant Manager Scott Blue says the layoffs are a result of a decrease in industry orders and will go into effect on Monday, April 16th.

Blue could not reveal the exact number of positions this would impact
- due to "trade secrets", but estimates have the plant employment currently at between 2,000 and 2,500 people.