This story was updated Dec. 18, 2024, for clarification and to correct misspellings. DEXTER, Missouri โ On an early August morning in 2023, Shawn Hinkle received a call from one of his technicians at Tyson Foods who, through tears, told him the companyโs plant in Dexter was shutting down. Hundreds of jobs at the poultry […]
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