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Breaking: Employees of Remington Arms in Ilion are reporting that they were informed on Thursday, that the Ilion plant - the birthplace of 200+ year old American gun company - will close permanently on March 4, 2024.

The former employees of the original Remington Arms in Ilion, now a dissolved company, recently received more bad news about their severance pay. It looks like there's not going to be all that much coming their way.

A person close to Remington Arms worldwide headquarters in Georgia says that an internal memo released on Wednesday, states that the Model 700 production line will be exiting Ilion and moving to Georgia.

A massive two-house fire on East Clark Street in Ilion shocked bystanders in the village on Monday as the blaze burned just about 100-feet from the Stewarts gas station.

Remington Arms has reached an agreement with the families of five adults and four children killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

America's oldest gunmaker has opted to locate its global headquarters in LaGrange, Georgia, according to an announcement from Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Monday.

The case is unique in that it aims to lay financial liability at the feet of gun makers who make firearms that are then used illegally or for criminal purposes by an individual.

One local business is stepping up big to help those Remington Arms employees who found out over the weekend they were terminated.

Nearly 600 employees of Remington Arms were officially terminated as part of the recent bankruptcy sale, effective Sunday, October 25th. Employees say they found out by telephone. That's essentially the bulk of the workforce at the Ilion plant, although some workers like machinists, maintenance and custodial workers have been called back to work.

Details of this week's upcoming Remington Arms bankruptcy hearing are out and as expected, it has people in Ilion nervous. America's oldest gunmaker and Herkimer County's largest employer faces a bankruptcy hearing starting on Monday in hopes of attracting bidders in an auction that seems like it will result in the selling-off of Remington assets, piece by piece.

Several employees at Remington Arms in Ilion were furloughed on Thursday, until further notice. One employee told WIBX that "about half the plant was furloughed, including second shift employees who were told not to come in. Furloughed employees will be paid until Monday. The move is in anticipation of next week's bankruptcy hearing. A letter was sent out to employees Thursday.

The rumors about Remington Arms filing for bankruptcy again are true. On Monday, America's oldest gunmaker filed a Chapter 11 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Alabama for the second time since 2018.