UPDATED: Arrest made after trucks shot at on Hwy. 97
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – The RCMP has made an arrest related to numerous shootings at commercial vehicles over an eight-hour period this past weekend. Between 8:30 p.m. March 24 and 2:45 a.m. March 25, police say they received numerous calls about…
Hidden wall compartments, ‘pyramid’ boxes and a trick latch: Trucker…
RCMP officers found duffle bags and boxes packed with marijuana inside a semi-trailer during a checkstop at the Headingley weight scales. A Manitoba judge has found a truck driver guilty of trafficking a controlled substance after police found nearly 4…
Detroit man: I almost froze to death, and Gorsuch didn’t care
Curled up on a bunk in his broken-down truck, waiting three hours for help in sub-zero temperatures, Detroiter Alphonse Maddin feared death was near. He had zero feeling in his feet.
Truckload Carriers Association’s Annual Convention
Supreme Court sides with workers
On Wednesday, the nation’s highest court reversed and ruled 6-2 that bankruptcy courts can not approve structured dismissals that don’t follow normal priority rules without the consent of affected creditors, in this case Jevic’s truck drivers. The company owed $73 million to creditors at the time, according to documents.
Randall-Reilly Inks (Literally) Exclusive Deal With Flying J
For the first time, Randall-Reilly’s Truck Stops Express Division will have exclusive rights to distribute its trucking magazines in 180 Flying J locations nationwide. The exclusive agreement, which begins August 3, brings TSE’s distribution network to more than 1,000 locations.
For want of a comma
The Oxford Comma, so named because it first appeared in the 1905 Oxford University Press Style Guide, is the comma that comes before the word and in a series of three or more listed items. Also known as the serial comma, it’s the often ironic rallying cry of a certain type of language aficionado.
TravelCenters of America Customers Donate $3,300 to St. Christopher Fund
TravelCenters of America LLC customers made donations of approximately $3,300 to St. Christopher Truckers Development & Relief Fund . Donations were accepted at the TravelCenters of America booth inside the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.
Dueling ad campaigns rolled out in Supreme Court nomination battle
The liberal legal group Alliance for Justice launched an ad campaign opposing Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination on Friday. The group unveiled a new ad featuring the ” frozen trucker ” case and claiming “Judge Neil Gorsuch sides with big business over workers.”
CSP: Trucker used big rig as battering ram
High Wind Warning issued March 24 at 12:38PM MDT expiring March 24 at 5:00PM MDT in effect for: Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers High Wind Warning issued March 24 at 12:38PM MDT expiring March 24 at 5:00PM MDT in effect for: Crowley Winter…