Idaho police seize 150 pounds of pot from trucker
Idaho State Police have seized 150 pounds of marijuana from a commercial truck driver who reportedly said he had just an ounce of pot when a trooper stopped to check on the man. Police spokeswoman Teresa Baker said Monday that the trooper inquired abou…
Workers’ Compensation and Truck Drivers: what do you get paid?
If your workers’ compensation doctor has taken you out of work the adjuster is supposed to be paying you what is called Temporary Total Disability. Basically because you are going to get better and hopefully back to work it is a “disability” that has y…
OSHA Cites Central Transport Again, $145,000 in Fines Proposed
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited trucking company Central Transport LLC for 16 safety and health violations at its Hillside, Illinois. Central Transport based in Warren, Michigan, employs about 4,300 workers at 170 locations …
Nebraska trucker returns bull mastiff to Arizona
A dog-loving Nebraska trucker has taken a lost 95-pound bull mastiff on a 1,380-mile trip back to her owners in Arizona. The Lincoln Journal Star reports Dani and Jason Windham were getting ready for their Aug. 4 wedding in Nebraska when their three do…
Story City residents disagree on proposed truck stop
First at 10! A proposed truck stop has some Story City Residents upset! Love’s Travel Stops.. hopes to build a new store along Interstate- 35..
UPS Female Driver First to Reach 4 Million Accident-Free Miles
Odom was 23 and working at a boat store in Orlando when she applied for a driver job at UPS in 1973. Photo: UPS On Friday, when UPS tractor-trailer driver Ginny Odom completed her usual 650-mile route towing twin 28-foot trailers from Orlando to Unadil…
Spudnuts in Berea boasts light and flaky donuts: NEO’s Best Donuts
In a prior life, Spudnuts owner Wally Martinez spent hours on the road as a truck driver, dreaming of flaky, cream-filled pastry. “A trucker is always looking for a good cup of coffee and donuts,” he said.
Big-rig with 44,000 pounds of Miller High Life beer stolen from truck stop
A truck driver broke down in tears on Tuesday while telling Channel 9 about the thieves who drove off with his semi full of beer from an Orange County truck stop. The victim’s truck and at least one other were swiped Monday from a truck stop on South O…
The NTSB’s call for safety
It’s a miracle that nobody was killed May 28 of last year when a Mack truck hauling debris to a local recycling center pulled into the path of a moving CSX train in Rosedale shortly before 2 p.m. The resulting collision caused 15 cars in the 45-car tra…
Congestion worsens at L.A.-Long Beach ports as holidays near
Trucks line up at the Port of Los Angeles, flanked by a mountain of shipping containers. The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are experiencing a logistical nightmare as they struggle to ease a bottleneck that could undermine retailers’ all-impo…