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Workers pursuing Class Action after 100 year old trucking company shutters abruptly without distributing final paychecks or benefits
Employees of an Oregon trucking company are pursuing Class Action grievances after the company shut abruptly without properly compensating them earlier this month. TP Freight Lines based in Oregon notified employees of the closure and shut its doors on August 4th. The next day, the company failed to make payroll. Now, workers are filing unemployment insurance claims, and the Teamsters union…
Woman charged over vandalism of World War II Memorial
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Friday that a woman had been taken into custody and charged with two felony counts in connection with the vandalism at the World War II Memorial in Washington.Melissa Farris was charged with depredation against property of the United States and destruction of veterans’ memorials, Pirro said on social media,…
Will Truck Parking Club ever start accepting fuel stop points?
Truck Parking Club has added nearly 6,000 new truck parking locations across the United States, something met with near universal…
Wife of active-duty Army sergeant deported to Honduras
The wife of an active-duty soldier was deported to Honduras on Monday, her husband confirmed.ICE agents detained Cristy Maryori Villafranca…
Why you can tell your attorney anything – almost
Discussions of previous acts, such as speeding or log book violations that went undetected, are generally subject to attorney-client privilege.Max…
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Wife of active-duty Army sergeant deported to Honduras
The wife of an active-duty soldier was deported to Honduras on Monday, her husband confirmed.ICE agents detained Cristy Maryori Villafranca Trejo in July. She spent more than two months detained at Camp East Montana, a detention facility at Fort Bliss, Texas, where her husband, Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juárez,…
CDL holder driving car arrested for ‘extreme DUI’ after colliding with parked semi truck along I-40 in Arizona
Arizona troopers arrested a passenger vehicle driver who allegedly struck a parked semi truck in the Flagstaff area earlier this month.On August 8, 2026, Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) troopers responded to a crash along I-40 in Flagstaff involving a parked semi truck and a red car that rolled…
Dolly Parton ‘will always love you’: Nephew’s touching message sharing news of her passing
Updated August 25, 2026:Almost two months to the day since making a public appearance at the grand opening festivities of her Dolly's Tennessean travel stop June 24, music icon Dolly Parton passed away. Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, head of security for his aunt for a couple of decades, shared the sad…
Trial set for driver who allegedly crashed truck after killing woman because “she would not ‘shut up’”
A trial has been set for a truck driver accused of staging a crash after killing a woman in Ohio earlier this summer. 38-year-old truck driver LaDavid Jaron Shaw is facing one count each of murder, tampering with evidence, and resisting arrest. He is scheduled for trial on October 27th in…
Log truck ordered out-of-service after Texas troopers find 23 violations
A log truck was taken off Texas roadways after a commercial vehicle inspection revealed nearly two dozen violations.A log truck that “looked like any other truck on a Texas highway” was recently placed out-of-service for serious safety issues, according to an August 24 social media post shared by the Texas…
Truck driver gets prison time for human smuggling
Truck driver sentenced for human smugglingA Texas-based truck driver was sentenced last week to 57 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in trafficking undocumented migrants in a tractor-trailer.Moises Gabriel Castillo Jr., 40 of Weatherford, Texas, previously pleaded guilty to the charge of Transportation…
Latest $9K parking-lot-trap truck tow: Turn state-local rules to your favor
A tip of the hat off the top of this week’s Overdrive Radio edition to our social media coordinator Jazzmin Campbell, who shared with me yet another towing mishap occurring in the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. It bears some of the hallmarks of a parking-lot trap, the driver reporting a…
ICE detained an Army sergeant’s wife. His family is still waiting for answers.
When masked agents pounded on the windows of the family vehicle, Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juárez’s six-year-old daughter started crying. She sat, buckled into her car seat, as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials ordered the windows rolled down and announced they would be detaining Cristy Maryori Villafranca Trejo…
Colorado troopers warn of ‘strong penalties’ after investigating hundreds of distracted driving crashes involving CMVs in 2025
The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) issued an alert reminding truck drivers that they could face serious penalties for distracted driving.In an August 20 news release, CSP shared commercial vehicle distracted driving crash statistics from last year and warned truckers of the penalties they could face if they are caught texting…
Truck driver arrested for DUI after driving wrong way on I-5, CHP says
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) arrested a semi truck driver who crashed after traveling the wrong way on an interstate in Siskiyou County.The incident occurred on the night of August 22, 2026, according to CHP’s Yreka Division.Troopers said that “several motorists encountered a terrifying situation when a big rig was…