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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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195 clean inspections, 3 years: Radioactive waste hauler honored
Tommy Cash: CVSA’s IDEA winnerTommy Cash, a truck driver with CAST Specialty Transportation Inc., has been named the recipient of the 2026 International Driver Excellence Award (IDEA) by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.The IDEA recognizes an extraordinary commercial motor vehicle driver demonstrating an exceptional commitment to public safety, professionalism and…
Army buys Virginia facility to stable The Old Guard’s caisson horses
Celebrities come and go in Middleburg, Virginia, a Piedmont hamlet of fewer than 1,000 people, where horses outnumber the residents ten to one and beagles and foxhounds abound.John and Jackie Kennedy, Sen. John Warner and his wife Elizabeth Taylor, Linda Tripp of Clinton-Lewinsky fame, and, as of last month, Vice…
US judge orders release of woman accused of vandalism at World War II Memorial
A U.S. judge ordered on Monday the release of a Kentucky woman who was accused of vandalism at the World War II Memorial in Washington last week, court records showed.U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington, criticized the order that led to the release of the woman,…
Detroit stays course with 2027 engines, owner-ops worry over EPA changes
Article Summary Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026:An engine OEM has confirmed it will launch its next-gen emission-spec engines as planned.Overdrive polling revealed big numbers of owners in favor of axeing 2027 EPA rule entirely.Recalls from three truck makers include approximately 2,400 trucks.EPA 2027 engines: Owner-operators worry…
Who decides what works? Inside VA’s mental health treatment playbook
For veterans seeking treatment for PTSD, depression, anxiety or substance use disorders, the question sounds simple: If a treatment exists, why can’t I get it through the VA?The answer is more complicated than whether the Food and Drug Administration has approved it. Inside the Department of Veterans Affairs, a treatment…
US Army requests 133,000 GMLRS rockets by 2034
With questions about stockpiles swirling, the U.S. Army is issuing a call to ramp up production of ground-launched rockets. The service sent out a request this week for manufacturing 133,014 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, or GMLRS, rockets by 2034, according to the Army’s Sources Sought notice. Contractors have until…
Courts cracking down on double brokers with two important cases
Two new court cases bring the hammer down on double brokering and the carriers and brokers who facilitate it, and it could serve as a warning for trucking. One smaller broker, Aone Brokerage Company (doing business as A1Logistics), and Penske recently got tied up in court cases around double-brokered loads. Tyler Biddle,…
Hotshot trucking to real driver support: Owner-op’s second chance
This week’s Overdrive Radio features Overdrive Senior Editor Matt Cole's talk with our July Trucker of the Month. Based just outside Baltimore, owner-operator Jeffrey Crise runs open-deck freight, often out of the port there and, as Cole wrote in his story late last month, the owner’s smack dab in the…
Army shifts helicopter training to a contractor-run model
The U.S. Army is turning its helicopter pilot training over to civilian instructors and a private company as the military grapples with a rise in severe aviation accidents. M1 Support Services won a contract to operate the service’s new Flight School Next Program, the Army announced Thursday, shifting training and…
Federal judge halts DOT’s CDL records demand
Judge pumps the brakes on DOT, DHS demand for CDLIS recordsGiven the tight timeline of the demands for states' CDL records from the Department of Transportation and Department of Homeland Security, U.S. District Court Judge Anthony J. Trenga effectively stopped all parties from moving forward with demands while lawsuits play…