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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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‘Big Red’: Stuart Geltmaker’s stunning 1979 Kenworth K100
Stuart Geltmaker, a retired heavy equipment operator out of Floyds Knobs, Indiana, has always had a thing for big trucks, and cabovers in particular.Regular Overdrive readers will be familiar with Geltmaker, as one of his custom builds -- his “Black Widow” 1986 GMC General -- was featured here a year…
Two dead after Apache crash in Texas
Editor’s note: This is a developing story.Two people are dead after an Apache helicopter crashed outside of Fort Hood, Texas, according to local authorities.Emergency calls reporting the crash came in around 1:34 p.m. Central Standard Time, said Cliff Coleman, a spokesperson for the Bell County Sheriff’s Office, during a news…
Army opens test ranges to private industry
The Army is opening military test ranges to private industry, the service announced this month, including a Michigan site where companies can test drones and counter-drone systems against electronic warfare conditions modeled after those in Ukraine. Companies will be able to request range access even if they do not have…
DoD to launch pilot for some service members to freeze sperm, eggs
The Pentagon will soon cover the cost for service members to freeze their sperm or eggs before they deploy to a danger zone or are separated from their significant others for more than six months on orders.In a notice expected in the Federal Register on Thursday, the Defense Department will…
‘Illegal alien’ with expired CDL arrested | Mich. trucking school suspended
Article Summary Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026:Cuban national with expired CDL taken into ICE custody.Trucking school’s alleged state law violations lead to suspension.More HOS relief in these two states.Truck parts provider expands presence north of the border.Cuban ‘illegal alien’ with expired CDL arrestedU.S. Immigration and Customs…
Blame the ambulance chasers for C.H. Robinson’s $604M verdict: Owner-op
C.H. Robinson's $604 million thermonuclear verdict after a deadly crash in 2021 has already sent shockwaves through trucking. The huge broker warned of soaring transportation costs, and has already increased ts carrier vetting. Under Overdrive's recent story about the broker playing the blame game over whether it was negligent in hiring…
Urine test could predict stress fractures in boot camp
A new $3.4 million Pentagon grant to two universities aims to help solve the thorny problem of military recruits getting sidelined with stress fractures.The grant, which covers four years, was awarded to Rosalind Franklin University in Illinois and Old Dominion University in Virginia. According to a release from Rosalind Franklin,…
Cargo theft loss values skyrocket | Latest truck, trailer recalls
Cargo theft incidents declining, yet loss value just keeps climbingThe recent trend of declining numbers of reported cargo theft incidents coupled with rising cost impacts of those thefts kept up in the second quarter, according to theft recording firm Verisk CargoNet.The firm documented 677 supply chain theft incidents across the…
Revoked ELD maker reveals ‘huge’ demand for HOS-cheat devices
The vendor behind a recently revoked electronic logging device shed light on the black market for hours-cheating devices -- and demand for them from from carriers. The vendor explained how their device had identical technology to other providers and found signs it was used for HOS cheating.There's apparently "huge" demand among…
Spot rates underperform, fuel prices dip
Freight rates on the spot market have been on the decline since coming off of the hot July 4 holiday period and, unfortunately for owner-operators, fuel prices have mostly been on the rise during that time.The most recent week saw more of the same for spot market rates, but there…