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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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USDOT to reverse fuel economy standards for heavy-duty commercial vehicle engine makers
Federal authorities announced new rulemaking to reverse certain restrictions on commercial truck fuel efficiency standards for engine manufacturers.On August 28, 2026, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) debuted a new interpretive rule to reverse an Obama-era regulation related to standalone medium- and heavy-duty truck…
Semi truck crashes through barrier at truck pull event after pulling away from sled in spectator video
A semi truck accidentally plowed through a barrier during a truck pull event at a fair in Ohio on Thursday night. The crash happened at the Portage County Randolph Fair in Randolph, Ohio at 10:59 p.m. on Thursday, August 27th during a truck pull Grandstand event. According to a statement from the…
CHP hosts party at scale house for Walmart truck driver’s 4 million safe miles
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) hosted an event celebrating a Walmart truck driver for his remarkable safety achievement.Last week, the CHP troopers hosted a celebration at the Cottonwood Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility located off of I-5 in Cottonwood, California.CHPThe event honored the achievements of Walmart Transportation truck driver Paul Mitchell, who…
Steel and stone: Army Museum’s newest exhibit shares untold stories of engineers on 9/11
8:46 a.m. The first moment of impact. For most Americans alive at the time of the 9/11 attacks, the sights and sounds of that morning play on a horrific loop in their minds. The logistical aftermath, however, less so.Now, on the 25th anniversary of the attack, the National Museum of…
500 Tesla semi trucks to be deployed by autonomous trucking company
An autonomous trucking company plans to deploy 500 Tesla semi trucks across multiple freight corridors starting in September. Einride plans to utilize 500 Tesla semi trucks on its fleet intelligence platform and utilize them in places such as Texas, California, New Jersey, Illinois, and Georgia to serve customers as large as…
Who’s your online go-to for truck parts?
Regular readers may well remember this story, Overdrive's Matt Cole's survey of the parts-procurement landscape, including a bevy of owner reports of just how they were finding crankcase-ventilator sensors, DEF sensors, and all manner of other parts on backlog during the post-COVID shortages -- even tires in some cases. The…
Thieves have less than two weeks to return a truck full of 50,000 cans of PBR with no questions asked, company says
A truck loaded with approximately 50,000 cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer has been stolen, and the beer company says it won’t ask questions if they return it within a specified time frame. The truck was stolen out of Montclair, California about a week ago, and was loaded with 40,000 pounds…
Texas DPS executed search warrants, seized millions in assets, during oilfield theft and trafficking investigation
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) executed multiple warrants as part of an investigation into an organized oilfield theft organization.This week, Texas DPS released details about an August 12, 2026, multi-agency operation during which officers “executed a series of search and arrest warrants as part of a long-term investigation…
West Point ordered professors not to teach human causes of climate change, lawsuit says
A longtime West Point professor is suing the academy, alleging that officials fired him after ordering instructors to stop teaching cadets that humans contribute to climate change. Adam Kalkstein, who taught climate science at the U.S. Military Academy for more than 17 years, filed a lawsuit this week accusing the…
Truck driver assaulted truck stop worker who asked him to move, then led police on pursuit that ended in standoff, Texas cops say
A disturbance at a Pilot truck stop in Texas led to a police pursuit and a standoff this week, according to local police.At 11 p.m. on August 26, the Mustang Ridge Police Department (MRPD) responded to a Pilot truck stop located at 10700 US 183 South NB for a reported…