Operation Big Rig Aims To Combat Human Smuggling
Efforts to stop human trafficking in the Rio Grande Valley are in full force and state investigators say tractor trailers are on the frontline and in a position to help. Operation Big Rig is a call to...
View ArticleSt. Christopher Fund Raising Money With T-Shirts Honoring Jim Johnston
The St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund is selling t-shirts honoring Jim Johnston, the late president and CEO of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. Proceeds and donations made from...
View ArticleTrucking Moves America Forward Successfully Promoting Industry’s Image
Trucking Moves America Forward, the industry-wide education and image movement, touted its accomplishments in shifting the industry’s perception and promoting it more broadly during their 2017 year in...
View Article29th Annual Mother’s Day Convoy To Raise Money For Make-A-Wish
If you can make it to Lancaster, Pennsylvania this Mother’s Day weekend, there is a great opportunity to use your big rig for a good cause. The 29th annual Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy is...
View ArticleTruck Driver Delivers Wanted Man To The Police
A drunken driver accused in a hit-and-run with a trooper’s vehicle on Long Island, NY was arrested after he hitched a ride with a tow truck driver who drove him back to the scene. Mark Trebendis, 51,...
View ArticleLove’s Logistics Branch Raises $290,000 For Texas Children’s Hospital
Leaders in the energy industry from Houston and across the country came together to support kids being treated at Texas Children’s Hospital. Houston-based Musket Corporation, the trading and logistics...
View ArticleTravelCenters of America Announces 2018 Citizen Drivers
TravelCenters of America LLC, operator of the TA® and Petro Stopping Centers® travel center brands, named its fifth annual Citizen Driver honorees during a ceremony at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum in...
View ArticleChildren Of Truckers Awarded Scholarships
The OOIDA Mary Johnston Scholarship has awarded more than $300,000 since 1998 to students who are the children, grandchildren or legal dependents of OOIDA members. During the April OOIDA Board of...
View ArticleDeaf Man Overcomes Challenges To Get CDL
Joey Woodle is deaf and even though he grew up riding in big rigs with his father and uncle, dreaming of one day doing it himself, his hearing impairment prevented it. That was until Central Alabama...
View ArticleTruck Driver Surprises Waitress With $2,000 Tip On Mother’s Day
A waitress received a hefty tip of $2,000 from a Mississippi truck driver on Mother’s Day. Brenda Pearson has been working as a waitress at the Roland, Miss. diner and on Mother’s Day she waited on a...
View ArticleDriver Aids Potential Trafficking Victim, Wins 2018 Harriet Tubman Award
Truck driver Arian Taylor, who drives for Ballard Trucking, was honored with the 2018 Harriet Tubman award by Truckers Against Trafficking. In 2013, Truckers Against Trafficking created an award to...
View Article13 Women Receive Scholarships From Women In Trucking
The Women In Trucking Foundation announced the selection of thirteen recipients of its scholarship program, providing $1,000 each to winners to further their careers in the trucking industry. The...
View ArticleOOIDA Announces 2018 Scholarship Recipients
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has announced the recipients of the 2018-2019 Mary Johnston Scholarship. The scholarship fund, which started in 1998, has already awarded more than...
View ArticleOOIDA’s Annual Truckers For Troops Again Assisting Military And Veterans With...
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and its Truckers for Troops® care package campaign have been sending out care packages to military overseas in combat zones, veterans homes and...
View ArticleTrucking Organizations Vow To Fight Rhode Island’s Truck Only Toll Roads
Leaders of the American Trucking Associations and the Rhode Island Trucking Association are vowing to continue fighting against what they are calling the state of Rhode Island’s predatory and...
View ArticleFree Coffee For Dad’s This Weekend, Plus A Chance To Win $10K
Pilot Flying J is offering a free cup of coffee to fathers throughout Father’s Day Weekend, June 15-17. Fathers receive one any size cup of Pilot coffee for free when they use the myPilot app on their...
View ArticleCVSA Awards College Scholarships To Three High School Seniors
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance awarded $1,000 scholarships to three deserving high school seniors to attend the college of their choice this fall. As one of the country’s leading commercial...
View ArticleInaugural Jim Johnston Memorial Convoy Raises Money For Truckers Final Mile
Saturday afternoon, June 9, was the date of the inaugural Jim Johnston Memorial Convoy. The OOIDA touring tractor-trailer, the Spirit of the American Trucker, driven by Jon Osburn, led 26 trucks on a...
View ArticleMother’s Day Convoy Raises $500k, Sets New Record
Despite bad weather on Mother’s Day, the Make-a-Wish Truck Convoy raised more than $500,000 for children in the Susquehanna Valley, which beats their previous record by nearly 10 percent. “It was a...
View ArticleDriver Named Highway Angel For Helping Lost Elderly Woman
Victor Green, a professional truck driver with ABF Freight, Inc., of Fort Smith, Arkansas, has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association. On March 29, 2018, after a long day of...
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