Rivian will get $16 million in state incentives for the supplier park, which includes a $5 million tax benefit over 20 years, as well as a capital grant. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg) Rivian Automotive Inc. is investing $120 million in a new supplier park in Illinois, another win for Gov. JB Pritzker after the company announced a ...more
Tyson is “managing through the most challenging beef environment we’ve ever seen,” King said in a conference call with analysts. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) Tyson Foods Inc. slumped the most since 2023 as investors shrugged off stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings to focus on deepening losses at the company’s beef business. The meat processor lost money on beef sales ...more
An impatient motorist comes uncomfortably close to causing a head-on collision with a dump truck on a Pennsylvania roadway. The dash cam video was captured in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania, on April 18, 2025.From the dash cammer: “Driving on a single lane back road that is known for its curves and blind spots. I noticed a truck ...more
The United Parcel Service is expected to cut 20,000 jobs and 73 buildings by late 2025 in an attempt to become “more nimble,” according to a late April announcement. UPS announced the layoffs on April 29th as part of its first quarter earnings report. This announcement comes after the company’s plan to reduce its deliveries ...more
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is reminding bus drivers that they are not exempt from stopping in for an inspection at certain weigh station facilities. According to a May 2 social media post from CHP’s Gilroy Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility, located in San Martin, California, a passenger bus registered out of Texas and Mexico failed ...more
A truck driver rescued from a dangling semi truck in Louisville was just one of three truck crashes over the weekend. One of the three crashes happened on Saturday, May 3rd, and the other two occurred on Sunday, May 4th – all on the Kennedy Bridge on Interstate 65 south in Louisville, Kentucky.According to WDRB, ...more
A former Sergeant with the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) was found guilty on dozens of charges related to a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) bribery scheme. On May 2, Gary Cederquist, 59, was found guilty by a federal jury in Boston on the following charges:Two counts of conspiracy to commit extortionOne count of extortionSix counts of honest services ...more
Canadian police arrested a man in Alberta over the weekend for a bizarre rampage at a police station using a stolen trackhoe. Shortly before 7 p.m. on May 3, a man in a trackhoe entered the lot at the Bonnyville RCMP detachment after stealing the heavy equipment from a local business “moments prior,” police said ...more
The San Bernardino Police Department (SBPD) recently responded to an “extensive property damage” involving a semi truck. The incident took place shortly after 4 a.m. on May 3 in San Bernardino, California.Police say that a semi truck collided with “several parked cars” and also “struck two utility poles and two light poles near Arrowhead and ...more
A truck driver turned himself in and paid in full after stealing back his own towed semi truck from an impound lot in Connecticut. The incident occurred at Bud’s Truck & Diesel Service Inc. on Island Brook Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut on Wednesday, April 30th. According to NewsTimes, police were contacted after an employee at the ...more
