(Nati Harnik/AP/File) The U.S. Postal Service has signed an agreement with the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, and the General Services Administration to help the agency in “identifying and achieving further efficiencies,” according to a letter to congressional lawmakers viewed by Bloomberg. The agreement, signed March 12, comes after months of speculation about the ...more
Immediate past Chair Amanda Schuier stands at the podium as the TMC Leaders of Tomorrow Class of 2025 is honored during an awards ceremony March 12 in Nashville, Tenn. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council celebrated the graduates of its seventh leadership program class during ...more
Senate Majority Leader John Thune arrives at the Capitol on March 11. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders seeking to avert a shutdown of most federal agencies remained locked in debate about short-term legislation days before a key deadline. With funding authority set to expire March 14, senior lawmakers as of March 13 had ...more
The Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) is investigating a single vehicle collision that claimed the life of a truck driver on Wednesday. The crash occurred around 10 p.m. on March 12 on I-80 at mile marker 78 in the Grantsville, Utah, area.UHP said that a blue semi truck was eastbound on I-80 when it rolled over ...more
A group of men were able to rob a Tennessee gas station of several hundred dollars worth of merchandise by waving their pet pythons around. The robbery occurred earlier this week at a Citgo Truck and Auto Plaza in Denmark, Tennessee. According to WDTN 2 News, truck stop employee Mayur Raval and his brother were working ...more
A Connecticut trucker pleaded guilty in connection with a years-long scheme to fraudulently obtain government benefits. On February 24, 2025, Hartford resident Ricardo Santiago, 59, pleaded guilty to guilty to one count of wire fraud in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.According to the U.S. Department of Transportation-Office of Inspector General, Santiago ...more
A truck driver with a felony warrant is still on the run after fleeing police in Pennsylvania last week. The incident happened on March 7th in Frailey Township, Pannsylvania. According to PA HomePage News, truck driver Lee Dubois had an active felony warrant for his arrest for aggravated assault by motor vehicle when he was spotted ...more
A trucker’s dash cam caught a tanker rollover crash that happened in Idaho this week. The video was captured this week in Idaho Falls, Idaho.From the dash cammer: “On the evening of March 10th 2025, at approximately 2039 hours, a doubles tanker truck fully loaded with gasoline rolled over in front of my truck while ...more
Drivers should expect to see increased patrols along a busy Tennessee interstate as multiple law enforcement agencies partner to crack down on violations. The enforcement effort, dubbed “Operation Impact I-24,” will take place starting at 12 a.m. Friday morning, March 14, through 11:59 p.m. Friday night.The Tennessee Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies will ...more
A motorist recently filmed a shipping container getting knocked neatly off of a tractor trailer trying to squeeze underneath a railroad bridge. The video was filmed on Southfield Road near Interstate 75 in Detroit, Michigan just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 11th, reported 7 ABC.In the video, the truck driver heads underneath the railroad ...more
