The fifth and sixth-grade students at Troy Elementary School in Troy, Alabama, got a lesson about the trucking industry from employees of Wiley Sanders Truck Lines. The students got to hear about what the trucking industry has to offer by way of careers for men and women and how much…
Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama, offers a Commercial Driver’s License program and those who are in wheelchairs are not being left out. Two men in wheelchairs were determined to become truck drivers and this college found a way to help them. The instructor at Wallace State Community College…
John Ray, the driver of the gold, brown, and chrome Peterbilt that sped around Talledega Superspeedway during the national anthem has passed away. In 2001, after the 9/11 attacks, the track chairman at the time wanted Ray’s patriotic big rig to help boost the country’s morale. Ray stuck a flag…
Nextran Truck Center out of Tuscumbia, Alabama, has been named Mack Trucks’ 2019 North American Dealer of the Year. The winner of this award is given to dealers who exceed business targets and those who continue to grow and rate well with its customers. Nextran has 16 full-service truck centers…
Alphonso Lewis Sr. served as a transportation specialist and mechanic for the U.S. Army, he is now a truck driver for YRC Freight in Montgomery, Alabama. The trucking industry is doing its part to help veterans find job opportunities and career paths within the industry. It’s because veterans are trained…
Starting in February of 2020, the lowest legal age to obtain a commercial driver’s license will go from 21 to 18. This is another path for people to take when choosing a career, and the industry could desperately use more drivers. This new lower age is a good way for…
With the start of next year, students taking truck driving classes at Alabama technical and community colleges will be instructed on how to recognize, report, and prevent human trafficking. New Alabama truckers will now have the tools to identify traffic victims and to have the knowledge to not participate. Alabama…
With new road projects, comes new opposition. For the proposed Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project, the Alabama Department of Transportation is considering a one-way toll to help cover the costs. Officials in Mobile say they are confident the state of Alabama will keep tolls low for their citizens with…
Out of more than 50 submissions, the Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search chose Jason Henley of Jemison, Ala., as one of its finalists. He and the other finalists will head to the Great American Truck Show in Dallas in August to compete during a live performance. According to the…
A leading maker of commercial buses and trucks, Navistar, is expanding its manufacturing facilities in Huntsville, AL. It’s plan is to produce the next generation of diesel engines with TRATON (a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group) , adding to its line of next-gen products. Along with this large capital investment,…