With the increasing demand for truck drivers and pressure from the Senate Agriculture Committee, three Commercial Drivers License sites in Illinois will be reopened. The Illinois Secretary of State has opened CDL testing facilities in Marion, Springfield, and West Chicago. CDL tests will be by appointment only and scheduled over…
Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores has opened two new travel stops in Illinois and Michigan. These new stops will help truckers get what they need in more convenient locations and get them back on the road quickly. The Sauget, Illinois stop is located off Interstate 255 and has 85…
The John Wood Community College out of Quincy, Illinois, is holding an informational meeting tonight at their Workforce Development Center at 6:30 p.m. People from the truck driving program will give a presentation about what is required from those taking the program, how to register, and what kind of opportunities…
With its lack of a truck stop and the only places for trucks to park are not necessarily safe places, the people of Peoria, Illinois, are thinking of changing their rules. Currently, there is a ban on parking trucks within municipal limits, but there is no place for trucks to…
Schwerman Trucking out of Calvert City, Kentucky is donating a truck to Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Illinois. The college’s truck driving coordinator reached out to companies to find a truck for students who are unfamiliar with driving manual transmissions or have physical limitations making manuals a challenge. This new…
J.B. Hunt has “adopted” a kindergarten classroom at Isaac Singleton Elementary School in Illinois and helped them out. The $500 worth of classroom materials they received included books, dry erase markers, a toy cash register, and other useful things. To go along with these supplies the students were given a…
With the permission of Illinois’ Tollways, a truck with autonomous technology will be cruising the Jane Addams Tollway very soon. There will be a driver behind the wheel at all times, it is not a fully autonomous vehicle. Autobon AI is a company that is not looking to replace drivers…
Last Saturday morning, over 90 semi-trucks and several police officers met in Tinley Park as the starting point for the Tinley Park Truck Convoy for Special Olympics. Along the route, 17 different police agencies closed-off intersection and assisted with directing traffic. In order to participate in the convoy, trucking companies…
Joliet Junior College has received a grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration totaling almost $170,000. This money will be used towards its Driving America: One Veteran at a Time CDL Training program. The program assists current and former members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their spouses to…
Pilot Flying J has opened its 28th location in Marshall, Illinois. It’s located off Illinois 1 near Interstate 70, at 104 West Trefz Drive. For the locals it’s projected to help bring in $2.7 million annually in taxes and add 50 jobs to the community. It has 8 diesel lanes,…