The people at the Guilford Technical Community College near Greensboro, North Carolina are doing their part to put truckers behind the wheel of commercial vehicles. With the pandemic going on all around us and shelves being empty, there is a need out there for more truckers to help get supplies…
Surry Community College in Dobson, North Carolina is starting its next round of training truck drivers in January. Orientation will be held this coming Monday at 10 a.m. at The Yadkin Center. The Truck Driver Training classes start January 11 and go through March 16, all day, Monday through Friday….
There are bridges out there too low for big trucks, lots of them. They either get stuck and need rescuing or become convertibles if they make it through, kind of. The following is a short list of bridges in the U.S. that have claimed many big rigs and have become…
The Royal Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Ivanhoe, North Carolina was making sure the truckers rolling through their town were shown just how much they are appreciated. Members of the church were holding up signs and after truckers pulled over they were given a warm meal. The pastor and other…
Timothy Tucker, a truck driver out of Etowah, North Carolina, won nearly $500,000 in the Cash 5 jackpot. Before making his regular routine on a long-haul driver, Tucker stopped into Mr. Pete’s Markety in Etowah and got himself a Quick Pick ticket. He called the next day and asked who…
Rudolph Thompson, a retired truck driver from Stantonsburg, North Carolina bought the right lottery ticket at the right time and won big. His lucky $25 Extreme Cash scratch-off ticket was a big winner at $100,000. Thompson couldn’t believe his good fortune and had to immediately share the good news with…
The Vance-Granville Community College in Henderson, North Carolina, has started up its commercial driver’s license driver training program after being closed for COVID-19. The North Carolina College System is allowing schools to teach students who are pursuing transportation careers, with a few modifications made to classes. As part of the…
The Surry Community College in Dobson, North Carolina, has had its largest graduating class of truckers. Last December, 20 new truckers graduated and joined the trucking industry. The Truck Driver Training Program offered at SCC teaches new drivers the ins and outs of being a successful and safe truck driver….
College of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, is moving towards having a Commercial Driver’s License program. To further support this program the Armstrong family has established the “George P. Armstrong, Jr. Memorial Scholarship,” putting forth a $1,000 annual gift to a student enrolled in the CDL program. Armstrong…
Barnes Transportation Services Inc., out of North Carolina, is offering a $1,000 reward for any information regarding the murder of its driver Robert Pane Hale. Hale was killed on June 25 while he was in his truck sitting in the parking lot of a local Hardee’s restaurant. The Barnes family,…