In The News

• Industrial output drops in February

  By Martin Crutsinger - The Associated Press
  Posted Mar 16th 2009 5:03AM

  WASHINGTON — The nation's industrial output fell for the fourth straight month in February with the factory ope...

• Understatement: A $500 billion highway bill would affect trucking

  By David Tanner, staff writer - Land Line
  Posted Mar 16th 2009 4:21AM

  The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee says the next surface transportation author...

• Driver cleared in fatal shooting in Knoxville, TN

  By Reed Black, staff writer, Land Line
  Posted Mar 16th 2009 4:18AM

  Prosecutors in Knox County, TN, say a 68-year-old trucker has been cleared of any wrongdoing after he shot and killed ...

• Trucker drowns in Ohio floodwaters

  By Land Line staff
  Posted Mar 16th 2009 4:14AM

  Searchers in Putnam County, OH, this morning found the body of a trucker who drowned after he drove into swift floodwa...

• Senate endorses $3.7 billion road plan; fuel tax freeze awaits consideration

  By Keith Goble, state legislative editor
  Posted Mar 16th 2009 3:47AM

  The Kentucky Senate unanimously approved a $3.7 billion road construction plan. An effort to shore up more money for t...