In The News

• Indiana to close 5 rest stops

  By Jill Dunn - eTrucker
  Posted Dec 24th 2008 1:47AM

  Indiana will close five rest stops in January, including on Interstate 70 as a cost-saving measure, but specific dates ...

• Gunman kills United driver in Dallas

  By eTrucker
  Posted Dec 24th 2008 1:42AM

  Police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a 42-year-old owner-operator for United Van Lines in his tractor...

• Diesel keeps dropping, falls to $2.366, sits at almost half of July price

  By The Trucker
  Posted Dec 23rd 2008 1:59AM

  The weekly retail on-highway diesel price today fell $0.056 per gallon, to $2.366, according to the Energy Information...

• Veteran trucker not sure he could do anything else

  By Barb Kampbell - The Trucker
  Posted Dec 23rd 2008 1:54AM

  NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jim Carton, a car hauler who lives in Chandler, Okla., says he’s been a trucke...

• Truckers in training pursue a big-rig gig

  By Tom Infield - The Associated Press
  Posted Dec 23rd 2008 1:50AM

  WEST CHESTER, Pa. — After eight weeks of learning how to handle a big rig, John Uhrinek displayed a cool self-a...