The guy in the trucker hat at Arden Courts Memory Care Community in Winter Springs, Florida, is John Kober. Thanks to the facility’s Heart’s Desire program, Kober got to take a ride in a big rig. This program is to help patient’s dreams come true or maybe just help them…
Carson Rudy, of Lake Wales, Florida, is spending his Thanksgiving break camping out on top of a semi with his dad. He’s hoping to raise $20,000 for the Convoy of Hope by November 26. So far he’s raised over $5,000 and you will find the semi parked at the Impact…
With a shortage of truck drivers out there, Pensacola State College in Florida has started up a commercial truck driver training program to help alleviate the problem. The first class is scheduled to roll out in mid-September and students will have to drive at least 1,000 miles and complete a…
Large retailers are putting their emergency response centers into high-gear to stay ahead of the storm in Florida. Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Walmart are filling up supplies and necessities in their Florida stores and will continue to do so until the storm’s landfall or until it becomes unsafe for truckers…
Kottke Trucking, Inc., out of Buffalo Lake, Minn., has acquired Wayne T. Fellows out of Davenport, Fla. With the purchase of this new company, Kottke Trucking is adding 43 drivers and 22 non-driving positions to its family. With the purchase of the over-the-road division of Walbon & Company earlier, this…
In a collaboration between the Tallahassee Community College (TCC) and the Big Bend Minority Chamber of Commerce, dozens of women showed up for ‘Ladies Night’. The event, located at the TCC, showcased the technical programs offered there, exposing the women who attended to jobs normally aimed at men. Some of…
Around 1 a.m., two sinkholes opened under C&A Trucking, near Orlando International Airport, and swallowed quite a few trucks in the process. Apparently, a large fracture opened up between two lakes causing the sinkhole, but the reason for the fracture forming is unknown. Luckily there was nobody injured. Click here…