Love’s Travel Stops has opened a new location in Kansas City, Missouri off Highway 210. This is Love’s 18th location in Missouri and adds 38 jobs to the area. The truck stop is open 24/7, has 115 truck parking spaces, 8 diesel bays, 7 showers, laundry facilities, a CAT scale,…
The St. Louis Community College in Missouri is helping fill empty big rig seats. There is a truck driver shortage out there and this college is doing its part by offering a new program. The CDL Truck Driver Training program will teach students the rules and regulations of the road…
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…
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has opened two new travel stops, one in Holladay, Tennessee, and one in New Florence, Missouri. The Tennessee travel stop has 124 truck parking spaces, 9 diesel bays, 9 showers, Love’s Truck Care, and a CAT scale. The Missouri travel stop has 89 truck…
Missouri Rep. Mike Moon is sponsoring a bill that would prohibit driverless trucks from driving on Missouri roads. The bill states that automated motor vehicles can not use automatic mode unless there is a capable and licensed person on board who can take control when necessary. The bill is currently…
A proposed bill by a Missouri lawmaker states that no autonomous vehicles will be allowed on Missouri’s roads unless there is a licensed operator on board. The operator must have a valid license from this country, is trained in the operation of the autonomous vehicle, and is watching the vehicle’s…
In Joplin, Missouri, Bennett Trucking Company has donated $45,000 to the Christmas for Kids Campaign. This is the 35th year the local firefighters have run this campaign and with each passing year, the number of underprivileged kids grows. On December 19, the firefighters will hold a party for the kids…
Enjoy this video of a trucker taking you through a very large cave system in Missouri. Video posted by Chad Rich
Beer has been delivered in St. Louis, Missouri using zero-emission trucks. Anheuser-Busch, Nikola Motor Company, and BYD Motors LLC partnered together to make this possible. A Nikola Hydrogen-electrick truck picked up the beer and delivered it to Lohr Distributors who then delivered it to the Enterprise Center using a BYD…
There are 23 learning how to drive trucks at the Truck Dynasty Driving Academy and eight of them are women. According to the academy, the number of female students has greatly increased when compared to previous years. It is also more empowering for women to have a woman instructor at…