“It’s a simple matter of corporate responsibility,” Joe Kerola said, referring to taking care of his employees during the current economic downturn. The president of
The aftermath of the closing and subsequent bankruptcy filing of Indianapolis-based carrier Celadon made for prominent headlines in trucking industry news from December 2019 until
When it comes to performers, the connection between singer and songwriter is not just important — it is an absolute must. Since country music was
The COVID-19 crisis isn’t the type of tunnel a nation enters with expectations of an ever-brightening light ahead. After all, an enemy with the ability
Louisiana-born Ted Daffan (1912-1996) had already made his mark as a singer/songwriter in southeast Texas when he pulled into a roadside diner one evening in
David Buck has spent a career pulling double duty, and it has served him well. In fact, when Schneider chose Buck from its pool of
My previous columns, I believe, have made the point that my preferences in country music rest in the “classic” era — or almost anything recorded
CHICAGO — “Jackknifing” is a trucking-related term most nontruckers understand. Many have passed the scene of an accident involving a jackknifed trailer during their travels.
As of March 16, the U.S. had provided little information about restricting travel at its southern border with Mexico. Most discussions regarding the Mexico border
UPDATED: March 18, 12:10 pm CT President Trump announced in a tweet this morning, “We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border
DOWN AND DIRTY: KILLING THE CORONAVIRUS AND OTHER GERMS To date, scientists haven’t come up with a guaranteed method of killing the coronavirus. As
I’m not much into what Nashville passes off as country music these days, but let’s assume for a moment that these artists are worthy of
HYGIENE: BEYOND HAND-WASHING As a truck driver, you may do everything within your ability to protect yourself from germs. Most likely you follow the
INFORMATION: AN OVERWEIGHT LOAD DESTINED FOR ANXIETY As alluded to in Part 1 of this series, when it comes to the coronavirus, truck drivers
GERMS 101: AN INTRODUCTION FOR TRUCK DRIVERS Robert Dudley, M.D., a physician in New Britain, Connecticut, told The Trucker, “Protecting yourself and others from the
SELF-QUARANTINE: ADMIRABLE, BUT IMPOSSIBLE FOR TRUCKERS It would be difficult to find many Americans who are not somewhat familiar with the latest world crisis,
FONTANA, Calif. — The Los Angeles area, particularly Orange County and communities between the Pacific Coast and Little San Bernardino Mountains, is notorious for poor
Toll. Is there another four-letter word that leads to a longer string of four-letter words from the mouths (and keyboards) of those employed in the
In early 1966, Red Sovine had his second No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart with “Giddy-Up-Go.” As many songs of the era
When it comes to trucking songs of the “golden era” (1963-1977), songwriters were, for the most part, inspired by locations or experiences in the South,
