Tag Archives: Oklahoma

Oklahoma Senator says “Slow them Trucks down”

After a wreck in June, 2009 that killed ten people on the Will Rogers turnpike in Oklahoma, Senator Earl Garrison wants to make the trucks go slower. The Will Rogers Turnpike is 88 miles long, running form Tulsa to the … Continue reading

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Arrow employees Class action suit Charles A. Ercole filed Dec. 29

Dec. 22nd 2009 Arrow Trucking a Tulsa, Oklahoma based trucking company “suspended operations” stranding drivers all over the US, without a way for them to get home or even telling them. Charles A. Ercole an attorney with Klehr Harrison Harvey … Continue reading

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Two thumbs up for TA Truck Stop store 34 Nashville, Tennessee

Dec. 22nd 2009 as most of you already know Arrow Trucking based in Tulsa, Oklahoma abruptly closed its doors, but forgot to tell any of their drivers. The drivers had to find out the hard way, by trying to purchase … Continue reading

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Two-Hundred dollars is that a Joke Daimler, Kenworth, and International?

Dec. 22nd, 2009 Tulsa, Oklahoma based Trucking Company Arrow Trucking closed up shop. They did so abruptly they forgot to mention it to their fourteen hundred drivers, some of which were still on the road. © 2009, Truck Drivers News … Continue reading

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Arrow Trucking Company calls it quits overnight

Well, it looks as if Oklahoma based Arrow Trucking has suspended operations overnight. In the report seen on a news site, an announcement will be made this afternoon. The way they suspended operations is really going to put some of … Continue reading

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CVSA Strengthens CMV Uniformity, Safety at NAIC

Commercial Vehicle Inspectors Who Compete are Leaders in Highway Safety WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Forty-four inspectors representing nearly every jurisdiction across North America convened this year in a city known for its champions — Pittsburgh — August 17-23, 2009 … Continue reading

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Penske to lay off 53 drivers after losing Big Lots

Penske Logistics has lost a contract with Big Lots and notified the state that it will lay off the 53 truck drivers that it employs at the discount retailer’s warehouse and distribution operation at 300 Phillipi Rd. Penske disclosed the … Continue reading

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Oklahoma teen Killed By 18-Wheeler

HOWE, Okla. — An Oklahoma teen is dead after being hit by an 18-wheeler early Monday morning. Officials said Lucas Wainscott, 19, of Francis, was a resident at Meadow Brook Mental Health Day Treatment in Howe. Wainscott allegedly stepped into … Continue reading

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Willie Nelson brings biofuel to the red states

“Why do people use biodiesel? Because they love it, that’s why,” Carl Cornelius barks at me over the phone. “Heck, even Wal-Mart fuels here.” Cornelius is the owner of Carl’s Corner Truck Stop in central Texas, and when we spoke … Continue reading

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