Burlington Motor Carriers, Daleville, Ind., acquired Jolliff Transportation of Peoria, Ill., and will operate the company as a wholly owned subsidiary.

A climate of cooperation and a reliance on technology marked George Reagle’s five years at the helm of the Office of Motor Carriers.

A climate of cooperation and a reliance on technology marked George Reagle’s five years at the helm of the Office of Motor Carriers.

Employees of Averitt Express give only a little from their weekly paychecks to an in-house charitable program, but it really adds up to the benefit of recipients.

The effects of diesel engine exhaust became the top state story of 1998 after a panel of scientists from the California Environmental Protection Agency concluded that the smoke posed a cancer risk to humans.

The Justice Department put the Teamsters union on its ear in June 1987 when it announced that government lawyers would work with the Labor Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to take control of the union. For 30 years, Justice said, the Teamsters had been influenced by organized crime, and it was time for a change.

The company doesn’t exist in its original form any more, having been swallowed up by a larger operation long ago. But many of the former employees of Service Trucking Co. still think of themselves as part of a family, if you get right down to it. And like many families, they like to hold a reunion now and then.

The Justice Department has had the Teamsters union on its ear since June 1987.

Nevada election officials declared incumbent Harry Reid the winner in an election race for the U.S. Senate that still could be challenged.

Nevada election officials declared incumbent Harry Reid the winner in an election race for the U.S. Senate that still could be challenged. Trucking executives were watching the outcome closely.