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Watch: Bill ‘Watermelon Slim’ Homans, ‘Long Haul Paul’ Marhoefer live from Indiana

Bill "Watermelon Slim" Homans recently stopped at the Key Palace Theater on his tour in support of the new "Church of the Blues" record. Read more on Overdrive.

February 7, 2019

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Kenworth to name ‘Top Three Kenworths’ at MATS

Three winners will receive an expenses-paid trip to Kenworth’s Chillicothe, Ohio, plant for a persona tour of the facility. They will also receive a trophy and prize at the PKY Truck Beauty Championship awards ceremony.

February 6, 2019

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Driver named Highway Angel for rescuing man from choking

Keith Burgoon, a trucker for ABF Freight of Fort Smith, Arkansas, has been named a Highway Angel by the TCA for rescuing a man that was choking.

February 6, 2019

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Bandit truck racing series announces 2019 schedule

The truck racing series will return to a number of tracks from the previous two seasons, while also expanding to new locations this year. Details here.

February 6, 2019

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Averitt’s record donation to St. Jude hospital

Averitt truck drivers and other employees raised a total of $750,001 last year in donations. The donation was given to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

February 6, 2019

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Trucker honored for stopping to help at crash scene

Barnett then saw smoke coming from the hood of a minivan, so he parked his truck to divert traffic from the accident and went around to the passenger side of the minivan and broke the window. He then gave his pocket knife to someone else on scene to cut the driver free of the seat belt.

February 4, 2019

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Pilot Flying J raising money for American Heart Association in February

Truckers can purchase paper hearts for $1, $3 or $5 at all PFJ locations, with the full amount being donated to the AHA. Drivers can also choose to round-up their purchase to the nearest whole dollar, and PFJ will donate the round-up amount.

February 1, 2019

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Truck driver recognized for stopping to help stranded RV family

Cattell was driving along I-80 in Illinois when he witnessed an RV come upon a large tire retread in the middle of the highway. Due to traffic conditions, they were unable to avoid it, and the tire completely removed the RV’s exhaust system, stranding the family on the shoulder of the interstate.

January 31, 2019

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Michael Ray, Runaway June to play free MATS concert

Country acts Michael Ray and Runaway June will are headlining the annual Friday, March 29 concert at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. The concert is sponsored by Mobil-Delvac, and free tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

January 30, 2019

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Landstar owner-op wins 2019 Peterbilt 579

Rosemberg Villarreal, of Grand Prairie, Texas, was one of five finalists randomly selected from more than 217,000 contest entries to win the truck.

January 29, 2019

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Trucker named Highway Angel for saving small child

Johnson got out of his truck and tried to carefully approach the child, but it ran back across the road and into a gravel parking lot, visibly frightened and crying. He caught up to the child and picked it up, tried to comfort it and called 911. A police officer arrived and took the child to a local hospital.

January 29, 2019

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Trucker recognized for helping injured motorcyclist

North Carolina-based Eddie Loflin witnessed a motorcycle crash, parked his truck behind the fallen rider so no one would hit him and stayed with the injured man until paramedics arrived.

January 25, 2019

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Truckers Against Trafficking unveils custom Kenworth in D.C.

To raise money to help fight human trafficking, the Everyday Heroes truck, valued at $162,000, will be auctioned off by Ritchie Bros. in Phoenix on May 17. Proceeds from the auction will go to help offset TAT program costs.

January 24, 2019

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Two drivers named Highway Angels for assisting injured motorists after crash

The two Bison Transport drivers stopped after witnessing a crash and stayed on the scene for more than eight hours. One of the drivers helped comfort an elderly woman in her final moments, and the other driver helped a motorist who was trapped in her car until emergency crews arrived.

January 22, 2019

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Overdrive Extra

Call me ‘Long Haul’ no more

“I’m not sure when length-of-haul shaming with phallic undertones became a thing. … Still, since we’re on the topic, let me go on record here to say: To the nethers with the long haul. There are just too many good regional opportunities available now to make it hard to justify the fight with the ELD/parking shortage/erosion of road manners vortex.”

January 21, 2019

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Driver named Highway Angel for assisting crash victims

Matthew Kondrick, a driver for Melton Truck Lines, was driving in a heavy rain and wind storm in July when he saw traffic breaking up ahead of him. “And then I noticed that a tree had come down and crushed two cars in front of me,” he said.

January 15, 2019

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Watermelon Slim tour dates, and a special guest in Indiana Feb. 2

Overdrive’s own “Long Haul Paul” Marhoefer joins Slim at the Feb. 2 performance. Also: The long and short on former owner-op and “In the Driver’s Seat” trucking-memoir author Marc Mayfield’s new work of page-turning detective fiction, “On Grove Street.”

January 14, 2019

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Truckers Against Trafficking with ‘Everyday Heroes’ KW on National Mall

The nonprofit organization Truckers Against Trafficking will broadcast a press conference from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, January 15 at 10 a.m. EST. The event introduces the “Everyday Heroes” Kenworth T680 specially custom-designed to be auctioned later this year, with proceeds going to benefit TAT.

January 14, 2019

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$2.30, $3, $10/mile: Which haul would you choose? Profit analysis might surprise you

Pull up Overdrive's relatively new Load Profit Analyzer tool and follow along with this detailed walk-through with owner-operator business coach and longtime Overdrive contributor Gary Buchs. This week's Overdrive Radio breaks down profit results from wildly divergent rates that might make you think differently about load choice.

Ron Kelsey, pictured here with his 'Sunrise Express' 1981 Peterbilt 359, is Overdrive's Trucker of the Month for July, putting him in the running for the 2025 Trucker of the Year award.

Owner-op holy grail: Decades of direct freight in a custom '81 359

Cameron Bagely's 1999 Peterbilt 379 parked at the Gear Jammer Magazine Truck Show in Epping, New Hampshire.

23-year-old Cameron Bagley's 1999 Pete 379 carries on father's legacy

California Highway Patrol said it won't enforce President Donald Trump's English language proficiency mandate as it's 'not part of California law.'

Enforcing Trump's English language mandate 'not part of California law': CHP

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