Cover Story
Ken L. Slaughter is happy to be running as a professional, over-the-road driver. “I love what I do,” he says. “There is no other job like it. I mean, what else could I do that would give me this much freedom and let me be my own boss?” more

Murphy's World
I was hauling a load of air conditioners down a two-lane highway in South Carolina at about 3 a.m. Everything was humming along until a car behind me started flashing his lights to get my attention. It was then that I noticed a strap flapping on the trailer and figured that was the reason for all the four-wheeler’s high-beam hysterics. I eased it to the shoulder.more

Driven Women
My wife thinks that I should get into truck driving,and I tend to agree with her. She also thinks that I should train with a female trainer after trucking school. I also agree. more

Trucker Buddy
Trucker Buddy drivers bring the world into the classroom. Mona Van Duyn helps her students learn by sending them rocks and minerals, coal, wooden nickels and badges, and lots and lots of photos and postcards. “Miss Mona’s contributions make what we are learning about in the classroom more real for the children,” says teacher Nancy Powell. more

Carrier News
CRST Malone and its agents are working with their customers and FEMA to stage supplies and aid at a terminal in Louisiana. One of Malone’s local agents near New Orleans provided his six-acre yard to stage and warehouse materials. more