by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 8, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South
A truck driver who was reportedly issued a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license (CDL) in New York was killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on I-40 near Brownsville last week, according to a Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) crash report obtained by Action News 5....
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 29, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy toured the Music City Loop construction site last week, hailing the privately-funded project as “critical infrastructure” seeking to “meaningfully improve” the lives of those traveling around Nashville. In a...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 11, 2025 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South
A new target date of March 1 has been set for the reopening of I-40 connecting Tennessee and North Carolina, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced Monday. “We’re happy that we can open I-40 in a couple of weeks. That will help travel and...
by Kaitlin Housler | Feb 10, 2025 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy surveyed the damage I-40 sustained at the Tennessee-North Carolina state line during last year’s Hurricane Helene on Monday. Portions of I-40’s eastbound lanes were washed away by flood waters when the Pigeon...
