LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 5 -- Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas issued the following news release: Sixty-five individuals from throughout Arkansas have been selected for Leadership Arkansas Class XIV, a program operated by the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce / Associated Industries of Arkansas. The Underwriting Sponsor for the 2019-2020 Leadership Arkansas program is The Citizens Bank of Batesville. The Presenting Sponsor is ARcare. Statewide Progr  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 6 -- The Truckload Carriers Association issued the following news: The Truckload Carriers Association has named Joseph Wilbur of Fort Smith, Arkansas, a professional truck driver with ABF Freight System, Inc. also of Fort Smith, Arkansas, a Highway Angel. He is being recognized for assisting at the scene of an accident caused by a wrong-way driver. It was 3 a.m. and Wilbur had just left New Haven, Connecticut and was northbound on I-95. Wilbur is a utility driver fo  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 6 -- The Truckload Carriers Association issued the following news: The Truckload Carriers Association has named Terry Whittington of Fort Smith, Arkansas, a professional truck driver with ABF Freight System, Inc. also of Fort Smith, Arkansas, a Highway Angel. He is being recognized for helping a fellow truck driver that was struck by a passing motorist while inspecting his vehicle. It was 7:30 a.m. in June 2018, Whittington was leaving Fontana, California on Interst  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 6 -- The Truckload Carriers Association issued the following news: The Truckload Carriers Association has named Jim Kurent of Burlington, Vermont, a professional truck driver with ABF Freight System, Inc. also of Fort Smith, Arkansas, a Highway Angel. He is being recognized for acting quickly to avoid major highway collision. On January 19, Kurent was on a two-lane highway in Vermont when a Subaru going the opposite direction crossed over the center line right in fr  more