The National Weather Service is forecasting that Tropical Storm Fay will continue to bring high winds and flooding Friday, Aug. 22, to the northern part of the Florida Peninsula as it is forecast to track west across to the Florida Panhandle. Click here for traffic warnings and updates from FDOT. If you see price gouging at Florida fuel stops, call the attorney general at 850-414-3300.

A truck driver was taken into custody and questioned late Tuesday, Aug. 19, after Houston-area sheriff's deputies found a woman's body in his truck cab. On Thursday, the Houston Chronicle reported that the driver could be cited for moving a dead body. A Harris County Sheriff's Deputy told the newspaper that the driver told officers that she said she had been assaulted and asked him for help.

Video footage of accused serial killer Bruce Mendenhall shows the former truck driver calmly answering a judge's questions with messy hair and pursed lips. Mendenhall was indicted this week on charges of solicitation of murder for five individuals connected with his prosecution in another case. Mendenhall faces a jury trial in Tennessee in January on charges of abducting and slaying Sara Nicole Hulbert.

A truck driver who was ticketed for having a laptop in his cab is scheduled to appear before an Arizona judge in early September. An Arizona DOT enforcement officer who issued the ticket told the trucker it was for having a laptop mounted near his driver's seat, and cited FMCSR 393.88, which bans screens capable of receiving a television broadcast signal from being within a commercial driver's view.

One person was killed Wednesday night when a plane crashed into a California Highway Patrol truck scale building near Gilroy. Officials with the CHP said that no one was in the weigh station at the time of the crash because its officers were all out on a training exercise.

If you're driving through Tucson, AZ, Thursday night, Aug. 21, you might want to plan your route carefully or find another way around. All lanes of Interstate 10 between Prince Road and 29th Street will be closed Thursday night beginning at 10 p.m. The road will remain closed until Monday, Aug. 25, at 5 a.m. More information can be found on the Web at www.i10tucson.com.

Hauling of hazardous materials and trucking on the New Jersey Turnpike are among the topics that have received attention this year at the New Jersey statehouse. One bill would give the Delaware River Port Authority the authority to inspect hazmat carriers and cargo. A separate bill calls for limiting traffic in certain lanes on the turnpike. Another bill would require the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to reduce toll rates for commercial trucks.

Meeting in special session, New York state lawmakers voted Tuesday, Aug. 19, to approve legislation that would fine fuel companies for pricing gasoline and diesel higher in certain areas. It now moves to Gov. David Paterson's desk.

There's no need to skip the Great American Trucking Show just because of the new anti-idling reg in Dallas. There's a big exception to the rule. The regulation, which local officials started enforcing in April, allows truckers to idle their trucks beyond the five-minute limit if they are complying with the hours-of-service regulations. Click here to read the entire regulation.

Truckers ordering Mack and Volvo trucks now have the option of spec'ing Bendix disc brakes.

Officials with engine maker Cummins Inc. announced earlier this month that they are going to use the selective catalytic reduction after-treatment system in their heavy-duty engines beginning in 2010.