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Wife of slain Texas trucking magnate sentenced to probation in $9M fraud case

Frances Hall was sentenced to 10 years deferred adjudication after pleading no contest to charges she was part of a multimillion dollar fraud scheme while she was co-owner of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking in San Antonio, Texas.

Hall was sentenced Wednesday in the 147th District Court in Austin, Texas. As part of her no contest plea, Hall will also pay $150,000 in restitution.

Deferred adjudication is a type of probation in criminal cases that allows a defendant to avoid a conviction by staying in the...

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Averitt prepares for Mexico nearshoring boom with expansion in Texas 

Cross-border less-than-truckload carrier Averitt has undertaken a major expansion of its distribution and fulfillment center in San Antonio.

The expansion was spurred by the nearshoring movement of companies shifting production and manufacturing to Mexico to be closer to the U.S., officials said.

“We’re really just beginning to see the effects of nearshoring on cross-border trucking,” Ed Habe, vice president of Mexico sales for Averitt in San Antonio, told FreightWaves. “We’re really about two...

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4 arrested in Texas truck smuggling incident that left 53 dead

Federal prosecutors say four Mexican nationals have been arrested in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found abandoned last year inside a locked tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas.

The four arrests, announced Tuesday, include Riley Covarrubias-Ponce, 30; Felipe Orduna-Torres, 28; Luis Alberto Rivera-Leal, 37; and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, 53. The men were apprehended in San Antonio, Houston and Marshall, Texas. 

All four are charged with conspiracy to transport immigrants resulting in...

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Delorean announces comeback as all-electric sports car

DeLorean Motor Co., maker of the iconic DMC-12 luxury car, announced it is rebooting the automobile as an all-electric vehicle.

DeLorean officials said the company’s new headquarters will be in San Antonio, adding 450 jobs in executive, management and engineering roles.

The company plans to initially establish its headquarters in the city while continuing to evaluate locations for manufacturing operations, according to Joost de Vries, CEO of DeLorean.

“San Antonio boasts a growing component and...

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FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: I-37 is a critical hurricane evacuation route

Construction of I-37 in San Antonio in the 1960s. (Photo: TxDOT/Texas Highway Man)

Like Interstate 2 (I-2), I-27 and I-45, I-37 is an intrastate interstate highway that runs entirely within Texas. Its total length is 143 miles.

San Antonio and Corpus Christi (and the Texas Gulf Coast) are linked by I-37. The highway also provides connectivity to the Rio Grande Valley via U.S. 281/I-69C and U.S. 77/I-69E. In addition, I-37 has a public safety role – it is one of the few limited-access hurricane evacuation routes from the Texas coastline inland toward San Antonio and Austin. 

Th...

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Check Call: Getting turkey with it

Turkey Take

image: WeirdNutDaily.com

Turkey Day is coming this week! Put those birds in the fridge now to defrost them in time to have a fantastic Thanksgiving turkey. In honor of the turkeys, I thought we’d take a look this week at what goes into getting the sheer volumes of turkeys to market at the same time. 

Every year the U.S. consumes about 45 million turkeys — or 675 million pounds of turkey — during Thanksgiving. That’s one-fifth of all U.S. turkeys produced annually. Minnesota and North...

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Boeing supplier files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

GDC Technics, an aeronautics interiors supplier, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy the same day the company announced it was laying off 223 people in Texas.

The layoffs and bankruptcy filing come after Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) sued GDC Technics for allegedly being behind schedule on two Air Force One aircraft.

The bankruptcy filing in the Western District of Texas did not include detailed financial information about GDC Technics. The company listed liabilities from $10 million to $50 million and more...

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Air Force One supplier laying off 223 after losing Boeing contract

GDC Technics is cutting 223 jobs in San Antonio and Fort Worth, Texas, after the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) recently sued the company for being behind schedule on two Air Force One aircraft.

Brad Forman, CEO of GDC Technics, said the company is permanently closing its San Antonio plant where most of the work on Air Force One was done. 

“It is anticipated that most operations at the Fort Worth facility will cease and that the San Antonio facility will close due to the sudden and unexpected termination...

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Truck carrying bees crashes, releases swarm

A tractor-trailer hauling a load of honeybees overturned Sunday on a Texas highway, releasing a swarm in downtown San Antonio, according to local authorities.

The incident occurred around 11 a.m. on Interstate 10 West, when a truck owned by a bee removal business turned over while negotiating a curve on an off-ramp to eastbound Interstate 35.

Police said some bees escaped after a truck accident yesterday on I-10 in San Antonio. (Photo: TxDOT)

Authorities said the crash was caused by a...

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