Wayne Carpenter is the newest trucking Good Samaritan to win the title of Highway Hero. The tanker driver was chosen from five semifinalists in Goodyear's annual North America Highway Hero program.

Hub Group said it will exercise options to acquire the minority interests in 17 Hub operating companies for approximately $110 million.

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. selected 5 finalists from 24 state and provincial semifinalists, one of whom will be named Highway Hero for 1998.

Knight Transportation bought Action Delivery Service of Corsicana, Texas, and its affiliated company, Action Warehouse Services.

Skynet Holdings of Los Angeles agreed to buy Nevada Fleet Management, a Las Vegas-based courier that provides air and ground delivery services to Nevada, Washington and Oregon under the name Fleet Delivery Service.

Volvo Trucks North America has agreed to buy a stake in Petro Stopping Centers. Details of the alliance between the truck manufacturer and the travel plaza chain were not announced.

Federal Express Corp. of Memphis, Tenn., has entered a multiyear sponsorship agreement with the National Hockey League, the National Hockey Players’ Assocation and USA Hockey.

A Michigan trucking company was ordered by a jury to pay almost $30 million to a woman severely injured in a crash that killed three people near a presidential motorcade.

A two-year-old battle over proposed hazardous materials route changes in the Denver area will come to an end next month.

The Texas Motor Transportation Association donated close to 20 computers and laptops, along with printers and accessories, to a middle school’s computer recycling program.