WEIRTON, W.Va. — Residents along Beverly Avenue off Freedom way in Weirton say they have been facing a loud issue -- trucks using Jake brakes. Joe Smith has lived in the same house for decades and ...

City Council recently introduced an ordinance amendment that would eliminate the current prohibition on the use of diesel truck engine brakes on 31st Street in the city — a prohibition put in place ...

A Toytown resident this week lambasted City Council for recently rescinding a three-year-old prohibition on truckers using jake brakes on 31st Street below Mill Run in his neighborhood. Mike Servello ...

The staccato-like rumbling of large trucks as they travel Route 114 toward the gas station near Mark Chantal’s house can be heard loud and clear. The thunderous sound generated by engine braking, ...

A proposed noise ordinance over Jake Brakes could be difficult to enforce. City councilmen were divided during a public safety meeting over the efficacy of an ordinance against use of the brakes. One ...

Dean represents District 7, which is west of Fayetteville. He said he's received numerous complaints from area residents about the noise from trucks using what the ordinance calls "compression release ...

The Mankato City Council remained skeptical Monday night about the effectiveness of any available tools to put the brakes on loud truck noises. But council members, after a yearlong discussion of the ...

Staff photo / J.T. Whitehouse Eve Christopher from Talsman Drive asked city officials for help in dealing with the growing noise issues from the state Route 11 exit ramp to U.S. 224. CANFIELD — A half ...

MANKATO — There was no cheering, no whistling, no boisterous standing ovation when the Mankato City Council this week passed a vehicle noise ordinance. Instead, community members who had been calling ...