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The award recognizes outstanding safety performance at fleets. Also: Registration open for annual FTR conference; severe-duty Autocar Xpeditor trucks recalled; Pennsylvania Mack, Volvo dealer becomes Certified EV Dealer.

Topping the list of crimes that grabbed headlines in the Lehigh Valley in 2021 was the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building, in which a few Lehigh Valley residents were charged with taking part.

Here’s a breakdown of how The Morning Call newsroom came together to cover the shooting at the Upper Macungie Wawa.

The 31-year-old man was pumping gas for work when he was shot in what police are calling a random crime.

Truck driver killed in ‘senseless shooting’ at Wawa leaves behind wife and 3 children, company says Updated 3:07 PM; Facebook Share A truck driver killed in a “senseless shooting” at Wawa leaves behind a wife and three children, the company he worked for said on Wednesday. Ramon Ramirez, 31, was driving for A. Duie Pyle and was hired in 2019 to work out of the Hoover Avenue terminal near Airport Road, said Peter Dannecker, the company’s vice president of risk and integrated resources...

South Whitehall Township man identified as Wawa gunman, coroner says Updated Apr 21, 6:04 PM; Posted Apr 21, 12:39 PM 14 Facebook Share The gunman who shot two people, killing one of them, before turning the gun on himself was a 45-year-old man from South Whitehall Township, the Lehigh County coroner’s office said. Za Uk Lian’s manner of death was suicide. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday, the coroner said. Ramon Ramirez, 31, was shot by Lian while pumping gas early Wednesday morning ...