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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sep. 16—MERCER — Mercer Borough Council is working to eliminate the nuisance of the noise of large trucks using jake brakes. At a meeting last week, they discussed a potential ordinance to regulate ...

A new approach to jake brakes may be in the works. The city's transportation and traffic commission voted 4-2 in favor of recommending the City Council adopt a bill requiring engine brake mufflers in ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Washington County's justices of the peace on Tuesday endorsed adding a member of the community to the county's Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee, but County Judge Patrick Deakins ...