Explaining the meltdown of Yellow, the trucking company with Kansas City ties

The demise of Yellow, which until recently headquartered in Overland Park, stems from an exodus of customers, union strife and longstanding financial troubles. With 30,000 jobs at stake, it's poised to be the largest trucking bankruptcy in the history of the U.S.
Updated July 30, 2023 at 10:09 PM ET

It's the end of the road for one of the nation's largest freight carriers.

Yellow, a trucking company that just three years ago took a $700 million federal pandemic loan, is shutting down, according to the Teamsters union, which represents the company's 22,000 unionized workers.