Cortez Hunter gave up being a long-haul semi driver to work locally and spend more time with his family, but due to a shortage of garbage trucks in Mobile, those long hours associated with life on the road have returned.

In about two and a half years in his previous job, Hunter visited all 48 contiguous states, but long stretches away from his family wore on him, the 28-year-old husband and father of six said. Having already obtained the needed commercial driver’s license, he jumped at a chance to work in garbage collection for the city’s Public Works department almost three years ago.

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(Dale Liesch) Cortez Hunter, a driver with the city of Mobile, checks a busted hydraulic line along his trash route Monday.

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