Q: Hi, Greg, I am glad to find someone who remembers the Checker Motor Car Company. I remember going up to Kalamazoo, Mich., and talking to a member of the Checker staff when they were still in ...

The Checker cab is coming back. Well, at least the brand is. A Massachusetts-based car parts company has secured the rights to use the classic trademark on cars, and it sounds like it’s going to do it ...

Checker Cab Manufacturing Co.’s first cab rolls off the line in Kalamazoo, Mich., on June 18, 1923. The company was founded by Morris Markin, a Russian immigrant, in 1922 as Checker Cab Manufacturing ...

Yellow Cab Company has filed a lawsuit against the Village of Farmingdale. In a paid advertisement in this week’s Observer, Yellow Cab states, “In a lawsuit filed last week in the Nassau Supreme Court ...

Nashville has a crime rate of 6.8/10. Despite this rate being higher than the national average, it is still a popular place for tourists. But, when tourists visit, they typically end up Ubering home.

Rick Hewatt, CEO of Atlanta Checker Cab Co., is frustrated. He says his business is down 25 to 30 percent over the last year. Idle cabs sit on his lot near Northside Drive. He’s fighting to find ...

Q: Greg, I enjoyed the article on the USPS delivery vans and wonder if you can shed some light on those great Checker Taxi cabs from the 1970s. Thanks, Bob L., Pennsylvania. A: Bob, I have to admit ...

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (WUSA9) -- The Prince William County Police Department said Friday that only licensed taxicab companies are able to pick up clients in the County of Prince William and the ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - Detroit police are looking for the driver of a yellow Checker Cab van in connection with the hit-and-run death of a 6-year-old boy. Police say the accident happened around 4:45 p.m. on ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Police have made an arrest in the death of a cab driver found gunned down in his car on a December night in north Columbia. Paul Swatsell, 53, worked for Checker Yellow Cab. He ...

A proposed deal that would have created the largest taxi company in Las Vegas was taken off the table for unspecified reasons. Western Cab Co. had placed an item on Tuesday's Nevada Taxicab Authority ...