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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

John Franks III knew he wanted to bring his taxi service to the Quad-Cities. Early indications show it has been a good decision, he said. Quad-Cities Yellow Checker Cab opened up an office at 1607 ...

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 ...

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 ...