Ford Motor Co. unexpectedly terminated its long relationship with Jack Cooper. Now the car hauler will idle a Michigan plant.

Jack Cooper Transport is closing its Wayne facility, resulting in nearly 90 job cuts after Ford ended a key contract.

(Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) Sakaem Logistics, an entity with ties to the same family that owns Teamsters-staffed car hauler Jack Cooper, ended up acquiring less-than-truckload carrier Standard ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' dies at age 66.

About 400 workers for Jack Cooper Transport face an uncertain future after the company lost its contract with Ford to deliver ...

Cooper wrote for newspapers like 'The Village Voice' before transitioning to screenwriting and filmmaking with 1991's 'New Jack City' ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a screenwriter who penned screenplays for New Jack City and other notable Black films, has died.

Car hauling company Jack Cooper will close its operation in Wayne just weeks after Ford Motor Co. terminated its longstanding contract with the trucking firm without offering a reason why.

Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter best known for his "Harlem trilogy" consisting of the films "New Jack City" ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died. He was 66.