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   Bob’s Garage and Wrecker Service celebrates 60 (KS)

   April 1, 2020 by TowNews

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   PITTSBURG — April Fools Day is a special holiday for Bob and Alice Nankivell. It’s not a joke. As of April 1, their company, Bob’s Garage and Wrecker Service, is celebrating 60 years in business. The month of April also marks 60 years of marriage on April 17. “He took on two things at the same time, me and the business,” Alice said, with a laugh. It was Bob who saw owning his business as an opportunity to make a living. Together, the couple has owned and operated several businesses alongside the wrecker service. They sold the other businesses as they got older. “We were in the sanitation business at one time, the…

   

   Last reply by Dat1, April 2, 2020

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   One man injured after loaded tow truck crashes into pickup on Nieman Road in Shawnee (KS)

   June 5, 2019 by TowNews

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   One man was injured when his pickup truck was T-boned by a loaded tow truck on Nieman Road at 49th Street on Tuesday afternoon. The tow truck was hauling two vehicles damaged in an earlier crash when it was involved in this crash. Shawnee Police, Fire and Johnson County Med-Act were called to the crash at 2:25 p.m. The fire department reported significant damage to the pickup truck and that the driver was trapped inside. Johnson County Med-Act transported a man in his early 70s to the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. His condition was described as “stable.” The crash blocked all lanes of Nieman Road. The northb…

   

   Last reply by TowNews, June 5, 2019
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   Virgil T Fakes, 84, Jetmore, KS, 01.18.04

   February 6, 2019 by ForgivenOne

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   Virgel T. Fakes, 84, of Jetmore, Kansas, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2004 at the Hodgeman County Health Center. Virgel Fakes was owner of Fakes Garage, Welding service and Towing service for more than 50 years. He was a member of the Protestant Faith, Mason and Odd Fellows Lodges. He also served as mayor and city councilman for 20 years. He is survived by his wife Betty; son Dale; daughter Virginia Carrington; brothers Herman and Clearnce; sisters Bertie Simpson and Odessa Smith; and one grandson.

   

   Last reply by ForgivenOne, February 6, 2019
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   KC strengthens ordinances on salvage yards, tow trucks to cut down on theft

   December 21, 2018 by TowNews

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   Salina driver rams tow truck after texting confrontation (KS)

   June 7, 2018 by TowNews

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   A 25-year-old Salina man is accused of ramming his car into a tow truck several times after a confrontation over texting and driving. The incident happened at around 1 p.m. Tuesday. The 41-year-old tow truck driver told police that he and the suspect, Steven Viar, were heading north on Ohio Street and Viar's Kia was swerving into his lane and nearly hit his truck. The Salina Journal reports that when the truck driver looked down, he saw Viar typing text messages and trying to steer with his knees. The two exchanged words while driving side by side. Saline County Undersheriff Brent Melander said as the tow truck drove onto the I-70 ramp, Viar flagged the dr…

   

   Last reply by TowNews, June 7, 2018