May 17 2012 - U. of Arkansas unveils campus map app
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The University of Arkansas unveiled a new application, campusmaps.uark.edu , that lets students find bus routes, parking lots, bicycle racks, campus landmarks, and directions around campus, KATV reported. The app is integrated with Google Maps. |
May 15 2012 - Drivers demonstrate skill at annual School Bus and Rodeo
Practice makes perfect for the winners of the 2012 Fayette County School Bus Road-E-O. All four top school bus drivers were contestants in the competition last year, and three of them who did not land placements in 2011 proved that practice and determination could prevail. This year’s winning school bus drivers are Kathy Warden, first place; Sherry Harris, second place (moving up from third ... |
May 14 2012 - Fayette County School Bus Crash
A woman is hospitalized following a crash with a Fayette County school bus. Lexington police say a car was turning onto Man o'War from I-75... just after 4 p.m. Wednesday when it was hit by the bus. The driver of the car, Nanci House of London was taken to UK hospital where she's in serious condition. No other injuries are reported. The school system tells ABC 36 news that the bus driver has ... |
May 14 2012 - Lexington Police: School Bus Driver Ran Red Light
Lexington Police said the driver of a Fayette County school bus involved in a crash Wednesday evening ran a red light. Police said a red Mercedes was turning onto Man O War Boulevard from I-75 when the bus collided with it. The Fayette County School District said the bus driver, William Gourley, has been a school bus driver for the district for five years. According to the school system, Gourley ... |
May 13 2012 - Tippecanoe School Corporation Deploys First Blue Bird Propane-Powered School Buses in Indiana
Tippecanoe School Corporation deploys first Blue Bird Propane-Powered school buses in Indiana prior to summer break.Fort Valley, GA (PRWEB) May 11, 2012 With the school year coming to a close, Tippecanoe School Corp. (TSC) in Lafayette, Ind., is gearing up to teach students, parents and administrators the benefits of clean, safe and economical propane autogas with the deployment of the state’s ... |
May 13 2012 - Man accused of attempted abduction of student
On Thursday Lafayette Parish deputies responded to a citizen call concerning a suspected attempted abduction of a 12-year-old child who had just been dropped off by a school bus in the 100 block of Pennington Drive in Lafayette Parish. |
May 12 2012 - A new kind of competition for Special Olympians
LAFAYETTE -- For student athletes in sports-centric Bay Area schools, traveling to away meets and games can mean a boring bus ride, unfamiliar turf and borrowing team uniforms that were forgotten at the last minute. |
May 07 2012 - Crash Involving Fayette County School Bus
Police have closed the Man-O-War Boulevard outer loop at I-75 South because of an injury accident involving a Fayette County school bus and a car. Traffic is being routed onto I-75 from the outer loop. The exit ramp from I-75 North to Man-O-War is closed. The inner loop of Man-O-War is blocked at Polo Club Boulevard. The driver of the car has life threatening injuries. Police anticipate the ... |
April 22 2012 - Duck crashes through school bus windshield, lives
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., April 18 (UPI) -- Authorities in North Carolina said a busload of elementary students were late getting to school after a duck crashed through the windshield of their bus. |
 | April 12 2012 - Godless Bus Ads Now in Little Rock after Court Ruling - - - Central Arkansas Coalition of Reason -
Press release courtesy of Central Arkansas Coalition of Reason
"Are you good without God?
Millions are."
These words, superimposed over an image of blue sky and white clouds,
appear in queen-sized ads on the outsides of 18 Central Arkansas
Transit Authority (CATA) buses serving Little Rock. The ads will be up
for four weeks, which includes the October 14-23 run of the Arkansas
State Fair. They were placed by the Central Arkansas Coalition of
Reason (Central Arkansas CoR) with $5,216.00 in funding from the
United Coalition of Reason (UnitedCoR).
The posting of these ads by On The Move Advertising (OTMA) is in
fulfillment of a federal court order handed down in response to a June
1 lawsuit by UnitedCoR, represented by the Appignani Humanist Legal
Center of the American Humanist Association (AHA). In its suit,
UnitedCoR alleged that CATA and OTMA had violated its constitutional
free speech rights by declining to apply the same acceptance standards
to atheist ads as it applies to religious ones. At a hearing held
August 11, UnitedCoR sought a preliminary injunction requiring CATA
and OTMA to give equal treatment. The injunction was granted by
Federal Judge Susan Webber Wright, and the appearance of these ads is
the result.
Originally, Central Arkansas CoR had wanted its ads to run during
Little Rock's Riverfest this past May. But now, in the wake of the
successful litigation, it has chosen to take advantage of the
increased audience provided by the state fair and the fact that two
CATA bus routes serve the fairgrounds. CATA routes also serve local
college campuses and, with classes now in session, Central Arkansas
CoR leaders hope their ads will reach students as well. Two new
Secular Student Alliance groups have formed this semester
under the Central Arkansas CoR umbrella.
Beyond this, the Little Rock campaign is part of a nationwide effort.
Since the spring of 2009 there have been similar bus ad and billboard
campaigns in 25 states and the District of Columbia. These include an
April 2010 bus and billboard campaign in Fayetteville, Arkansas, as
well as campaigns in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois,
Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington, and West Virginia.
"The Little Rock effort is part of a nationwide awareness campaign
that is reaching out to the millions of atheists and agnostics living
in the United States," explained Fred Edwords, national director of
the United Coalition of Reason. "Often such nontheists don't realize
there's a community for them because our culture is dominated by
biblical faiths. We want our work to show them they aren't alone."
Attracting the like minded isn't the only goal of the effort. "We want
folks to understand that atheists and agnostics are a legitimate part
of the community," said LeeWood Thomas, media representative for the
Central Arkansas Coalition of Reason. "People like us live all over
Arkansas. We're your friends and family, neighbors and coworkers, and
maybe even the person sitting next to you in church."
"Being visible is important to us," Edwords concluded, "because
nontheists in our society often don't know many people who think like
they do. We are reaching out to them, just as traditionally religious
organizations reach out to their audience.
More information |
April 12 2012 - College Football Capsules: Petrino, mistress exchanged 100s of calls, texts
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino and his mistress exchanged more than 4,300 text messages and nearly 300 phone calls over the past seven months — on game days, before dawn and even as the police report that hastened his downfall was being released to the public, according to a review of his business cellphone records by The Associated Press. |
April 02 2012 - Golfers hit the links
The warmer than usual March has kept Lafayette Municipal Golf Course busy this month. |
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