May 26 2012 - Chilling Collision
GERRY - A school bus following another vehicle too closely on Route 60 resulted in one person being taken by Starflight to the Hamot Medical Center and 22 Dunkirk High School students being treated for minor injuries. Around 4 p.. |
May 25 2012 - Bloomberg takes shot at Philly with stop-and-frisk defense
NEW YORK Mayor Michael Bloomberg took a shot at the New York Times on Thursday and threw Philadelphia under the bus in the process. Responding to an editorial in the Times that called Philadelphia’s court-ordered stop-and-frisk policy more enlightened than the Big Apple’s, Bloomberg fired back. |
May 25 2012 - HUFFPOST HILL - VW Bus: President Obama Got High In Me
SENATE GIVES TOM COBURN A STERN TALKIN' TO - Technically it's a "letter of qualified admonition," which sounds like something lawyer parents punish their kids with for spilling milk on their Northwestern alumni magazine. |
May 24 2012 - Freshman Senator Hill believes she had a good first session
District 40 freshman State Sen. Angela Burks Hill (R-Picayune) looked on Monday as Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law what has been termed “the Gen. Burks bill,” a bill that extends the time limit to five years for prosecuting those involved in abusing or exploiting what is termed a “vulnerable person.” |
May 23 2012 - Bus hits barrier after vandals release brake
LAWRENCE — Vandals released the brake on a parked school bus and it rolled down a hill and struck a Jersey barrier, damaging the front end, police said. Detective David Levesque went to the Lawrence Housing Authority resident parking lot at 204 Phillips St., about 11 p.m. and found the bus facing front end into a wooded area and through the concrete Jersey barrier. |
May 23 2012 - 5 Philly priests removed after abuse inquiry
Five priests will be permanently barred from ministry after the Philadelphia archdiocese substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or inappropriate conduct, a Roman Catholic archbishop said Friday. |
May 22 2012 - Florida education news: FCAT hotline, Florida Polytechnic, same-sex schools and more
NOT ON COMPANY TIME: A Hillsborough school bus driver who is running for School Board is suspended for handing campaign materials to students on his route. FCAT HOTLINE: Few Florida parents call the state's new FCAT information phone number because few know about it , WFTV Orlando reports. Or, the state's new FCAT hotline is swamped by parent calls , the Palm Beach Post reports. The hotline is ... |
May 21 2012 - Deaths elsewhere
Frank Edward Ray, 91, the school bus driver hailed as a hero for helping to lead 26 children to safety after a bizarre kidnapping in the San Joaquin Valley town of Chowchilla, Calif., 36 years ago, died Thursday in Chowchilla. |
May 20 2012 - Yellow school bus may become endangered species
Remember when we walked three miles to school every day, uphill both ways through snow, sleet, hail and torrential rain? School children in Illinois may soon return to those good old days. The bad news is we no longer live in “Leave It to Beaver” times and safety is the overarching reason for public schools to continue providing bus transportation for students. |
May 20 2012 - Frank Edward Ray dies at 91; hero in Chowchilla school bus hijacking
In 1976, the school bus driver helped lead 26 children to safety after they'd been abducted and buried by three young men planning to seek ransom. Frank Edward Ray, the school bus driver hailed as a hero for helping to lead 26 children to safety after a bizarre kidnapping in the San Joaquin Valley town of Chowchilla 36 years ago, has died. He was 91. |
May 18 2012 - Heroic Chowchilla kidnapping bus driver dies
Frank Edward "Ed" Ray, a school bus driver who was hailed as a hero for helping 26 California students escape after three kidnappers buried them underground in 1976, has died. He was 91. Ray died Thursday from complications of cirrhosis of the liver, said his granddaughter, Robyn Gomes. Ray was the only adult on board when his school bus was hijacked in the farm town of Chowchilla. The ... |
May 18 2012 - Driver who was hero in Chowchilla bus kidnap dies
FRESNO --Frank Edward "Ed" Ray, a school bus driver who became a hero for helping 26 California students escape after three kidnappers buried them in a storage van in 1976, has died. |
May 18 2012 - Mass transit cuts may hurt WMass most
A coalition of transit advocates are rallying on Beacon Hill, protesting against fare hikes and services cuts that are being proposed or enforced in transit systems across the state. |
May 15 2012 - Energy Conversion Devices heads toward its liquidation
Auburn Hills-based Energy Conversion Devices is headed toward liquidation, announcing Monday that it had failed to attract any acceptable bids for its solar roofing materials business and plans to immediately lay off 300 employees worldwide. |
May 15 2012 - Survivor shines in Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade [Horse Racing]
by Jessie Oswald Felicia O'Bryan, 49, was not upset last Friday when threatening thunderstorms delayed her participation in the Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade presented by Kroger. Although the 138 cancer survivors had already boarded the buses that would shuttle them from the Churchill Downs grandstand to the backside of the track, O'Bryan took the delay in stride and found delight in the fact ... |
May 14 2012 - WICOMICO: SUV collides with bus
SALISBURY -- Maryland State Police are still investigating a crash this morning in the Food Mart Parking lot near the intersection of Old Ocean City Road and Phillip Morris Drive. |
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