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• Bus driver ticketed after crash with dump truck Play Video

  March 22, 2013 7:13 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A school bus driver was ticketed for failure to yield, after the bus she was driving was involved in a crash with a dump truck Friday evening. Two students were taken to a hospital for injuries. The school bus was full of students when the crash... more »

• Road opens after being closed due to school bus crash Play Video

  March 22, 2013 4:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Greenwell Springs Rd. re-opened after it was closed for more than an hour Friday when a school bus collided with a dump truck. Two students were taken to a hospital for injuries. The school bus was full of students when the crash happened at the intersection... more »

• UPDATE: 2 students taken to hospital after school bus, dump truck collide

  March 22, 2013 3:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Two students have been taken to the hospital after a school bus and dump truck crashed. The crash happened on Greenwell Springs Rd, near Greenway Drive. Greenwell Springs Rd. is closed to eastbound traffic. The school bus was full of students from McKinley Middle. A... more »

• Former bus driver sentenced to life in girl's rape

  February 22, 2013 8:48 AM

  ST. FRANCISVILLE - A state district judge has sentenced a Clinton man to life in prison after his conviction July 17 for aggravated rape of a girl under the age of 13 on his school bus. William Staton's sentencing was delayed until Thursday. District Judge William G. Carmichael held two... more »

• School bus goes into bayou

  February 14, 2013 9:35 AM

  MARINGOUIN - A school bus went into a Maringouin bayou after hitting a house Thursday morning, according to law enforcement. It happened near LA 76 and Musson Lane around 7:15 a.m. Maringouin Police said there were 20 students on the bus when the wreck happened, and four were... more »

• LSP: Fog may be factor in deadly wreck Play Video

  February 5, 2013 6:21 PM

  NEW ROADS - State Police say 38-year-old Jody Harris of Ventress died after colliding with a school bus this morning. Harris, who investigators said was wearing a seatbelt at the time, drifted into oncoming traffic while rounding a curve on Hwy. 415 near Chenal Rd and hit a bus... more »

• Alabama standoff enters its 7th day

  February 4, 2013 6:18 AM

  MIDLAND CITY, Ala. - The Alabama hostage standoff is entering its seventh day and more details are emerging about the suspect at the center of it. Neighbors and officials are painting a picture of 65-year-old Jim Lee Dykes as an isolated man estranged from his family. Authorities say Dykes, --... more »

• Police haul away school bus in Alabama standoff

  February 1, 2013 2:14 PM

  MIDLAND CITY, Ala.- Authorities in Alabama are hauling away a school bus they say was the scene of a shooting death and abduction that has led to a tense standoff with police. Authorities say a gunman boarded the stopped bus on Tuesday afternoon, shot the bus driver to death and... more »

• Standoff continues in Alabama

  January 31, 2013 7:37 AM

  MIDLAND CITY, Ala. - More than a day after a 5-year-old Alabama boy was taken off a school bus at gunpoint, police are still trying to win the child's safe release. SWAT teams have been gathered outside a bunker, where authorities say 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes is holding the boy.... more »

• Bullet hits school bus, 1 student in Panola Co.

  January 29, 2013 9:20 AM

  BATESVILLE, Miss. - Panola County authorities say a bullet struck a Panola County school bus, grazing at least one student in the back, may have been a hunting accident. District Attorney John Champion tells WMC-TV in Memphis that a 10-year-old student was transported by helicopter Monday to Le Bonheur Children's... more »

• Troopers arrest allegedly drunk school bus driver

  January 7, 2013 9:58 PM

  DeQUINCY - State police stopped a speeding and weaving, empty school bus just south of DeQuincy and determined that the driver was intoxicated. Sgt. James Anderson says a trooper in Calcasieu Parish saw the bus operating left of Louisiana Highway 27's centerline, about six miles south of DeQuincy, shortly before... more »

• Cameras coming to Baton Rouge school buses

  December 21, 2012 8:49 AM

  BATON ROUGE- The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has agreed to add cameras to 50 buses at a time until they are on all 650 of the school system's buses. Currently, there are 30 school buses with cameras. The board voted Thursday 10-0 to expand the camera... more »

• UPDATE: No injuries in minor school bus crash

  December 13, 2012 4:09 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS- A Livingston Parish School System administrator said no one was injured when a car and school bus collided Thursday afternoon. The crash happened on Brown Road, near Juban Parc Jr. High School. No word on if anyone was cited. Last week, three school buses were involved... more »

• Troopers report no serious injuries in school bus crash

  December 4, 2012 9:45 PM

  WALKER- State Police said Tuesday evening there were no reports of any serious injuries when school buses collided after classes ended for the day. As many as three buses were involved in the crash on Walker Road South. There were students on board at least two of the buses.... more »

• Crash involving school buses will impact drive home

  December 4, 2012 4:00 PM

  WALKER- A wreck involving school buses caused delays on the ride home Tuesday. Highway 447 (Walker South Rd) is blocked. The crash is just south of the overpass, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office Facebook page. According to witnesses, multiple school buses crashed into each other. One... more »

• Parents concerned about drivers outrunning school buses Play Video

  December 4, 2012 4:00 PM

  ZACHARY- Parents in parts of Zachary are worried about the safety of their children after catching drivers outrunning school buses. Karen Underkoffler filmed a driver speeding past her daughter's bus last week. She said she has witnessed drivers ignoring the red stop signs and flashing lights. She even created... more »

• Sentence wraps up for Ohio woman with 'idiot' sign

  November 14, 2012 8:07 AM

  CLEVELAND - A woman sentenced to stand at the curb with an embarrassing sign for driving on the sidewalk past a stopped school bus has served out the second half of her two-hour punishment. The sentencing judge, unhappy that Shena Hardin was smoking and texting during Tuesday's hour, had... more »

• Woman who drove on sidewalk must wear 'idiot' sign

  November 7, 2012 12:40 PM

  CLEVELAND - A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to avoid a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children will have to stand at an intersection wearing a sign warning about idiots. Court records show a Cleveland Municipal Court judge on Monday ordered 32-year-old Shena Hardin to stand... more »

• Parents worried about narrow roads, bus accidents Play Video

  October 9, 2012 10:42 PM

  ASCENSION PARISH- Parents and the school system here are concerned about road sizes. Tuesday, a school bus clipped an automobile on a narrow road. It was the second crash forced because of "tight roads" in 2012. "It's dangerous," said Annette Leon. Leon's two kids ride the school bus. ... more »

• Child left on school bus for 2 hours Play Video

  September 26, 2012 5:34 PM

  BATON ROUGE - East Baton Rouge Parish Schools are investigating an incident which left a 5-year-old boy locked on a bus by himself. Demondre Morgan took the bus home from school Thursday, but when his mom went to meet him at the bus stop he never showed up. ... more »

• Police handcuffed autistic boy on Md. school bus

  September 22, 2012 1:45 PM

  LAUREL, Md. - School officials are investigating after an 11-year-old autistic boy was handcuffed by police officers on a Maryland school bus. The Baltimore Sun reports the boy allegedly bit several people Wednesday afternoon. He was being driven home from Baltimore's Kennedy Krieger Institute, which educates students with severe learning... more »

• DEMCO, ice cream trucks and school bus collide Play Video

  September 20, 2012 5:51 PM

  CENTRAL - A DEMCO truck, ice cream truck and school bus collided in Central today. It happened at the intersection of Sullivan and Greenwell Springs when police said the DEMCO truck failed to yield at a left-hand turn. Traffic was backed up for nearly two hours as crews worked... more »

• Man accused of hitting kids with truck, leaving scene

  September 11, 2012 1:01 PM

  BAYOU SORREL - Sheriff's deputies in Iberville Parish arrested a man they said hit two children waiting for the bus this morning, then left the scene. Deputies arrested Mark Tullier, 52, in suspicion of hit and run, as well as driving under suspension, having expired plates and no insurance.... more »

• School bus video cameras on board

  September 3, 2012 3:17 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Pointe Coupee Parish School District will install cameras on each of the district's owner-operated school buses. The school district will spend $22,000 on the equipment. School Superintendent Linda D'Amico says the cameras will give the district an extra tool to monitor and curb any disciplinary problems... more »

• Parent: Child abused on bus, accused still in school Play Video

  August 15, 2012 4:53 PM

  NEW ROADS - The parent of an alleged abuse victim is shocked the child arrested and charged with oral sexual battery on her son was allowed to return to school. We are not identifying the parent of the victim to protect the child's identity. "He made my son... more »

• No tenure for new school bus drivers

  June 4, 2012 11:00 AM

  BATON ROUGE- New Louisiana school bus drivers will no longer be able to reach the job protection status called tenure, under a bill given final passage Monday. Currently, school bus drivers have a probationary term of three years. If they are not dismissed or found unsatisfactory during that time, they... more »

• Death of a hero, school bus driver

  May 18, 2012 11:43 AM

  CHOWCHILLA - A California school bus driver who was hailed as a hero for helping 26 students escape after three kidnappers buried them underground in 1976 has died. Frank Edward "Ed" Ray was 91. A family member says Ray died Thursday from complications of cirrhosis of the liver. Ray... more »

• Deal means Catholic schools could start earlier Play Video

  May 15, 2012 6:12 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Start time for students in East Baton Rouge Catholic Schools could be bumped up from 8:30 a.m. to 7:45 next year. It is a compromise the Catholic Diocese and the East Baton Rouge Parish came to because of their 2012-2013 budget crunch. EBR Schools plans to... more »

• St. James School Board authorizes traffic study for new school

  April 30, 2012 8:51 AM

  LUTCHER- The St. James Parish School Board voted to authorize a traffic study on the 54-acre tract designed as the future site of St. James High School. The board also authorized the central office staff to apply for necessary permits from the St. James Parish Council. The district... more »

• Pa. school bus driver gets 2 DUI's within 17 hours

  April 2, 2012 12:53 PM

  WASHINGTON, Pa. - A western Pennsylvania man fired after he was charged with driving three busloads of students under the influence of alcohol has been charged with driving drunk in his own vehicle less than 17 hours later. Online court records don't list an attorney for 49-year-old Miguel Rivera, of... more »

• School bus accident, students injured

  March 12, 2012 11:51 AM

  QUINCY, WA. - The Washington State Patrol says about a dozen children were hurt, 3 seriously, in a school bus rollover accident near Quincy. The bus veered off Highway 281 just south of Quincy, which is about 120 miles east of Seattle. Students with serious injuries were airlifted... more »

• School bus driver delivers brawling kids to police

  February 7, 2012 1:53 PM

  SHREVEPORT, LA - A dozen students in Caddo Parish students are now charged in connection with a brawl on a Shreveport school bus Monday afternoon. The bus driver told police the fight broke out on the bus ride home from Hamilton Terrace Learning Center. Police say the driver... more »

• Cameras watching for illegal school bus passers in EBR Play Video

  January 30, 2012 9:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Fifteen school buses running through East Baton Rouge Parish are now outfitted with cameras keeping an eye out for drivers who don't stop when buses are picking up or dropping of students. The district plans to have 35 total eventually. The ones installed so far have been... more »

• School bus accident shuts down I-10 on-ramp

  January 19, 2012 3:22 PM

  An accident involving a school bus has shut down the I-10 eastbound on-ramp at Washington Street at this hour. Details are sketchy right now, but preliminary reports show that the driver lost control and hit the guard rail. There are no reports of any injuries at this time.... more »

• 6 die in latest school bus accident in China

  December 25, 2011 11:52 AM

  BEIJING (AP) - At least six people have been killed in the latest crash involving students in China when their overloaded van plunged off a mountain road in Yunnan province. The official Xinhua News Agency says that an overloaded van taking students home crashed into a 195-foot deep valley in... more »

• School bus accident injures 2

  December 19, 2011 1:31 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A crash involving a school bus injured two students Monday morning on O'Neal lane. According to the EBR Sheriff's Office, one child was taken to the hospital with a neck injury and another with minor injuries, left with a parent. Authorities say an SUV hit... more »

• Goodbye School Bus?

  November 3, 2011 7:27 PM

  The familiar yellow school bus could go by the wayside in parts of Washington state because of the Great Recession. The governor says she doesn't want to see her state stop spending money to get kids to school but squeamishness about cutting $200 won't be off her list to deal... more »

• Bus driver in fatal accident retires

  July 7, 2011 10:20 AM

  LAFAYETTE- Harold Thibeaux has retired as a bus driver from the Lafayette Parish School System. The Advertiser reports the 62-year-old Thibeaux submitted his retirement package to school officials around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, just minutes before the Lafayette Parish School Board was scheduled to vote on whether to terminate his employment.... more »

• 10-year-old caught with gun says it was for protection

  April 15, 2011 1:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A 10-year-old boy is in juvenile detention after sheriff's deputies say he was caught with a gun on a school bus. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's office says other students saw the gun and reported it to authorities at the bus transfer point on North... more »

• Deputy accused of waving gun on school bus

  February 26, 2011 5:28 PM

  NEW ORLEANS- An Orleans Parish sheriff's deputy has been booked with aggravated assault for allegedly boarding a school bus and brandishing a gun at her 16-year-old son. Police spokeswoman Shereese Harper said the deputy was in uniform when she boarded the bus Thursday morning. When she got off the... more »

• School bus cameras coming to Baton Rouge

  December 17, 2010 3:43 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A new type of camera could soon be keeping an eye on how you drive around school buses. The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board approved a measure to look for a company that would install specialized cameras on school buses. The cameras would snap pictures of... more »

• BR student arrested after bus driver threatened

  October 28, 2010 4:39 PM

  A 14-year-old Baton Rouge student faces assault charges after a bus driver said he got on the wrong bus this afternoon and then threatened her. Deputies with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office were called by the bus driver around 3:15 p.m., and were told a male student who... more »

• Suspicious Item Placed under School Bus

  September 29, 2010 7:45 PM

  A woman placed something on the frame of a school bus as it was stopped on a suburban Atlanta street and it fell off as the bus started moving. It forced the closing of a street while police tried to recover whatever it was. Gwinnett County Police say the woman... more »

• School bus involved fatal Vernon Parish crash

  September 29, 2010 6:47 AM

  Louisiana State Police are investigating a school bus-truck accident that killed a Texas man and injured two children on the bus. The accident occurred around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday on La. Highway 28 east of Leesville. Investigators say a pickup driven by Jimmy D. Pollock of Newton, Texas, ran into the... more »

• Alligator stops traffic in Livingston Parish

  September 3, 2010 4:59 PM

  Sheriff's deputies in Livingston Parish wrestled a six-foot alligator into submission after it was spotted near a school bus stop. Deputies were called to Chandler Bluff Road by a bus driver who said some students they had dropped off were trying to approach an alligator in the road. ... more »

• Bus accident in Prairieville

  August 13, 2010 8:51 AM

  Five kids were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after their school bus crashed in Prarieville. It happened about 7:30 a.m. at Hwy 930 and Jo Boy Road. The kids were headed to Galvez Middle School. According to the Ascension Parish School System, a driver tried to pass the... more »

• Ouachita school board votes to buy 12 new buses

  August 11, 2010 7:48 AM

  The Ouachita Parish School Board has voted to purchase 12 new school buses and lease another eight for the fall semester. The school board had planned to purchase a smaller number of buses to replace aging ones. Board memberssay they had little choice but to buy more than the district... more »

• School bus crashes into house

  May 20, 2010 1:32 PM

  East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a vehicle accident at 11:52 a.m. at 1730 S. Flannery Road in which a bus struck a residence. According to reports, a truck was traveling eastbound on S. Flannery when a front wheel came off. The driver lost control of the vehicle... more »

• School District to charge for bus rides

  May 19, 2010 8:45 PM

  Parents will now be charged for their kids to ride the bus to school in Colorado's third largest school district. The charge will be 50 cents per ride starting with the new school year in the fall. The move is meant to recoup $31-million in budget cuts. Charging for the... more »

• School bus fire in Walker

  May 4, 2010 10:45 AM

  Authorities in Walker are investigating a school bus fire. It happened Tuesday morning around 8:30 a.m. along La. 449. The bus was taking students on a field trip, when the engine began to smoke. The driver pulled over and got everyone off . The school bus is considered... more »

• Empty school bus catches fire in Baton Rouge

  April 22, 2010 6:40 AM

  Firefighters responded to a school bus fire around 6 a.m. on N. 73rd Street. The driver turned on the bus and smelled smoke. Her supervisor told her to leave it running and wait for the mechanic. She went inside for a few minutes, and when she came back out,... more »

• School officials probe bus incident

  April 16, 2010 5:49 AM

  Rapides Parish school officials are investigating a school bus incident in which three students were found walking on the shoulder of Interstate 49 after an apparent argument with their bus driver. The bus driver has been suspended since the incident. The three students had been on a school bus headed... more »

• Bus driver suspended in Lafayette for leaving child alone

  April 7, 2010 11:19 AM

  A school bus driver is now suspended for leaving a 4-year-old pre-kindergarten student child alone on a bus in Lafayette. Kenneth Babineaux was suspended for 20 days without pay, as is the school board's policy. A second offense would mean termination of the driver. more »

• Lawsuit claims student injured in bus collision

  April 5, 2010 7:43 AM

  A Thibodaux man is suing the Terrebonne Parish School Board, alleging his son suffered spinal injuries in a November wreck involving two buses at Evergreen Junior High School. The Daily Comet reports that Gramble Woolens Sr. claims an unknown bus driver struck a bus carrying his son, Gramble Woolens Jr.,... more »

• 1 killed, 3 hurt in school bus wreck

  March 23, 2010 9:52 AM

  One person was killed and three others injured after a driver ran a stop sign and hit a school bus broadside in Haughton. State Police say the bus overturned and its undercarriage fell onto an SUV, and the driver who hit the bus died. State police also say the SUV's... more »

• Iberia school board to put cameras on buses

  March 4, 2010 7:14 AM

  The Iberia Parish School Board is planning to put cameras inside buses to improve student passenger conduct and to monitor bus drivers. The new equipment will ensure bus drivers are not driving and on their cell phones. It will also let the students know they cannot misbehave. more »

• Terrebonne school bus drivers sue school board

  February 11, 2010 11:43 AM

  Terrebonne Parish school bus drivers have sued the school board, saying it illegally cut their pay by hiring drivers to handle "extra" routes such as field trips and sporting events. One of the 10 plaintiffs, Nancy Crochet, says that has cut her pay in half, by about $1,000 a... more »

• School bus driver trainee arrested

  February 11, 2010 8:15 AM

  Police say a 23-year-old man training to become a Lafayette Parish School Board bus driver has been arrested for allegedly using a school board charge card to buy more than $1,000 worth of unleaded gasoline. Calvin James Savoy was arrested Feb. 3 on 25 counts of "unauthorized use of an... more »

• 9-year-old suspended for pistol on bus

  February 5, 2010 7:55 AM

  A nine-year old boy has been suspended from school for having a pistol on a Webster Parish school bus. Police say the boy apparently took the gun to school, and gave it to the bus driver as he got off the bus. He says it's not clear how the child... more »

• Ex-school bus driver faces more sex charges

  November 20, 2009 6:34 AM

  East Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies have booked a man facing an aggravated rape charge with two additional counts, accusing him of inappropriate behavior with a student on his school bus in 2008. Deputies say 38-year-old William Staton of Ethel was booked with indecent behavior with a juvenile and malfeasance. Deputies... more »

• Family grieves 6-year-old's death

  November 17, 2009 6:27 PM

  He wanted to be a singer or athlete when he grew up, but 6-year-old Monte Stevens will never get the chance. Stevens was killed when he got off a school bus Monday evening and was hit by a 2004 Ford Taurus. Police say 61-year-old Gloria Green did not stop... more »

• Lafayette school bus driver faces DWI charge

  October 3, 2009 12:12 PM

  A Lafayette Parish School System bus driver apparently drove his normal route just hours after being released from a drunk-driving arrest. According to police records, the driver was arrested at 10:22 p.m. Sept. 9th and charged with operating while under the influence and speeding while in his personal vehicle. His... more »