A West Virginia community has rallied in support of a school bus driver battling against cancer. The driver was diagnosed in November, but learned the disease has spread to his stomach and lymph nodes. Those who know him describe him as a kind and considerate man who goes out of his way to help others. But now, the man is the one seeking support, as the longtime driver has started chemotherapy treatments. The only problem is that his paid sick time has run out. However, not all is lost. Co-workers and strangers have stepped in to assist by donating their own sick and vacation time, as well as money, to help in this battle. “It’s not only this county,” said one supporter. “We’re getting donations from other counties as well, from other drivers. The principal at (Braxton County) middle school has donated time to him. So, it’s not just drivers. It’s county wide—statewide, I ought to say. It means a lot. It just shows you the kind of people we’ve got in Braxton County.”
In a string of school bus safety violations, surveillance video captured by Kanawha County School buses shows a driver illegally passing three stopped buses while students were trying to board them. The incident is just one in a rash of similar instances that plague this county. One school official estimates they’ve seen more than a thousand cases of drivers illegally passing stopped school buses in this school year alone. “It’s not isolated. It’s an ongoing situation countywide, statewide, nationwide,” one bus driver said. Authorities were able to positively identify the driver from this most recent infraction through face recognition, and the suspect will likely be cited with overtaking and passing a school bus.
An Ohio mom is searching answers after her daughter didn’t return home from school on time after being dropped off at the wrong bus stop. For two fraught hours, the 6 year old was unaccounted for, neither school officials nor the police after to locate the child. “I’m thinking somebody snatched her up. Somebody possibly did something to her. I had a big nasty feeling in my stomach to where I felt like I could feel her crying, I could feel her emotions coming through me,” said the mother. She reported that several men in an SUV stopped to ask if the 6 year old was lost. The good Samaritans quickly alerted to police and the police reached out the frantic mother. Those quick-thinking men called police about the 6 year old, who returned the child to her mother. The school is investigating the incident.
A South Carolina school bus driver was arrested after being accused of having sex with a student. The victim, a 13-year-old girl, told investigators she engaged in sexual activity with the 50-year-old driver, the incidents occurring aboard the school bus in a park. The suspect was charged with third-degree sexual assault and sexual abuse by guardian or a person of trust, with bail set at $250,000 cash only. A preliminary hearing has been set for later this month.
