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  • Mostly Cloudy and Windy, 76° Complete forecast Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:13PMThe Hamblin Family of the Uintah Basin has brought samples of their significant art to the Heritage Museum at Western Park, 302 E. 200 S., for a month-long show.
  • Ill. tourism increases by 5 percent in 2010 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:53PMThe state of Illinois has seen an increase in tourism in recent years and according to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, this means savings for the average Illinois household.
  • Commission OKs work on old Greyhound station in Evansville Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:21PMThe Evansville Redevelopment Commission gave the green light on Tuesday for the restoration of the Greyhound Bus Station by Indiana Landmarks.
  • Fresno DA charges woman in deadly Greyhound crash Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:18PMThe Associated Press The Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. The Fresno County district attorney has charged a woman accused of providing alcohol to the teenage driver who caused a deadly Greyhound bus crash. Authorities say the arrest warrant issued Tuesday charges 22-year-old Michelle Kay Cole with purchasing an alcoholic beverage for a person under 21 resulting in death. A California Highway ...
  • Woman Charged In Greyhound Crash That Killed Sacramento Man Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:25PMThe Fresno County district attorney has charged a woman accused of providing alcohol to the teenage driver who caused a deadly Greyhound bus crash.
  • Charges Filed in Deadly Greyhound Bus Crash Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:08PMThe District Attorney's Office filed charges against the 22-year-old who bought alcohol for Sylvia Garay, the underage driver who caused the deadly bus crash. The Fresno County District Attorney says Michelle Cole bought alcohol for 18-year-old Garay. Toxicology reports showed Garay was over the legal limit when she crashed her SUV on Highway 99, which led to the Greyhound Bus crash, killing her ...
  • Fresno Co. DA to Update on Charges Pending in Deadly Bus Crash Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:01PMThe Fresno County D.A. will hold a news conference Tuesday to provide details on criminal charges that could be filed as a result of last year's Greyhound bus crash that killed six people and injured 22 others.
  • Bus Involved in Deadly Crash: Comes As Bus Safety Getting More National Attention Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:36PMALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) --- A fatal accident in southeast Allen County comes as the nation is focusing on tougher safety standards for the bus industry.
  • EPA Drops Tough New Lead Paint Rule In Face Of Industry Opposition Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:43PMIf you're not a regular reader of Professional Door Dealer magazine , you may have been unaware of the lobbying battle over a proposal to toughen lead paint rules in schools, day care facilities and homes.
  • Dan Shaughnessy: There's nothing like summer baseball Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:39PMFootball and basketball are still locked out. The Women's World Cup, the British Open and Nathan's Hog Dog Eating Contest have all come and gone. The Roger Clemens trial was over before it started.
  • Sheriff: Missing Indian teen wandered California town for 10-15 days Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:59PMMERCED, Calif. -- A boy from India who went missing in Los Angeles had been wandering in Merced County and foraging for food for 10 to 15 days before being found in Livingston on Wednesday, the Merced County Sheriff's Department said Friday.
  • Former United Way Pasco president reflects on tenure Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:10PMIt seems like only yesterday, former United Way of Pasco President Susan Arnett says of her arrival at the nonprofit agency in 2000. After 11 years at the helm, Arnett resigned the post July 5.
  • EDITORIAL: Cheers, Jeers and Tears Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:32AMNew traffic signals look good.
  • CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Mike Zitoa€(TM)S a€Oegreyhounda€ Leaves the Station on July 19, 2011 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:34AMSherman Oaks, CA—Eclecto Groove Records proudly announces the release of award-winning Texas-based songwriter/guitarist/singer Mike Zito's "Greyhound," on July 19, 2011, his 3rd release for the label. "Greyhound" was produced by Grammy-winning guitarist/singer/songwriter Anders Osborne and recorded at Dockside Studios in Lafayette, LA. Featuring Zito on vocals/guitars, Carl Dufrene—bass ...
  • High fuel prices give First bus and rail group a passenger boost Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:17AMThe travel giant behind bus services across East Anglia and the King’s Lynn to King’s Cross train line saw rising income from its road and rail passengers over the last three months as the price of fuel appeared to persuade more motorists to leave their cars at home.
  • Greyhound gets behind tougher bus-safety bill Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:34AMWASHINGTON - A long-pending bill aimed at increasing safety measures in motor coaches after a crash that killed five members of the Bluffton University baseball team in 2007 received a boost yesterday when a major bus
  • Rail growth just the ticket for Firstgroup Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:38AMLONDON (SHARECAST) - Rail and bus company FirstGroup is quietly enjoying seeing the price of petrol go through the roof, as it is persuading more people to use its rail services.
  • Europe Markets: Europe stocks drop ahead of stress-test results Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:57AMEuropean stocks decline Friday, as traders opt for caution ahead of the release of bank-stress-test results later this afternoon.
  • FirstGroup sees improving trends in rail Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:13AMLONDON (Reuters) - Transport operator FirstGroup ( FGP.L ) said its UK rail operations grew strongly in its first quarter, as the soaring cost of fuel prompts cash-strapped motorists to consider public transport.
  • A shadow festival: Max's alternative to the Walker's 'Location: MN' series | Max About Town Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:00AMThe Walker Art Center is offering up a mini-festival of Minnesota-made films this weekend, which it has dubbed " Location: MN ." Among their offerings is Kevin Smith's "Mallrats," which was lensed locally but set in New Jersey. We also have the film adaptation of Charles Bukowski's "Factotum," a novel set in Los Angeles, and "Purple Rain," which actually is set in Minneapolis, but a Minneapolis ...
  • Morningside-Skyline column for July 14 Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:55AMRev. Gerald L. Elston, pastor of Bells United Methodist Church in Camp Springs, has been appointed pastor of Brightwood Park U. M. Church on Jefferson Street N.W. Washington, effective July 1. He said an official goodbye to his flock at Worship Service and Fellowship Luncheon on June 26.
  • Georgia man admits distributing drugs in Mon Valley Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:46AMArthur D. Gilbert, the head of a cocaine trafficking organization that brought huge quantities of the drug into the Mon Valley and eastern suburbs, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court and faces a likely 11-year sentence.
  • Man Accused Of Trying To Cut Officer With Razor Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:03AMA man is in custody after police said he tried to cut an officer with a razor.
  • Sacramento to celebrate new Greyhound terminal Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:50AMFor decades, Sacramento officials have said the Greyhound bus terminal – with its idling buses and criminal element – was holding back the city's downtown renaissance.
  • Ellis calls for more bus service, more bus shelters Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:56PMFormer Macon mayor and current mayoral candidate C. Jack Ellis said Tuesday he wants to expand Macon Transit Authority’s bus service to Sunday, offer more frequent service throughout the day and build a shelter at every bus stop.
  • Remembering Civil Rights battles Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:18PMAs golden jubilees go, the gathering of the '60s Freedom Riders and lunch-counter demonstrators over the weekend was unexceptional: the usual hugs, mutual compliments, nostalgia and jokes about the ravages of age. by Ernest Dumas As golden jubilees go, the gathering of the '60s Freedom Riders and lunch-counter demonstrators over the weekend was unexceptional: the usual hugs, mutual compliments ...
  • Calendar — Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:11PMBradley Public Service District regular monthly board meeting, 8:30 a.m., their office. Call 304-877-5202.
  • City Beat: Greyhound set to move from downtown, open new station Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:24PMThe years-long push to move Sacramento's Greyhound bus terminal from L Street downtown is about to get underway.
  • Defendant takes witness stand — says she did not fire the gun Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:17PMCo-defense counsel Jerry Crisel called for a not guilty verdict to be reached prior to two witnesses — including the defendant — taking the stand on Monday. The state rested its case against Afton D. Ferris, 21, Friday afternoon at the Franklin County Courthouse in Benton. Testimony of the defendant also took a turn from the time Ferris and the co-defendant, Michael A. Schallert, met until the ...
  • Missing person Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:51PMThe Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing person. The person in question, a CalebVallevand, was last seen on a Greyhound Bus, headed to Vancouver from Toronto, in Sault Ste Marie on Saturday July 9th at 10:15 pm.[...]
  • SJ Family Relieved After Missing Autistic Boy Found Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:34AMTwo San Jose parents were relieved Monday night when their missing 13-year old autistic son was found some 300 miles away after he had taken a bus south in the hopes of meeting his favorite Hollywood stars.
  • Autistic San Jose teen found Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:40PMA 13-year-old San Jose boy who has autism and went missing Monday morning was located by Los Angeles police.
  • PRINCETON: Bus from Dartmouth runs on vegetable oil Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 8:20AMPrinceton became a little more green Tuesday when 13 students from Dartmouth College parked their Big Green Bus on Witherspoon Street to promote environmental sustainability.
  • Marcos Breton: In Sacramento, there are reasons to celebrate Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 1:09AMFor today, instead of dwelling on failure in Sacramento, we focus instead on what is working.
  • Obituaries for Sunday, July 10, 2011 Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 12:12AMRollin Eulberg
  • Valley news of the week: July 3-July 10 Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 12:06AMThe week was highlighted by a debate over how to compensate city safety workers. There was no debating, however, the work and dedication shown by one Valley soldier.
  • Playing a determined woman Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 11:25PM"J.K. Rowling went through an incredibly difficult time as a single mother," Poppy Montgomery says. "She was very poor — she was on welfare — and she struggled through that to make her dream happen."
  • Report: SUV driver at fault in fatal 2010 bus crash on Fresno highway Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 6:30AMFRESNO — A new California Highway Patrol report places sole blame for a fatal crash involving a Greyhound bus on an 18-year-old SUV driver who authorities say was drunk at the time.
  • Appeal begins for convicted killers Rafay, Burns Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:39AMWest Vancouver's most notorious killers -Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay -finally have an appeal of their murder convictions almost 17 years to the day after the savage, baseball-bat slaughter of Rafay's family.
  • Economic outlook slightly rosier Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:42AMA report to the City Council shows tough times aren’t over, but several local economic indicators are trending upward.
  • Peaceful end to standoff at Monroe bus station Wednesday Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 12:38PMMONROE -- The Greyhound bus station in Monroe was evacuated for a time after two robbery suspects tried to escape police there. Monroe police told the News-Star that two suspects robbed a beauty supply store Wednesday, before fleeing to the...
  • Greyhound Bus Crashes On Interstate Five Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 11:05AMFour people injured on bus filled with 40 passengers
  • St. Louis closes 18th Street bridge for emergency repairs Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 10:40AMExpansion joint "fell apart," needs repairs.
  • CHP Greyhound Crash Report Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:52AMCBS47 has obtained 600-page final CHP report into last July's Greyhound bus crash that killed six people and injured 20 others. It happende on Highway 99 in Fresno. Among the findings: 18-year-old Sylvia Garay of Dinuba caused the crash by driving erratically, and also had a blood alcohol level between .11 and .14. One other passenger was also drinking, though the third was not. All three teens ...
  • UPDATED: Greyhound bus involved in Redding I-5 wreck Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 8:42AMA Greyhound bus hit a parked construction vehicle this morning on Interstate 5 in south Redding. At least five people were injured in the wreck, which had northbound traffic at a standstill for nearly four hours in the middle of Shasta County's morning commute.
  • Peaceful end to standoff at Monroe bus station Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 5:59AMMONROE, La. (AP) - The Greyhound bus station in Monroe was evacuated for a time after two robbery suspects tried to escape police there. Monroe police told the News-Star that two suspects robbed a beauty supply store Wednesday, before fleeing to the bus station.
  • Suspect in armed robbery to appear in court on Friday Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 4:13AMA Terre Haute teenager is scheduled to appear in Vigo Superior Court 1 on Friday to face a possible charge of robbery stemming from a holdup at a bus station Monday.
  • Blotter: Weiner Jokes Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 3:31AM"I'm coming over. My dick is getting bigger, and it won't go down. I took something."
  • Man sought in death of guard kills himself Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:48AMRICHMOND, Va. - A Pemberton, N.J., man sought in the slaying of a woman early Tuesday killed himself later in the day outside the Richmond Greyhound bus station as a federal marshal approached him, authorities said.
  • Witness says officers didn't identify themselves before Danziger shooting Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 3:54PMMaya Rodriguez / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS -- Week two of testimony in the Danziger Bridge shooting trial got underway Tuesday, and the jury heard from several people, including a member of the Bartholomew family and a former New Orleans police officer who was on the bridge when the shooting began. Just days after Hurricane Katrina on a September morning in 2005, Leonard Bartholomew IV, who ...