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Monday, May 20, 2013  Shonda Page, a school bus driver for the Syracuse School District, was driving her bus on Wolf Street last March when an oncoming car crossed over directly into her path without warning.

Monday, April 22, 2013  As the weather gets warmer, drivers sometimes need a refresher on the rules of the road, especially when it comes to school bus safety.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Abubakar Baharo was arrested following an investigation into a sexual assault of a child earlier this week on a Birnie Bus in the city of Utica.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Other drivers had called 911 to report a mini-bus swerving from lane-to-lane with a blown front tire.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  The FBI says the Alabama man who held a 5-year-old boy captive in an underground bunker for nearly a week engaged in a "firefight" with SWAT agents before he was killed during a rescue operation.

Monday, February 04, 2013  Officials say they stormed a bunker in Alabama to rescue a 5-year-old child being held hostage there after his abductor was seen with a gun.

Friday, January 04, 2013  The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office has arrested three members of a family in the Town of Lee for threatening a bus driver and the kids on the bus.

Friday, November 30, 2012  A woman who drives a school bus in the Syracuse School District claims she was fired for speaking out to CNY Central about outrageous and dangerous behavior among students. She has now filed complaints with the New York State Division of Human Rights.

Friday, November 16, 2012  Two Syracuse school bus drivers contacted investigative reporter Jim Kenyon to expose what they say are shocking and potentially dangerous behaviors. They claim that company managers ignore their complaints and retaliate against them.

Monday, October 22, 2012  A prayer service in honor of Audrey Gleason was held Monday night at the Church of the Holy Family.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  A 75-year-old school bus driver in western New York is being credited with fighting off two pit bulls after they attacked a woman and her family's dog as she pushed her grandson in a stroller.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012  A New York City bus driver is being hailed as a hero for saving a 7-year-old girl who fell three stories from a Brooklyn building.

Saturday, June 23, 2012  Just a couple of days after a video surfaced of Greece School District bus monitor Karen Klein being harassed by students, another video has surfaced of a student yelling profanities at a school bus driver in Watertown, NY.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  The driver in a deadly Megabus crash was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in Onondaga County Court Tuesday morning.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  A Utica City School District bus driver is accused of distributing and possessing child pornography.