Six Dead, Others Hurt in Greyhound Bus Crash Jul 23, 2010
The California Highway Patrol says the Greyhound bus was traveling from Los Angeles to Sacramento with 47 people aboard when it crashed early today just outside downtown Fresno. The Highway Patrol says the bus driver swerved to avoid another crash and slammed into a concrete center divider, then hit another vehicle and a tree. (13WMAZ.com, GA)
6 dead in Greyhound crash Jul 23, 2010
(CNN) -- Six people died and at least 34 were injured -- four of them critically -- in a crash involving a Greyhound bus and two other vehicles on a highway in Fresno, California, early Thursday, the California Highway Patrol said. The accident occurred about 2:15 a.m. on northbound California Highway 99, highway patrol spokesman Officer Kirk Arnold said. (CNN)
Six killed in bus crash Jul 23, 2010
AP California Highway Patrol officers investigate a Greyhound bus crash Thursday on Highway 99 in Fresno, Calif ... (AP) -- A Greyhound bus traveling to Sacramento from Los Angeles crashed on a highway in California's Central Valley early Thursday, killing six people and seriously injuring nine others. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
'It Was Chaos,' Bus Crash Survivor Says Jul 23, 2010
-- A Greyhound bus traveling to Sacramento from Los Angeles crashed on a highway in California's Central Valley early Thursday, killing six people and seriously injuring nine others. The bus, carrying 36 people, struck an SUV that had overturned in front of it, slammed into a concrete center divider and clipped another vehicle shortly after 2 a.m. just outside downtown Fresno, California Highway Patrol Officer Axel Reyes said. (KSBW 8, CA)
Driver In Fresno Bus Crash Had Prior Citation Jul 23, 2010
-- The California Department of Motor Vehicles says the Greyhound bus driver who died in a multi-fatality crash had a single ticket in 2008 for failing to register his personal vehicle. The DMV said Thursday that James Jewett, who is 57, was ticketed in Sacramento County in December 2008 for failing to register his 2005 Chevy sedan. (KSBW 8, CA)
Images: Fresno Greyhound Bus Crash Jul 23, 2010
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6 killed, 20 injured in Greyhound bus crash in Fresno Jul 23, 2010
6 killed, 20 injured in Greyhound bus crash near Fresno - CTnow ... la-me-fresno-crash-20100723 Reporting from Fresno A crash involving a Greyhound bus en route from Los Angeles to Sacramento killed six people and injured 20 others, according to the California Highway Patrol ... About the same time, a Greyhound bus had left the Fresno bus station and headed up California 99. (FOX61, CT)
UPDATE: Missing elderly woman found returning home Jul 22, 2010
She suffers from Alzheimer's disease and may be trying to travel to Georgia by a Greyhound Bus. Ms. Rudolph was last seen wearing white pants and an orange top. (FOX19.com, OH)
David Pickman, 89; journalist was EPA official, aide to GOP candidates in '60s Jul 12, 2010
I think his whole life he was surrounded by academia and the high art world and Harvard and all that stuff, and he loved getting out and riding a Greyhound bus with the real people, his son said. He looked like this Brahaminy Yankee, but he was really much broader than that, Sargent said. (Boston Globe)
Ariz. Gov. says most illegals are drug mules Jun 27, 2010
You get a rashy itch if you're cut off too long.BY Willwork on 06/26/2010 at 18:08Al gets his drugs at 20% of medicare/medicaid cost through smuggling from canada :P its amazing what gets cleared on a greyhound bus. BY Lloyd C on 06/26/2010 at 18:36NO. She did not say that. (TheHill.com)
NC State's Irving grateful for second chance Jun 24, 2010
Ben Hogan, Golf, 1949 Hogan broke his collarbone, pelvis, ankle and rib when his car was in a head-on collision with a Greyhound bus in Van Horn, Texas. He suffered a blood clot while recovering from the injury. (NC State Sports -- Rivals.com)
Entrepreneurial Tightrope Jun 23, 2010
We didn't sell Greyhound bus tickets. I motioned for her to put her call on hold. (USA Today -- Money)
Donald Windham, at 89; novelist and memoirist Jun 7, 2010
plunged into the thick of New York s artistic life after arriving on a Greyhound bus from Atlanta at 19. He formed friendships with Kirstein, George Platt Lynes, Christopher Isherwood, Glenway Wescott, and the artists Paul Cadmus and Jared French. (Boston Globe)
Update: Travelers Left Stranded By Greyhound Bus May 29, 2010
EL PASO, Texas -- A group of people left behind by a greyhound bus with no ride, and its all because of a first- come-first-serve policy ... "This happened once before, but because it was a Greyhound bus--the one with the greyhound the side--they sent another bus," said Benton. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
A kayak adventure with a purpose May 25, 2010
At 4:30 Sunday morning, Charles Vaught boarded a Greyhound bus bound for St. Louis. On Monday, the 21-year-old met his aunt in Missouri. (The News-Press -- Sports)
Police should answer public's questions about bomb scare May 24, 2010
We strongly support City Councilor Tony Coviello's request for the Portsmouth police to provide a formal report on the May 6 Greyhound bus bomb scare that paralyzed the city for nine hours. Coviello said he has been receiving questions from the public about the incident and would like to be able to answer them "authoritatively." We have no doubt he and the other councilors have been repeatedly asked about the long, heavily armed response to what turned out to be a false report. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Editor looks forward to summer in New York May 22, 2010
Suddenly I was waking up at 6 a.m., pulling on my knee-length black skirt, ruffled blouse and cardigan, sleeping on a Greyhound bus and arriving in New York City, completely and totally alone. Then began the nauseating combination of aggressively fast elevator rides to and from the 32nd story of a New York skyscraper, the 15-minute interview I traveled more than 13 hours round-trip for, and the phone call to my mother explaining that, yes, they only wanted to talk to me for 15 minutes. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Portsmouth City Blog: News from Portsmouth N.H. May 22, 2010
PORTSMOUTH A May 6 bomb scare involving a Greyhound bus and a nine-hour police response was initiated by a 911 call about an Arabic man with a walkie-talkie who has made a reference to a bomb, according to a transcript of the. . (Seacoast New Hampshire)
CopBlog: Portsmouth N.H. Police Blog May 10, 2010
The Portsmouth firefighter who dropped a case of bottled water in front of the massive media corps that spent a long day and night watching the back of the Greyhound bus while it rained and the sun shone hot. A drink of water was most welcome. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Mayor, businesses praise response to bus incident May 9, 2010
"Mountzuris was referring to one of 17 passengers on a Greyhound bus police surrounded after receiving a report in late morning of a possible explosive device onboard. Sixteen passengers exited the vehicle nearly two hours after it was surrounded, but one man refused to leave, and police spent the next several hours negotiating with him. He left the bust around 8:40 p.m. and was taken into custody. Police on Friday reported he is a foreign national who does not speak English and was too afraid... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
N.H. bomb scare a false alarm May 8, 2010
Officers surrounded a Greyhound bus in Portsmouth, N.H., Thursday after a 911 call that suggested a bomb might be on board. (Joel Page/Reuters). (Boston Globe)
Police were right to take bus incident seriously May 8, 2010
We're not going to Monday-morning quarterback the police response to the bomb threat that paralyzed downtown Portsmouth on Thursday and led to a nine-hour standoff between a man from Burundi, Africa, aboard a Greyhound bus and what seemed like every local, state and federal law enforcement officer in New Hampshire. The police did what they thought was right given the information they had. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Passenger surrenders after NH bus bomb scare May 7, 2010
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - A passenger on a Maine-to-New York Greyhound bus surrendered to authorities Thursday night after a nine-hour standoff sparked by a bomb scare. The man walked off the bus with his hands up and got to his knees. (FOX19.com, OH)
Standoff with passenger on bus ends peacefully May 7, 2010
The last passenger to exit the Greyhound bus sat on a Hanover Street sidewalk last night after a tense standoff in downtown Portsmouth, N.H., yesterday ... PORTSMOUTH, N.H. A tense standoff with a passenger aboard a Boston-bound Greyhound bus ended peacefully last night when he surrendered to police, nearly 10 hours after authorities received a call that a bomb was on board ... Shortly before 8 p.m., passengers were released by police and boarded another Greyhound bus to Boston that was escorted... (Boston Globe)
Standoff in NH City After Bus Bomb Threat May 7, 2010
Authorities remained in a standoff with a man on a Maine-to-New York Greyhound bus Thursday, hours after a passenger called 911 to report an explosive device on board. The other 16 passengers and the driver safely got off the bus, which was parked in downtown Portsmouth, surrounded by a bomb squad and sharpshooters, including one in an armored vehicle. (Newsmax)
Standoff ends in N.H. bus bomb threat May 7, 2010
Someone aboard Greyhound bus calls 911 to report an explosive device. A passenger, top center, walks away from a Greyhound bus with his hands in the air on Thursday in Portsmouth, N.H. A man who was the last person on the bus held off police in a nine-hour standoff before surrendering ... PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - A nine-hour bomb scare aboard a Maine-to-New York Greyhound bus ended peacefully Thursday night when the lone remaining passenger walked off it with his hands over his head. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Portsmouth police investigate bomb threat on bus May 7, 2010
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- Authorities say 17 people are on board a Greyhound bus being blocked by police and fire officials in downtown Portsmouth after a report of a suspicious device being found on board. Portsmouth Police Capt. Mike Schwartz said someone on the bus made a 911 call and reported an explosive device after they arrived in Portsmouth. (Concord Monitor)
Bomb scare alters Pittsburgh Marathon course May 5, 2010
The device, in a small microwave oven, was spotted Sunday morning on the sidewalk next to the Greyhound bus station after the race leaders had finished the course, police Lt. Kevin Kraus said. The bomb squad determined there were contents that resembled an explosive, and the area was evacuated, Kraus said. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Device Detonated Near Finish Line... May 3, 2010
Suspicious Device Detonated Near Marathon Finish Line Outside Greyhound Bus Station - kdka ... The Pittsburgh Bomb Squad used a robot to detect explosive materials in a package outside of the Greyhound bus station on May 2 ... KDKA's Bob Allen observed the bomb squad at the Greyhound bus station at 11th Street and Liberty Avenue. (The Drudge Report)
FLASHBACK: Obama Earth Day Flights Burned More Than 9,000 Gallons Of Fuel... Apr 23, 2010
Do you want him to use a Greyhound bus or do you want him to use Amtrack. Or do you prefer he walk to cach of his destinations. (The Drudge Report)
Low-fare buses to NYC, State College starting May 4 Apr 13, 2010
A Greyhound bus trip takes about 12 hours, an Amtrak trip about 91/2, according to those services' online timetables. Megabus. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Mass. gamblers enjoy ride, but would rather play in state Apr 13, 2010
Welcome to the 11:05 a.m. Greyhound bus from South Station to the Foxwoods casino, a no-fuss ferry of Massachusetts gamblers who are bound for the gaming emporium in Mashantucket, Conn. This is the only place I can go to have fun, says Mendes, 63, who spends all his nonessential income at Foxwoods. (Boston Globe)
Could the U.S. Lose Its Base in Kyrgyzstan? Apr 9, 2010
The U.S. agreed, and so since last summer the busy hub has been officially known as the "Transit Center at Manas" a Greyhound bus terminal for central Asia and the U.S. war in Afghanistan. While U.S. flights into and out of the, uh, transit center were initially suspended following the violent ousting of President Kurmanbak Bakiyev on Wednesday, limited operations into Afghanistan have resumed, Pentagon officials said Thursday. (Time.com)
Robert E. Richter Apr 8, 2010
Bob was a Greyhound bus driver for 30 years ... Memorials are suggested to the Salvation Army or the Greyhound Bus Museum and may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 280, Hoyt, KS 66440. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Teen Christian Convert Fights Deportation Apr 6, 2010
Brian Michael Williams, an aspiring minister, allegedly drove the girl to a Greyhound bus station in Columbus. No charges have been filed. (CBS News -- US)
Springfield Greyhound station closes Mar 30, 2010
The sudden closing of Springfield's Greyhound bus station has left some travelers frustrated and puzzled, but a company spokesman says people with valid photo IDs can still board buses at the Dirksen Parkway site, for the time being. A "station closed" sign was posted at the terminal Monday. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Albany convention authority votes to buy 3 acres for $5.9M Mar 27, 2010
The purchase includes about 300 parking spaces near the Greyhound bus station, a building at 48 Hudson Ave. that s reportedly the oldest standing house in the city and the former City Mission at 50 Hudson Ave.. The 18th-century, two-story Dutch home, known as the Radcliffe House, would be preserved and become a focal point for visitors near the main entrance to the convention center. (Albany Business Review, NY)
- From the Left: Tea Party and racists 0 Mar 27, 2010
He faced it in Montgomery in 1961 when a group of Freedom Riders was attacked and he was knocked unconscious for riding a Greyhound bus. Most famously, he faced it on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma 45 years ago this month when his skull was fractured by Alabama state troopers who charged a group of demonstrators seeking their right to vote. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Convention authority closes in on E-Comm Square purchase Mar 26, 2010
Besides E-Comm Square, the roughly 38 parcels include about 300 parking spaces near the Greyhound bus station, a building at 48 Hudson Ave. that s the oldest standing house in the city and the former City Mission at 50 Hudson Ave.. Property appraisals ranged from nearly $5. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Your travel questions answered Mar 19, 2010
You could take a Greyhound bus from Phoenix to Las Vegas, then take a taxi to your hotel. A check of showed one-way fares ranging from $47. (AZCentral -- Travel)
GREYHOUND DRIVER ATTACKED Mar 17, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY A Greyhound bus veered off the road and through a fence in central Utah after a Kansas passenger kicked the driver in the head, police said. Six people, including the driver, were treated for minor injuries at Sevier Valley Hospital and released. (Alva Review Courier, OK)
Sahuarita retains Wrangler Classic championship Mar 11, 2010
Nogales, which was delayed in arriving to the tournament by more than an hour after its starting time after being caught on the closed Interstate 10 Friday morning due to the fatal greyhound bus accident, was awarded the Sportsmanship Trophy. (Results of all 72 games from the tournament can be found on the 3A Sports link at , and click on Softball). (Wickenburg Sun, AZ)
Travelling doggie-style Mar 9, 2010
Article By: Francisco Little Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:40 Like most people with wanderlust, it has always been my secret wish to jump onboard a Greyhound bus and glide through the night across the United States. Those on the global adventure trail refer to it as the quintessential road trip. (iAfrica.com)
Let's Try Something Positive For A Change Mar 4, 2010
old cajunlady wrote on Mar 2, 2010 9:50 PM:" I remember Casablanca;Blue Moon;Jolly Roger and Mirror Room Clubs;old Daily Iberian bldg. by the bridge;Gullota's in Church Alley;Morgan & Lindsey five & dime; Taylor's Drug store and the lunch counter behind the five and dime;The Specialty store with wide steps to walk to second floor;the greyhound bus station on St. Peter & Providence.Mt. Carmel School;Sugar Cane Festival in City Park;shoe skates with key to adjust them. Boys putting packs of... (New Iberia, LA)
Convention center authority OKs land buy Feb 25, 2010
When built, it will transform a 6-acre section of the city off Broadway and Hudson Avenue near the Greyhound bus station that is mostly parking lots. We are one step closer to seeing a convention center become a reality, Donohue said. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Bloomer group ventures off Feb 24, 2010
She often traveled out to California to see her family, but one year she decided to spend an entire summer there, making her way back on a Greyhound bus. She knew then that she wanted to visit more places. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Convention center authority to vote on parcel purchase Feb 24, 2010
When built, it will transform a section of the city off Broadway and Hudson Avenue near the Greyhound bus station that is mostly parking lots. The four-story facility would have a sweeping concave facade with red brick columns, large vertical windows, and a raised roof with a long row of small vertical windows. (Albany Business Review, NY)
West Hills College Coalinga honors Black History Month Feb 20, 2010
On Monday, correctional officer John Graves will take the stage to talk about his experience as an African-American Greyhound bus driver in 1974 in Kentucky. "I remember taking tickets when I was loading the bus, some people didn't want to ride with a black bus driver," he said. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
David Wax Museum at Passim Feb 17, 2010
The Boston-based, Mexo-Americana quartet is the creation of David Wax, a Missouri-reared and Harvard-educated multi-instrumentalist who wandered around the country on a Greyhound bus and spent summers working in rural Mexico. His bandmates are Jiro who rocks the mandolin; Suz Slezak who harmonizes, fiddles, and whacks a mean donkey jawbone; and Greg Glassman on vocals and drums. (Boston Globe)
AAA Predicts Horrible Tuesday Morning Commute Feb 16, 2010
"Last weekend was the second worst gridlock in the nation. This week we'll have the worst gridlock in the nation. It's like a Greyhound bus trying to squeeze through the eye of a needle," said John Townshend with AAA Mid-Atlantic. Frederick has been hit especially hard by the snow. (ABC 7 News, DC)
135-point game stands test of time Feb 10, 2010
Hitching a ride with a cousin to the Greyhound bus depot in Clarksburg, Heater said his departure was another emotional experience for a close-knit family that had recently been through an automobile accident and a destructive house fire. His college stay, however, would be brief. (Prep Sports Sports -- Rivals.com)
The Bird, the Wave, and the Shaka Feb 10, 2010
Take, for instance, this account of a Greyhound bus driver in the New York Times in 1975: "Traveling west, the sun was level with the windshield, yet Al spotted a radar signal from an oncoming truck. This section of the turnpike was notorious for speed traps. 'Did you catch that?' I hadn't. 'To signal radar, first flash your headlights then make a circular motion with your hand.' " Informal road signals, then, are seen as a kind of secret code, like gang signs or Masonic hand symbols, which only... (Slate)
"Slacker": 15 years later Feb 9, 2010
" I got pretty good at talking my way around it. Daniel: There was no such thing as permits in Austin. I think the total budget was something like $23,000. Rick had a Shell card, so we used it for everything we needed, from Gatorade to gasoline -- including snacks, because we didn't have catering or meals -- and signed it with a forged signature. I was always worried we were going to get busted. Tommy Pallotta (production assistant; also appeared in film): We had a joke that when people asked us... (Salon)
Saints win Super Bowl Feb 8, 2010
I hope they fall flat on their faces next year and Coach Paton gets butt raped in the men s room at the Greyhound Bus Station. FalconsHeroZero. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Guest opinion: Tax returns for free? Crazy! Jan 29, 2010
I have no doubt these services are a welcome relief because people who are fed up with trying to find section 4534b in form E9577d better get some help, by golly, before they hold all the people on the Greyhound bus hostage. But seriously, can you imagine voluntarily sitting at a table, sipping a warm diet pop, rifling through someone's Wal-Mart bag of last year's receipts trying to determine if they qualify for the "Feral Gerbil Homestead Invasion Tax Deduction?" VITA should really stand for,... (Montana Standard, MT)
Go flock to Shepard Jan 29, 2010
" The two men are the volatile Ames (Stephen Rea), whose wife has finally left him after his years of carousing, and the laconic Byron (Sean McGinley), who's traveled cross-country on a Greyhound bus to comfort him. Sitting on a ramshackle porch with a "finicky" overhead fan that starts and stops as it apparently pleases, the men kibitz like old vaudevillians. "Is there anything sexier than women on bikes ... The two men are the volatile Ames (Stephen Rea), whose wife has finally left him after... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Soundtrack for a revolution Jan 22, 2010
Moving as the songs are (many of them were favorites in black churches), they don't compare with the details of, for instance, a Freedom Rider's story about his Greyhound bus being blown up in Alabama because whites and blacks were traveling together on it ... Moving as the songs are (many of them were favorites in black churches), they don't compare with the details of, for instance, a Freedom Rider's story about his Greyhound bus being blown up in Alabama because whites and blacks were... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Tylers landmark burgers rule! (1) Jan 19, 2010
The 1936 round little Spanish Colonial structure was originally a gas station and later a Greyhound bus stop. In March, 1996, Diana DiAmico transformed it into Tyler s Burgers. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
B00000A7Dad parking policy Jan 17, 2010
We could sure use a Greyhound bus station here so people who don't have cars can take the bus to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tijuana or wherever. We need an unemployment building here as well as a place where folks can apply for disability. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Farmworkers struggle Jan 16, 2010
He planned to leave for Georgia on a Greyhound bus Friday evening. 1. (The News-Press -- Business)
The Lifecycle Jan 12, 2010
On May 7, 2009, he launched his East Coast tour, which began on a Greyhound bus in Sacramento, Calif. made possible with the donations of individual and business sponsors. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Winery scam; Martini Madness sold out and other food and wine events; Disappeared restaurants updates; nibs and sips (317) Jan 12, 2010
Hales also wrote nostalgically about a couple of "greasy spoons" including Food City's "U-shaped coffee counter" and the Greyhound bus stop with a funky coffee shop where the Big 3 is now. Jim Karabochos has a family relationship to Four Corners at Broadway and Leveroni Road, which his father, Gus Karabochos purchased and developed in 1946. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
The best letters of '08 Jan 10, 2010
Anyone who thinks that so-called destination casinos are the right thing for Massachusetts needs to set out on a Greyhound bus trip to Atlantic City. Read the signs in the shops that say "Cash for gold"" and "Wedding bands 80% off list price. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Atlantic Coast Conference Unveils 'She Can Play' Remix Jan 10, 2010
After graduation, he got on a Greyhound bus and followed his musical dreams to Hollywood, Calif. where he soon found himself homeless. (Theacc.com)
