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A student making a threat to "shoot up the school" Thursday afternoon was determined to have 'no substance,' according to New Bedford Schools spokesman Arthur Motta.

In what school officials are describing as “a concern with a bus,” Wareham Middle School students were evacuated from school buses during afternoon dismissal Monday.

A young boy from Taunton was left on a school bus Monday, and now his parents want to know why it went unnoticed for several hours.

NEW BEDFORD - Three students were transported to St. Luke's Hospital this morning after an accident involving a car and a school bus. Massachusetts State Police say the accident occurred near the Coggeshall Street exit on I-195 westbound just before 8 a...

CHELSMFORD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts school bus driver has been arrested after students about to depart on a field trip say they smelled marijuana smoke on the bus. Chelmsford police say 63-year-old Ali Mahfuz was charged Tuesday with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs and reckless child endangerment...

NEW BEDFORD - Police are investigating after a man claims he was robbed near the SRTA bus terminal in downtown New Bedford. According to the victim, two men assaulted him near Mechanics Lane before 5:30 P.M. Wednesday. The victim told police he was struck with what he believed was a gun...

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) _ Police say someone stole two dozen batteries from school buses operating out of Middleborough. Police Lt. Robert Ferreira tells The Republican someone stole three batteries each from eight school buses sometime before 6 a...

NEW BEDFORD - A SRTA bus was evacuated late this morning after reports of a fire. New Bedford Deputy Fire Chief Paul Coderre tells WBSM News the bus stopped in front of 975 Rockdale Avenue when the fire was first detected in the engine compartment just after 11:30 A...

A new bus line is being created that will connect New Bedford to Wareham. SRTA announced Wednesday it is partnering with GATRA for a new line that will go between SRTA's New Bedford Terminal and the Cranberry Plaza in Wareham, primarily running along Route 6...

A New Bedford Public School bus was involved in a minor accident this morning. School spokesman Jon Carvalho tells WBSM News that Bus #55 for Normandin Middle School was involved in what sounded like a minor fender-bender in the area of Ashley Boulevard and Tarkiln Hill Road in the North End around 7:30 this morning...