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MEIGS COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Around 200 people got together over the weekend to honor the lives of a 7-year-old girl and school bus driver who died on Tuesday in a bus crash in Meigs County. The hurting community came together for a memorial ride. Hundreds of cars and motorcycles drove all the way from […]

TENNESSEE (WATE) — After the deadly school bus crash Oct. 27 in Meigs County, Governor Bill Lee says he expects debate over whether seatbelts should be installed in Tennessee school buses. The company IMMI says they were the first to engineer seat belts on school buses 20 years ago. Opponents argue that seatbelts could prevent […]

Five people were injured during a crash involving a MATA bus Friday morning.

DECATUR, Tenn. (AP) — A school bus carrying children crashed Tuesday in Tennessee, killing two people and injuring others, officials said. The crash involved a utility service vehicle and happened on state Highway 58 in Meigs County in eastern Tennessee, said Lt. Bill Miller of the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn sent […]

A child was taken into custody Sunday Oct. 11 after taking a school bus out for a joy ride, then crashing.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — People are looking for answers after a man was hit by a MATA bus downtown. Memphis Police say the crash happened around 9 Thursday night at the intersection of A.W. Willis and North Main Street. The man was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries. MATA has not […]

The rape charges stem from a case court records show happened when Johnthony Walker was out on bond.

What started as a mystery virus last month in Wuhan, China, has now killed more than 200 people and infected thousands more around the world.

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ark. — A multi-vehicle crash involving a Hoxie, Arkansas, school bus and a dump truck has injured six children and the bus driver and closed Highway 63. The Arkansas Department of Transportation said the crash involved a Hoxie school bus, a dump truck and several other vehicles. The crash left the bus flipped […]

Memphis police are investigating a crash, involving a MATA bus, in the downtown area.

A school bus accident early Tuesday morning has sent five students and two adults to the hospital.