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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth is cracking down on speeding and dangerous driving throughout the city. Earlier this week, council members voted 6-0 to install school bus stop-arm and red-light cameras. Now, starting Friday, if you speed in a school zone, you’ll get a fine in the mail. That 30-day warning period is now up. […]

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - In a recent legal development, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee addressed an appeal filed by 36-year-old Stephen Novatne, who had previously pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine in a drug-free zone. The initial sentencing, overseen by Judge James A. Turner in Rutherford County Circuit Court, mandated an eight-year prison term. Novatne later sought re-sentencing under the 2020 amendments to the Drug-Free Zone Act, but the trial court rejected this motio ...

A Maine man charged with using social media to threaten to commit a shooting at a New Hampshire high school has changed his plea to guilty, court documents state.

JONESBORO — The Jonesboro Police Department is reimbursing drivers who were wrongfully ticketed after errors in school zone automated cameras.

Arrest Reports

Volunteers at a St. Pete church are stepping up to protect elementary school students, by literally putting themselves between cars and kids along a busy roadway.

The Dutchess County Drug Task Force says a School Zone is once again drug-free after an accused Fentanyl Dealer was arrested in early morning raid.Maurice Bogle

Houston ConnectSmart—Houston Region’s Mobility App Celebrates One-Year Anniversary...

Earlier this month, a 5-year-old boy was hit and killed while heading to school outside a designated drop off zone at Somerset Academy Losee Campus in North Las Vegas. This week, its sister school, Somerset Academy Lone Mountain is changing its traffic procedures to ensure kids get to and from school safely.

    The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has declared its readiness to launch a massive protest against incessant kidnappings and abductions of university students in Zamfara State.   This was made known in a press statement released via the office of Usman Baba Kankia, NANS National Secretary, which described Zamfara as a ‘No School Zone.’   According to the statement, NANS will relocate its secretariat to Zamfara State to ensure the safety of the students.