CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland woman who refused to stop for a city school bus served out part of her unique and humiliating punishment Tuesday morning. Shena Hardin was ordered to stand at the corner of East 38th Street and Payne today and tomorrow wearing a sign that says, “Only an idiot would drive around a school […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News has learned RTA is testing shields or enclosures that surround drivers. This comes after an attack on an RTA driver as he was in his seat Thursday afternoon, and the viral video where an RTA driver punched a female passenger after she spit on him and assaulted him. […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News has learned that the RTA bus driver who punched a passenger back in October has been fired. The incident came to light when cell phone video of the incident surfaced shortly after it happened last month. The video went viral. The driver, Artis Hughes is facing charges stemming […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland woman caught on cell phone video driving recklessly around a city school bus pleaded guilty on Monday. Shena Hardin’s license was suspended for 30 days and she must pay $250 in court costs. Hardin was also ordered to stand at the corner of East 38th Street and Payne next […]
BEACHWOOD, OH (WOIO) – The RTA bus driver at the center of a beating caught on tape speaks out. Artis Hughes walked out of Beachwood City Hall Monday after turning himself in. He’s charged with assault on a female passenger. Hughes says, “I’m hoping to get my job back. I’m praying to get my job back. That’s […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – “Give that man his job back!!!” That’s what one woman yelled at an RTA stop near Tower City in Downtown Cleveland. RTA police say that the video that’s now become a youtube sensation shows Artis Hughes, 59, being harassed, spit on and then hit. In the video Hughes loses it. He stops the bus and […]
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio – The Rapid Transit Authority of Greater Cleveland (RTA) has filed a disorderly conduct charge against Shidea Lane of Shaker Heights, and an assault charge has been slapped against the bus driver. This, after the RTA rider approached the bus driver and an argument ensued. Lane is seen on cellphone video shoving […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The union for the bus drivers is defending the RTA driver at the heart of the viral video showing him punching an abuse passenger. William Nix from the Amalgated Transit Union says he will fight to save that driver’s job. Nix told 19 Action News that bus drivers are frequently assaulted and they can […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland’s Horseshoe Casino launched it’s new bus program on Monday. Horseshoe Cleveland partnered with local company Lake Front Lines to bring a regular bus service to Northeast Ohio neighborhoods. Lakefront will operate line runs Monday through Friday from the following cities right to the Casino’s entrance on Prospect Avenue: • Akron […]
CLEVELAND – A Cleveland Metropolitan School District bus driver captured video of a motorist driving on the sidewalk to avoid stopping for the bus loading and unloading children. The driver was caught on cell phone camera Tuesday morning. Cleveland Police are not releasing the driver’s name, but say it is a female motorist. They said […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – RTA would like to expand its trolley service to accommodate the crowds soon to be drawn to the Horseshoe Casino. Travis Lamperski, who rides the line daily thinks the expansion will be great, “It will make it easier for a lot of people especially considering the way gas prices.” Even though […]
CANTON, OH (WOIO) – 20 second graders and their bus driver injured in a school bus accident. It happened just before 1PM Monday on U.S. 30 near Trump Avenue SE. The bus hit a mobile trailer holding a directional arrow sign. There were more than 30 students on board the bus for Minerva School District. School officials […]