Help from Central Virginia is on its way to Florida. Volunteers from the American Red Cross of Virginia will help those caught in the path of Hurricane Helene [[huh-LEEN]]. It's expected to be a major hurricane and cause destruction in Northwest Florida. Mary Davis Barton and other volunteers left yesterday from Henrico for Tallahassee.
A child and an adult are hurt after a fight on a school bus in Petersburg. It happened yesterday afternoon on a bus out of Cold Spring Elementary School. Police say two elementary school students were fighting on the bus, and once it stopped at a Family Dollar on Halifax Street, a 16-year-old boy got on through the back door and attacked one of the kids. Police say the kid that was attacked suffered a broken nose. The bus driver got involved to break up the fight and was also attacked.