About 100 students from Canyon View High School in southern Utah had just graduated Thursday night and boarded the charter bus for their senior trip, Adams said.

Parents and faculty members had asked police to bring a K-9 to the scene before the bus departed to check students’ bags for drugs.

Officer Isaac Askeroth boarded the bus with his dog and another officer and immediately noticed driver Brandon Gillman, 30, of South Jordan, seemed suspicious, Adams said.

He was fidgety, began removing items from his backpack and stuffing them in his pockets as he tried to wander off the bus, he said.

“They saw some things that didn’t add up and their instincts kicked in,” Adams added.

The dog immediately alerted on the driver’s bag.

Adams said the officer then found prescription pills, drug paraphernalia and what is believed to be cocaine in the backpack.

Gillman then failed a field sobriety test and was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under the influence, Adams said.

“This is a great day because we averted a tragedy,” Canyon View High School Principal Richard Nielsen told the Deseret News. “In my mind, there’s a strong likelihood that we (would be) having a mass memorial service instead of celebrating the accomplishments of these kids.”

No telephone number was listed for Gillman, who remained jailed Friday. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney.

Richard Maben, president of the charter bus company Utah Trailways, said Gillman started work in March and was a model employee. Maben said he passed drug tests and an extensive screening process, including a background check “with flying colors.”

“In fact, he was one of our most complimented drivers. He was doing an excellent job,” Maben said. “If this is true, I would certainly be shocked.”

The students got on their way to Disneyland about an hour later with a new bus driver.

In 2010, in a magazine column commemorating the publication’s 40th anniversary, Earl Graves wrote that in the early days his wife “did just about everything there is to do” to put out a magazine. She wrote and edited, designed layouts, served as the sales director and office manager and “was vice president in charge of shutting down the publisher’s bad ideas,” Graves said.

The monthly magazine now has a circulation of 500,000 in the United States and a readership of 4 million according to Black Enterprise.

Barbara Graves, an elementary school teacher and graduate of Brooklyn College, met her husband on a blind date while he was in the Army.

“She was very attractive, very bright, and not impressed at all by my, you know, Army outfit on,” Earl Graves said in a 2006 interview with civil rights leader Julian Bond that was done for The HistoryMakers, a video archive of African American oral histories.

Barbara Graves is survived by her husband and their three children. The eldest son, Earl Graves Jr., is now the president and CEO of Black Enterprise. The other two sons, Johnny Graves and Michael Graves, have also worked as executives at Black Enterprise.

Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.

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A police spokesman said Smalls, who worked as a nurse at a nursing home, then tried to kill herself by cutting her wrists. Her husband, Ronald Smalls, discovered the scene when he came home Thursday afternoon from his job as a corrections officer and called 911.

Police have not officially commented on a possible motive for the killings.

“She had something that she felt was justification but there is no justification… it’s a tragedy, two young babies dead and there is no excuse for that,” Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said.

Ron Smalls told WPVI-TV on Friday that he and his wife had been having marital difficulties, but he did not elaborate.

“We’ve had some problems and I’d suggested therapy for both of us,” he said. “She didn’t think it was important.”

Stacey Small changed her Facebook profile picture May 19 to a photograph of a car spray-painted along its side with the words, “Hope she was worth it.” She also listed her relationship status as divorced.

A Facebook friend asked about the car image and Smalls replied that she found the photo online and “I liked her style. Friend Ronald Smalls and check out what I wrote on his page.” The message may have been deleted, as Ronald Smalls’ most recent post appears to be on May 13 when he wrote, “Happy MothersDay!”

Stacey Smalls’ Facebook page also includes photos of her twins and 4-year-old daughter. She remained in police custody Friday and was on suicide watch, authorities said.