Robert Creter, 61, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the 1997 strangulation death of Tamara Tignor in Bridgewater.

A 14-year-old girl was seriously injured when a school bus struck her while she was on foot in Demarest Wednesday morning, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said.

A two-year-old girl was rescued after nearly drowning in a residential pool in Gloucester County on Tuesday evening, police said Wednesday.