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Newsby StaffDecember 17, 2012

Bullets found on school buses in Ohio, Florida

In Friday’s incident in Ohio, a student turns in what appears to be a .22 caliber bullet that was on the bus’ floor, and an investigation continues as to how the bullet got on the bus. In Monday’s incident in Florida, a 9 millimeter bullet is found on a bus, and a student comes forward and says it had fallen out of his pocket on the bus.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 13, 2012

Bus driver fired, charged over toy gun flap

A police official says that the school bus driver was apparently joking around with the obviously fake gun when a student asked him about it. However, when word spread on the bus, it turned into something more serious.

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Newsby StaffDecember 13, 2012

Border Patrol to step up bus inspections after pot found

A school bus driver and athletic coach discover 500 pounds of marijuana on a bus in Marfa, Texas. Officials for the U.S. Border Patrol Big Bend sector say they will now have canine units check three sides of school buses instead of just the downwind side when they’re stopped at checkpoints.

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Newsby StaffDecember 13, 2012

Inattention, poor maintenance cited in truck-train collision

An inattentive driver and faulty brakes were the probable cause of a fatal accident in which a heavy commercial truck struck a passenger train in the Nevada desert last year, the National Transportation Safety Board finds.

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Newsby StaffDecember 13, 2012

Rosco acquires Mirror Lite assets

Both companies provide school bus mirrors and other vision solutions. Rosco's Ben Englander says that "bringing the two organizations together will create efficiencies and synergies to help keep Rosco lean in today’s competitive environment."

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 12, 2012

Police: Bus driver killed in crash wasn't belted

Louisiana State Police say it is suspected that a medical condition is the primary cause of the crash, in which the driver loses control of the bus and strikes several trees and a fence before traveling down an embankment. The driver "was not wearing her seat belt and was pronounced dead," police say.

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NewsDecember 11, 2012

Overturned bus training an ‘eye-opener’ for staff

More than 80 people in Van Buren County, Mich., participate in an emergency training event that shows them what it feels like to be in an overturned school bus as well as one filled with smoke. Transportation Supervisor Mark Niewoonder shares details on the hands-on event and how it changed staff members’ perceptions.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2012

Wash. lawmakers propose school transportation funding change

School bus services in the state would be paid for out of the transportation budget rather than the general fund to help legislators comply with a Supreme Court order to increase basic education funding for students. House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan says that any money for bus service would have to come out of revenue generated from a transportation funding package that lawmakers may put before voters next year.

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