SBF 70 years logo
MenuMENU
SearchSEARCH
Enter keywords to search across all content
Newsby StaffAugust 28, 2013

Cook-Illinois buys 20 Blue Bird propane buses

The new Propane-Powered Vision school buses will transport students in Berkeley (Ill.) School District 87. Cook-Illinois reportedly utilized the school bus industry’s first adaptation of propane technology back in the early 1980s.

Read More →
Newsby StaffJuly 3, 2013

Sunrise Transportation adds 25 propane Blue Birds to fleet

The purchase of the Propane-Powered Vision school buses will enable the contractor to offer the students and community of Chicago environmentally friendly transportation while delivering operational savings, officials say.

Read More →
NewsMay 16, 2013

Illinois bus driver logs 46 years behind the wheel

Joyce Bernard applied for and accepted a position at Serena Community Unit District #2 in 1967, craving a job that allowed her to spend a lot of time with her children. Now in her 70s, she tells SBF that the thing she loves most about her job is the students she transports, and she has no immediate plans to retire.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffMay 6, 2013

Durham partners with first responders for safety training

The school bus contractor works with first responders in Illinois for a training drill on evacuating school buses. The first responders explored five styles of school buses and could see how each emergency exit worked, including the different door options and roof hatches. In other news, Durham's parent company, National Express Corp., is awarded a safety management system certificate for the provision of student transportation services within North America.

Read More →
Newsby StaffMay 6, 2013

Auto yard owner indicted for bus thefts, scrapping

Sergio Quintero pleads not guilty to a 58-count indictment charging him with aggravated possession of a stolen motor vehicle, theft, criminal damage to property and illegal possession of auto titles. According to prosecutors in the case, investigators uncovered text messages from Quintero’s cell phone “where the timing and content correspond to the theft of the school buses.”

Read More →
Newsby StaffApril 25, 2013

Buses evacuated after student finds fake grenade

In the ongoing investigation, police say that after the student found the object on the bus, it was reportedly given to the bus driver, who evacuated the bus and notified officials. A bomb squad determines that it did not pose a threat, but students were also removed from other buses at a high school and taken into the school.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby Thomas McMahonApril 18, 2013

Stormwaters strand school buses in Midwest

In Oswego, Ill., a school bus slid into a ditch along a washed-out section of road. Four students and the driver were evacuated from the stuck bus. Near Ava, Mo., a school bus became temporarily stranded in an area between two low water crossings that became inundated.

Read More →
Newsby StaffApril 1, 2013

Durham School Services raises $6,400 for Special Olympics

The school bus contractor’s Lake Villa, Ill., terminal provides shuttle bus service for the Lake Bluff Polar Plunge, and 15 employees participate in the plunge, raising the money for Special Olympics Illinois.

Read More →
Newsby StaffMarch 11, 2013

Scrap company owner charged after stolen buses are shredded

Chicago police arrest Sergio Quintero on Friday, and he is charged with felony possession of a title or registration that has not been assigned. The charge stems from his alleged involvement in the theft of eight school buses, which were brought to his scrap yard, and three of them were destroyed.

Read More →
Ad Loading...
Newsby StaffNovember 27, 2012

Ill. school bus driver recounts shooting

The Illinois Central School Bus driver is praised for keeping calm and keeping her passengers safe during last week’s incident, in which she says seven men surrounded the bus and were using it for cover. One student had disembarked the bus when the shooting started, and the driver ran out and retrieved her.

Read More →