
The safety solutions supplier demonstrates its Predictive Stop Arm in Laurel, Miss., on the 10-year anniversary of a crash that killed a 5-year-old boy.
Read More →William "Chester" Cole of Mississippi dies after reportedly suffering from a heart attack that causes him to lose control of the bus, which veers off the road and into a ditch. Eight students aboard the bus are injured.
Read More →A 9-year-old boy in Mississippi and a 7-year-old boy in Pennsylvania are hit and killed by vehicles while waiting at their school bus stops.
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Seventeen school districts in the state get rebates of up to $15,000 per bus from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
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A recently passed bill specifies that a driver on a divided four-lane highway doesn’t need to stop for a school bus on the other side.
Read More →In Mississippi, a 12-year-old boy who was struck by a truck as he was crossing the road to board a school bus was airlifted to the hospital. He is responsive and has a broken leg, sources say.
Read More →Steve Wyatt will serve pupil transportation and other industries in southern and central Mississippi for Hydrotex, which provides lubrication and fuel-improver solutions.
Read More →Summit Holdings completes the acquisition of Truck Center Inc., a commercial truck and IC Bus dealership with locations in Tupelo and Pontotoc, Mississippi. With the addition of Truck Center, Summit now operates 31 locations in eight states.
Read More →The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality gives each district a $15,000 grant toward the purchase of a new bus to replace an older bus. Since 2009, through grants and the Mississippi School Bus Retrofit Project, the organization has retrofitted 1,931 school buses and provided partial funding for 10 new buses to reduce emissions.
Read More →As Bettye Windom and Beth Insley were driving home on the evening of April 30, they spotted a school bus with smoke coming out of the front of it and were able to help about 20 Port Gibson (Miss.) High School students get out right before the bus caught fire.
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