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Newsby Thomas McMahonApril 4, 2016

STA Earns Omaha Contract Extension, Promotes Manager to VP

The school bus operator’s pact with two Nebraska districts now extends to 2019. David Prince, STA’s general manager of the contract, now takes on broader responsibility.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserMarch 31, 2016

Charges Recommended in Alleged Assault of Student on School Bus

A Kansas county sheriff’s office finds evidence that aggravated criminal sodomy, battery, and criminal restraint occurred on a school bus on Feb. 3. The final charging decision is up to the county attorney.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 23, 2016

District changes school bus policies following reports of assaults

Great Bend (Kan.) School District 428 now requires adults to sit among students on bus trips and is adding cameras to all its buses after two students reported being sexually assaulted on the bus.

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Newsby StaffOctober 29, 2015

Kansas district renews First Student contract

Olathe Unified School District 233 awarded the company a new five-year contract to manage and operate more than 220 school bus routes.

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Newsby StaffOctober 16, 2015

Kansas to observe School Bus Drivers’ Appreciation Day

Under a proclamation by the governor, the state will recognize its men and women who transport nearly 230,000 students to and from school.

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Newsby StaffAugust 6, 2015

Kansas Highway Patrol conducting school bus inspections

Troopers are checking buses statewide until the beginning of the school session to ensure the vehicles comply with safety regulations. They are inspecting the lights, emergency exits, tires, windshield wipers, fire extinguishers, first aid kits and emergency spill kits.

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Newsby StaffJuly 21, 2015

Kansas district to add security cameras to school buses

Holcomb Unified School District 363 plans to install security cameras that will record video and audio inside its school buses, and track the buses’ location and speed, as part of a larger plan to boost safety and accountability.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 6, 2015

School bus safety veteran Wilma Crabtree to retire

Crabtree’s efforts have included spearheading the national survey of school bus loading and unloading fatalities since the early 1980s.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 2, 2015

School bus driver saves home from fire

Tammy Ritter, a driver in Baldwin City, Kansas, discovered that a doghouse on the porch of a house had caught fire. She threw it onto the front lawn, stomped out most of the flames, and called the fire department, preventing the fire from spreading to the house.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 7, 2015

Kansas school bus drivers ask for summer unemployment benefits

During a legislative forum in Wichita, contracted drivers ask legislators to support a bill that would make them eligible to collect the benefits during summer break.

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