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Two New Jersey brothers each get more than 20 years in prison for carjacking a vehicle and shooting at two people. Shots aimed at the vehicle of a witness hit a school bus, but none of the students on board was injured.
Read More →Audrey Childers, a school bus driver and substitute teacher from Mount Holly, wins $283,484 in the Carolina Cash 5 lottery. Childers says she will use her winnings to purchase a house.
Read More →The driver asks the student to disembark the bus on the way to school to check out an object on the side of the road, and when it’s discovered that it’s a weapon, the driver asks the student to bring it to him. School officials report that the driver, who's now out of a job, allegedly said that he was going to take the weapon to his bus company’s dispatch office.
Read More →Steve Gardner invented the Gardian Angel, a system for use on school buses that creates a path of light for students to walk in after the bus driver stops and opens the door. His invention was prompted by news of an accident in which a girl was crossing the street to board her bus and was struck and killed.
Read More →I read an interesting story recently that reported on an impending partnership for school bus driver training between an Augusta, Ga.-based school district and a local technical college. One of the objectives of the course is to help create a more qualified applicant pool. Around that time, I also spoke with a driver trainer at another operation, who shared with me some of the challenges she faces in instructing bus drivers. One thing she said was that ...
Read More →The school bus manufacturer presents the keys to a freshly painted 24-foot bus to Bob Votruba, founder of One Million Acts of Kindness. The bus is an upgrade from the 23-year-old bus the organization purchased in 2009 for Votruba to travel around the country, speaking to public schools, colleges, homeless shelters, hospitals and businesses, striving to inspire daily kindness, empathy and peace.
Read More →When a microburst inflicted heavy damage on Collins Bus Corp.’s manufacturing facility, employees pulled together to keep bus production rolling throughout the repair process.
Read More →DeKalb County Central United School District replaces 12-year-old diesel buses with new Blue Bird Propane Vision buses.
Read More →Three students and a recent high school graduate face misdemeanor malicious mischief charges after deflating the tires on 45 buses. Hundreds of kids had to wait up to two hours for their buses while two companies that were hired by the school district aired up the tires.
Read More →North Kansas City School District purchases the new Thomas Built Saf-T-Liner C2 CNG as a step toward converting its entire fleet to the alternative fuel.
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