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Newsby StaffJanuary 15, 2016

First Student shares 12 winter driving safety tips

With arctic temperatures gripping much of the country and the long-term forecast calling for ice and snow, the company is offering winter driving safety tips for students, parents and drivers. 

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Newsby StaffDecember 29, 2015

Students, school bus driver rescued from flood waters

Eighteen students and the driver were rescued after their school bus was swept into a retention pond in Illinois. No injuries were reported.

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Newsby StaffNovember 2, 2015

Special-needs students rescued from flooded school bus

Four special-needs students and two adults were rescued from a bus caught in floodwaters caused by a severe storm in Texas. Meanwhile, three students and two adults were rescued from another flooded bus in the area, and no injuries were reported.

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Newsby StaffJuly 17, 2015

School bus driver requests bottled water for students riding hot bus

Brenda Burns of Oklahoma posted a request on Facebook for water for the students she transports in a bus without air conditioning. Her goal is to get enough water to last students the whole school year.

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Newsby StaffApril 29, 2015

Onspot adds regional manager for eastern Canada

Daniel Corriveau joins the automatic tire chain supplier’s sales and marketing staff. He previously worked at an Onspot dealer in Quebec.

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Newsby StaffApril 29, 2015

Illinois School Bus switches to Diga-Talk 2-way radios

To date, 191 of the contractor’s school buses are using Diga-Talk, a two-way radio network solely powered by digital technology.

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Newsby StaffApril 14, 2015

Bus driver praised for staying calm, safe in hailstorm

Terrie Eggen of Kentucky safely navigated her route with 40 students aboard when the storm, which sparked tornado sirens, hit. The bus garage coached her though the drive.

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Newsby StaffApril 6, 2015

Kentucky bus driver, students rescued from flood waters

A Grant County Schools bus driver and 16 students were stranded in floodwaters for nearly two hours when a creek near the bus route overflowed its banks last week.

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Newsby StaffMarch 10, 2015

School bus drivers brave icy weather to pick up stranded students, staff

Inclement weather in the Dallas-Forth Worth, Texas, area stranded 230 Round Rock ISD students, staff and chaperones. Eight district transportation employees hit the road to bring them home.

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NewsDecember 30, 2014

Editors' Picks: Photo Galleries of the Year

Photo collection picks included images from readers of a particularly harsh winter and cover shots from School Bus Fleet magazine going back to the 1950s.

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