SYRACUSE — Each year, school buses are thoroughly inspected by a trooper of the Indiana State Police. For the Wawasee Community School Corp., the annual inspection is usually during the summer break.

INDIANA — This week is Winter Weather Preparedness week in Indiana. Today the topic will look at winter weather safety for schools. Is your school weather-ready? The Indiana Department of Education plans provide for as safe an environment as possible for school children. Most school systems have several sources for weather information including NOAA weather …read more.

SYRACUSE — Seat belts required in school buses? Presently only six of the 50 states (Indiana is not one of them) require seat belts to be worn on school buses.

NORTH WEBSTER — Two students on a Wawasee Community School Corporation bus suffered minor injuries Wednesday morning, Aug. 12, after the bus they were riding was struck by another motorist. The accident was at 7:58 p.m. at North CR 500E and East CR 650N, North Webster.

Two children, who were not occupants of a school bus, and a bus driver were transported to Kosciusko Community Hospital following a car/bus accident at 8:25 a.m. today. The accident was on East CR 225S at South Lake Sharon Road, Warsaw. Jarod Ilada, 12, South CR 275E, Warsaw and Maya Ilada, 10, South CR 275E, …read more.

In Indiana, August brings hot weather, the State Fair and also the start of a new school year. Every school year the Indiana State Police receives numerous complaints about school bus stop arm violations from school corporations around the state. The Indiana Department of Education surveys school corporations annually for stop arm violations on one …read more.

Indiana State Police have received numerous complaints from school corporations across Indiana of motorists not stopping for school buses that are loading or unloading children. The Indiana State Police would like to remind motorists of the Indiana law concerning school buses, flashing lights and stop arms. When approaching a school bus from any direction that …read more.

(Photo provided by Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department) Official word tonight from the Kosciusko County Fatal Accident Crash Team is that more than 50 Wawasee students were injured in today’s crash involving four school buses. That is a number that could rise as parents evaluate their children at home. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department deputies and emergency …read more.