When the Metra train hit a Cary-Grove High School Bus in 1995, there were calls for seat belts in school buses. My brother-in-law, the doctor heading up the emergency room to which most of the teens were taken that horrendous … Continue reading
Category Archives: School Bus
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Bus Driver Arrested for DUI On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at approximately 7:40 am, Crystal Lake Police were dispatched to the parking lot of Hannah-Beardsley Middle School, 515 East Crystal Lake Avenue, … Continue reading
Saturday I wrote an article entitled, Charles and Raffel Roads Roundabout Proposal Comes Around Again, Despite Defeat in Committee Day after Election I apparently misunderstood where the proposal to award $2,229,600 to Curran Contracting Company of Crystal Lake was scheduled. … Continue reading
October 25, 1995–twenty years ago. What an awful day. That was the day of the Fox River Grove school bus-Metra train collusion. Substitute driver unfamiliar with the route. Mercifully, I remained blissfully ignorant of the morning crash until about noon. … Continue reading
Even though I have not seen an Uber car locally, when I typed in “Uber, McHenry County” I actually found something. When RTA started in 1974, it seemed to me the most economical approach would be to subsidize taxis. That … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: FORMER NORTH CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR BUS CONTRACTS FRAUD SCHEME CHICAGO ― A former North Chicago school board member, and the last defendant of … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski: … Continue reading
Apparently to provide more parking for Crystal Lake South High School fans at the 1 PM Saturday football game, school buses were moved from the bus barn next to South owned jointly by Districts 47 and 155 to CLCHS. Bus … Continue reading
A press release from School District 300: Proposed cut to transportation funding concerning to D300 community The State of Illinois provides “categories” of education funding to school districts, such as transportation special education bilingual education. The state mandates that the district … Continue reading
This press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office tells of how a female North Chicago School Board member conspired with the female Transportation Director to get kickbacks from school bus companies. I mention the public officials’ gender because it is … Continue reading
Not only was there a man following a child home and circling around to drive past the home again in Huntley Wednesday, but on last Friday there was an attempted kidnapping of a girl after she got off a school … Continue reading
One might have thought the campaign ended with the Republican primary victory of McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren over Zane Seipler, the deputy Nygren never wants to see in the Sheriff’s Department again. But Seipler’s blog, McHenry County Sheriff’s Department … Continue reading
I’m still trying to get information about the state Labor Department investigation of the Huntley School District 158 accident in which a bus driver was sent to the hospital because of the severity of her electrical burns. No news yet … Continue reading
I’m still trying to get information about the state Labor Department investigation of the Huntley School District 158 accident in which a bus driver was sent to the hospital because of the severity of her electrical burns. No news yet … Continue reading
Part 1 of this article can be found here. The Wednesday before last, when I was computer-impaired because of Microsoft’s Vista, Governor Rod Blagojevich agreed to the suggestion of the NIU president to use $40 million to tear down and … Continue reading
Part 1 of this article can be found here. The Wednesday before last, when I was computer-impaired because of Microsoft’s Vista, Governor Rod Blagojevich agreed to the suggestion of the NIU president to use $40 million to tear down and … Continue reading
I haven’t written anything on the Northern Illinois massacre beyond my being astounded by NIU’s president and police chief assertion of satisfaction with the way things went after the mass murder and how my grandfather helped stop an early 1940’s … Continue reading
I haven’t written anything on the Northern Illinois massacre beyond my being astounded by NIU’s president and police chief assertion of satisfaction with the way things went after the mass murder and how my grandfather helped stop an early 1940’s … Continue reading
It’s no secret that Huntley School Board President Shawn Green is a close friend of Huntley school district Chief Operations Officer Glenn Stewart. He is a consistent defender of Stewart’s decisions. After all, Stewart is a former District 158 school … Continue reading
It’s no secret that Huntley School Board President Shawn Green is a close friend of Huntley school district Chief Operations Officer Glenn Stewart. He is a consistent defender of Stewart’s decisions. After all, Stewart is a former District 158 school … Continue reading