Arkansas education officials estimate that each day during the school year, more than a thousand school buses – with an extended stop sign and red lights flashing – are illegally passed by other vehicles. That’s why the Arkansas Department of Education is launching a three week campaign to raise awareness about school bus safety.
Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.
As News Director, Michael Hibblen oversees daily news coverage for KUAR. He handles assignments for the news staff, helps develop story ideas and edits copy. Michael isresponsible for starting a news-sharing partnership between public radio stations in Arkansas in 2009 which laid the foundation for what became Arkansas Public Media. He is also a regular panelist and fill-in host on AETN's Arkansas Week, where journalists discuss issues in the news.