Five school buses sit idle in McKeesport

By Mon Valley Independent

By JEFF STITT

jstitt@yourmvi.com

As a result of a nationwide bus driver shortage that’s impacting a local bus company and some schools it serves, five buses in the McKeesport Area School District weren’t running Friday.

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