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Did you know TxDOT will help you check and be sure your child safety seats are properly installed? It's true. Go online to schedule an appointment today.

Did you know TxDOT will help you check and be sure your child safety seats are properly installed? It's true. Go online to schedule an appointment today.

TxDOT: Almost half of all child car seats aren’t installed properly

News Staff
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Car seats work. Just ask Mandy Watson who was in a head-on crash with her 11-month-old and 5-year-old as they were going to lunch more than a decade ago. “Immediately after the crash, I climbed in the back seat,” she said. “In that moment I knew it worked.
Chief Kevin Kelso looks quite the rock star with this rather distinctive axe from the early era of music videos on MTV. Contributed Photo

Chief Kevin Kelso looks quite the rock star with this rather distinctive axe from the early era of music videos on MTV. Contributed Photo

Is that...? Naw, it couldn't be...But it sure looks like...

Bobby Horecka
Saturday, August 27, 2022
If you're thinking that couldn't possibly be the late Eddie Van Halen's vividly painted "Frankenstrat" guitar you see there, you might just want to think again.
Shiner police, TxDOT, Texas DPS, Texas Agrilife Extension Service, emergency managent personnel and members of the Kaspar Foundatioin gathered at Green Dickson Park for the first-of-its-kind kids' car seat checkout.d

Shiner police, TxDOT, Texas DPS, Texas Agrilife Extension Service, emergency managent personnel and members of the Kaspar Foundatioin gathered at Green Dickson Park for the first-of-its-kind kids' car seat checkout.d

Call it a car seat wellness clinic

Bobby Horecka
Saturday, August 27, 2022
Roughly a dozen locals turned out last week at Green Dickson Park to see if their child’s safety seat or booster seat was up to snuff and compliant with the current rules of the road in Texas.

Child safety seat checkup set Aug. 16 at Green Dickson Park

Bobby Horecka
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Car crashes continue to be one of the leading causes of death for children under age 13, and Shiner Police Department, the Texas Department of Transportation’s Yoakum office, Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Don Kaspar Foundation are looking to help families do something about it.
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