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Autistic kindergartner left asleep on Mississippi school bus, parents complain

By Mike Suriani Apr 2, 2026 | 4:21 PM

MARSHALL COUNTY, Miss. — The parents of a 7-year-old boy with autism are outraged after they say their child was left sleeping on a school bus Monday morning for nearly two hours. Gunner Halpenny, a kindergartner at H.W. Byers Elementary School in Highway 72, was found after his autistic twin brother notified teachers. His parents […]