School threats on the rise as events like Georgia shooting prompt 'copycats'
Threats against schools are increasing following a shooting at a high school in Barrow County, Ga. It is a recurring phenomenon that follows many tragic events.
Area school threats go beyond impacting just neighboring districts
Butler County school administrators are urging students to report threats to school leaders and not share them following a nationwide wave of threats spread across social media platforms, including one that started in Middletown and Monroe in the past week.
School threats on the rise in districts across central NY
Oneida County Sheriff's Department says there has been an increase in the number of threats made to schools across New York.
Chicago-area schools face wave of violent threats as new school year begins, leading to lockdowns and remote learning
Threats of violence have sparked chaos at dozens of schools in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs since the beginning of the school year, leading to lockdowns, security screenings and days of remote learning.
Local schools respond to more rumors of threats on social media
With classes kicking back up a little over a month ago for local schools, there have been numerous threats and rumors of threats to the schools across the region.
Pierce County warns of false school threats circulating online, urges public to report
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department has responded to multiple false social media threats targeting schools in the Bethel, Puyallup, and Franklin Pierce School Districts over the past week, the department reported.
'No credible threat' to York High School, superintendent says
"I assure you that there is no credible threat to the safety of students, faculty, or staff," Superintendent Timothy Doak said in a letter Saturday.
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A Surge of Violent School Threats Creates a Communication Crisis for Districts
As schools face a widespread surge in violent threats, districts have rushed to respond through parent meetings, local press ...
Amid an increase in school threats, officials calling for harsher consequences - "There has to be some price paid."
After being the target of threats twice in the last week, some in Woodland Hills want to see harsher punishment for those ...
Children, parents charged as police crack down on school threats: ‘They think this is funny’
The number of threats of violence against area schools has risen to the dozens as school safety concerns spike nationwide, ...
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Teen arrested, charged with threatening Dover Middle School on Tuesday; school safe
Two weeks after a deadly school shooting at a Georgia high school, a 13-year-old boy from Seaford was arrested Tuesday on ...
Threats made against Pine-Richland School District deemed to be swatting calls from Australia
The FBI and Northern Regional Police Department have learned that two threats made against the district originated from ...
Teen accused in school threats appears in juvenile court
A 15-year-old accused of making threats against a Memphis school that put the entire district on lockdown was in juvenile ...
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NM attorney general responds to recent school threats
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – How are the child offenders behind school threats punished, and held accountable in New Mexico? KOB 4 ...
Maryland teen arrested in connection to D.C. school threats, police say
A 15-year-old boy from Brandywine, Md., has been charged with making threats to kidnap or injure a person. A 15-year-old ...
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School threats strain law enforcement resources in Pennsylvania
School threats in the Susquehanna Valley and across Pennsylvania are not only causing emotional distress for students, ...
Donna Vickroy: Are school safety threats the new normal? Onus is on kids — and parents — to take action
The community is the hero in Tinley Park, Elgin, Joliet and many other Chicago-area towns, where alert and responsive kids ...