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 appearances, and videos of students urging their peers to be careful what they post online.
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 Maryland teen was arrested Friday after D.C. police said he used social media to threaten several schools in the District.
St. Louis-area schools, police overwhelmed by alarming rise in school threats
Authorities in the St. Louis region say the alarming increase in schools threats are draining resources, both from schools and police agencies who respond.
Police investigating threats on TikTok against Lancaster County school district
The threat, which was circulating social media Thursday night, is being investigated by the West Lampeter Police Department, the same department that locked down a school Thursday morning for a reported active shooter.
Mercer County Schools taking precautions again after out-of-state threats
Sep. 19—princeton — Area schools were still taking precautions Wednesday with help from local law enforcement while threats from out-of-state sources continued to be traced and investigated. Superintendent Edward Toman and Safety Coordinator Melissa Clemons issued a statement about threats that were made against local schools,
Threats continue to cause disruptions at Susquehanna Valley schools
Six Susquehanna Valley school districts investigated online threats this week alone. With only 117 in MLB history, an immaculate inning is rarer than a no-hitter. District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was pronounced dead at the scene.
School districts team up with police for threats
A sixth Hays CISD student has been arrested and charged for allegedly making a school shooting threat against two middle schools.
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Another Riverside teen girl arrested as school threats spread 'like wildfire'
Police in Riverside arrested a 15-year-old girl Wednesday who they said made violent threats on social media against Ramona ...
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 ...
21 Juveniles Charged With Making School Threats in South Carolina
The charges are part of a sprawling investigation into more than 60 threats targeting schools in 23 counties since a mass ...
Oklahoma's disturbing spike in school threats reflects national trend: What to know
In one week, more than 20 Oklahoma schools canceled class or increased police after receiving threats. Experts say it's a ...
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School Threats Reported at Two Wausau-Area Schools
Threatening messages were reported at Horace Mann Middle School in Wausau and the D.C. Everest Middle School in Weston this ...
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 ...
Carson middle school target of 2 threats in one week; parents, students concerned
Parents and students at Stephen M. White Middle School in Carson are concerned, after the school received multiple threats of ...