bomb threat

Calloway County High School Victim of Two Bomb Threats in as Many School Days

Chad Lampe — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:58:03 +0000

Law Enforcement agencies are investigating two bomb threats in as many school days at Calloway County High School. School officials evacuated students around noon Monday and locked down the nearby middle school. Kentucky State Trooper First Class Jay Thomas says the threats were on notes left in a girl’s bathroom.

Middle School Students Arrested for Bomb Threat

Angela Hatton — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:09:47 +0000

The Hopkinsville Police Department has arrested two 13-year-olds and charged them with terroristic threatening for writing a bomb threat note at North Drive Middle School. Police arrested the boys yesterday afternoon after a teacher and a student found the note in the school hallway. Both confessed to school staff on scene and again at the Hopkinsville Police Department.

Henry County School Bus Held Hostage

Shelly Baskin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:53:35 +0000

The man who held a bus full of Henry County students hostage with a bomb threat this morning is undergoing a mental evaluation. Henry County Sheriff Monte Belew says 26 year old Steven Decker boarded the bus during a stop on Guthrie Road. He told the bus driver he had a gun and a bomb and demanded $25 thousand in cash. Belew says the bus driver called 9-1-1 during the incident. He says,

Afternoon Round-Up 3/27/12

Rose Krzton-Presson — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:39:55 +0000

On NPR: To keep customers, brick-and-mortar stores look to smartphones.

Education:

Kentucky lawmakers are trying again to raise the state's dropout age.

MSU Student Pleads Not Guilty to Wanton Endangerment Charges

Shelly Baskin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:07:40 +0000

A Murray State student accused of possessing bomb-making supplies in his dorm room has pleaded not guilty to four charges of wanton endangerment. Police found a pipe, wicks, and black powder during a search of 18-year-old David Wilson's room in February. A status hearing for Wilson’s case is scheduled for April 23^rd.