Wednesday, November 14 2012 3:08 PM EST2012-11-14 20:08:15 GMT
All schools in the Susquehanna Township School District have been evacuated due to a bomb threat.Susquehanna Township police are searching all of the buildings. After police clear a building, studentsMore >>
All schools in the Susquehanna Township School District have been evacuated due to a bomb threat.More >>
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -
Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy for making a bomb threat Wednesday morning that lead to the evacuation of every school in the Susquehanna Township School District.
"The school will blow up in two hours," the caller told the person on the other line at the district's office.
Police said the call that came in around 9 a.m. was traced and they later took the boy into custody. He was charged with making terrorist threats and threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction.
District officials had evacuated nearly 3,000 students, including the suspect, from four different schools.
High school freshman Shaqwan Franklin said he was startled when an announcement was made over the public announcement system.
"I was nervous a little bit because I didn't know what was going on," said Franklin. "I didn't know if it was real or fake. So, I just listened and went to the football field."
Huddled inside the stadium, students waited for almost two hours as police swept each building. In the end, police did not find a bomb and students returned to the classrooms by 12:30 p.m.
"This is the first time I've ever heard this happen," Franklin said.
District officials said it is policy to allow parents and guardians to pick up students during an emergency.
Friday, May 24 2013 5:20 AM EDT2013-05-24 09:20:01 GMT
Hank Anderson is a prime example that once a criminal, not always a criminal. He did some hard time, and then turned his life around. "We ended up getting 5 to 20 on armed robbery, kidnapping, assaultMore >>
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Why would someone steal a motorized wheelchair? Thursday night, 38 year old Markuis David Smith was still asking himself that very question. He has relied on his custom, motorized wheelchair to get himMore >>
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Friday, May 24 2013 4:51 AM EDT2013-05-24 08:51:31 GMT
A prayer service so large that state and local police were called in to patrol it.It makes sense. The tiny town of Chanceford has a whopping 15 churches in it. That's one of the reasons why locals sayMore >>
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Lancaster City Police say the woman who reported she was abducted in Lancaster on Tuesday morning lied. Police say it appears 33-year-old Maria Collazo drove herself to the park and locked herself in theMore >>
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Thursday, May 23 2013 6:02 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:02:57 GMT
The 17-year cicadas are back. "It was just two days ago, my husband said 'Come on out here, I need to show you something in the backyard,' and I was just like 'Wow!' There was a lot of them," said LorettaMore >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 5:54 PM EDT2013-05-23 21:54:45 GMT
Chanceford Township residents held a prayer vigil Thursday evening to propose the opening of strip club in the township.The township zoning board will meet tonight to take a final vote on the proposedMore >>
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Thursday, May 23 2013 5:30 PM EDT2013-05-23 21:30:09 GMT
State and county officials are warning Pennsylvania's veterans of scam artists who may try to target their benefits and charge for services that are provided for free.More >>
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Thursday, May 23 2013 3:20 PM EDT2013-05-23 19:20:54 GMT
A York County couple was arrested on assault charges after police said they stabbed each other during a night of heavy drinking and a heated argument over who should win 'American Idol.'More >>
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Lancaster City Police say the woman who reported she was abducted in Lancaster on Tuesday morning lied. Police say it appears 33-year-old Maria Collazo drove herself to the park and locked herself in theMore >>
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The 17-year cicadas are back. "It was just two days ago, my husband said 'Come on out here, I need to show you something in the backyard,' and I was just like 'Wow!' There was a lot of them," said LorettaMore >>
The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations...More >>
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Thursday, May 23 2013 5:54 PM EDT2013-05-23 21:54:45 GMT
Chanceford Township residents held a prayer vigil Thursday evening to propose the opening of strip club in the township.The township zoning board will meet tonight to take a final vote on the proposedMore >>
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