Local Districts Part of State-Wide Bomb Threat Hoax

Two area schools were part of what officials called a “state-wide” bomb threat hoax on Wednesday, Sept. 20.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, districts across the state, including Claysburg-Kimmel, and Spring Cove, received a bomb threat email prompting police response. Other area schools, including Hollidaysburg, Altoona, and Belwood-Antis also received the threat.

Claysburg-Kimmel posted a message to their social media account that although the bomb threat had been identified as a hoax, it elected to evacuate all its buildings so law enforcement could do a safety sweep as an extra prec...