Bomb Threat at Lockport High

By Ali Trachta in News on Oct 24, 2008 6:00PM

Bomb-sniffing dogs made an appearance at Lockport Township High School's East Campus yesterday after a custodian reported a bomb threat message written on a bathroom wall. Authorities found no evidence of suspicious activity, but took extra precautions this morning as classes resumed. A rash of bomb threats erupted at my high school in Pittsburgh back in the late 90s, and they practically turned into a joke. Fire drills out, bomb threats in. Not surprisingly, the source of the anarchy was a student who found it an effective way of getting out of tests. We applaud the Lockport police for taking this issue seriously, but it's time to enlist Encyclopedia Brown since he's already on the inside-job beat. [STS]