GLASGOW —
A bomb threat has led to the evacuation of the Barren County Courthouse and elementary schools within the county.
Barren County Sheriff Chris Eaton said 911 received a call at about 9:30 Monday morning with a threat against two unnamed elementary schools and the courthouse.
By 9:50 a.m. the courthouse was being evacuated and deputies and volunteer firefighters were being sent to schools to help remove students from the buildings, Eaton said. At about 10:40 a.m., all schools and the courthouse had been cleared and schools and the courthouse were re-opened.
A second call was received during this time, and law enforcement officials are still investigating the calls.
“We’re going to go listen to the recorded calls now and see what we can get from that, and investigate from there,” Eaton said after it was determined the courthouse was safe to enter.
At around 12:30 p.m., Eaton reported that a joint effort by the BCSO and the Glasgow Police Department was under way to sweep the neighborhood including Frasier and McKenna streets. He also said they were looking for two different people.
“We were notified by the police, it was a vague threat, they didn’t identify any specific schools,” said Bill Walter, assistant superintendent of Barren County Schools. “We immediately implemented the district’s standard operating procedure for bomb threats.”
Debby Pruitt, secretary to the superintendent at Glasgow Independent Schools, said they were taking all precautions and dealing with the situation at hand. They were also unaware which schools were going to be affected, so they evacuated all of them.
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