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Threat received before start of school

Updated: Wednesday, 06 Feb 2013, 11:19 AM EST
Published : Wednesday, 06 Feb 2013, 9:00 AM EST

SPENCER, Ind. (WISH) - A high school in Spencer received a threat that caused school buses to divert to other area schools Wednesday morning.

School officials said a threat was directed at Owen Valley High School, but no children were in the school building at the time. Children headed to the school were re-routed to other Spencer-Owen schools, which were put on lockdown as a precaution.

Law enforcement checked the school and determined it was safe to return.

The threat happened shortly after 8 a.m.The lockdown was lifted at 9:16 a.m. Wednesday.

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