Jackson schools evacuated after threat

Tyler Graef

Friday, January 11, 2019

A bomb threat made against Jackson High School on social media prompted that school and nearby Hawkins Junior High to evacuate Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Students at the school district's other schools were also sent home. As of Friday morning, Jackson police were working with state and federal law enforcement agencies to investigate the threat, but no dangerous devices had been found at Jackson High School. Police are expected to release more information as it becomes available.

Police cruisers are seen outside Jackson High School shortly after the school had been evacuated following a bomb threat made against the school on social media Friday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
Parents walk toward the main entrance of Hawkins Junior High to collect students after a bomb threat made against the nearby high school on social media prompted an evacuation Friday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
A Missouri State Highway Patrolman directs traffic outside the main entrance of Hawkins Junior High after a bomb threat made against the nearby high school on social media prompted an evacuation Friday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
A young boy is seen in a truck as it cuts across a portion of grass to bypass a long line in the parking lot of Hawkins Junior High as parents collect students after a bomb threat made against the nearby high school on social media prompted an evacuation Friday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)

Buses wait for students to board at Hawkins Junior High as a woman embraces a student in the foreground as parents collect students after a bomb threat made against the nearby high school on social media prompted an evacuation Friday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
Students linger on the lawn of Hawkins Junior High during an evacuation prompted by a bomb threat made against the nearby high school on social media prompted an evacuation in Jackson Friday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
A man escorts a young student away from Hawkins Junior High as parents collect students from the school after a bomb threat made against the nearby high school on social media prompted an evacuation in Jackson Friday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
A Missouri State Highway Patrolman directs traffic as buses carry students home from Hawkins Junior High after a bomb threat made against the nearby high school on social media prompted an evacuation in Jackson Friday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jackson R-II School District Superintendent John Link, left, describes the day's events during a news conference at the school district offices after a bomb threat made against Jackson High School on social media prompted an evacuation Friday, Jan. 11, 2018. (Tyler Graef ~ Southeast Missourian)