INDEPENDENCE (AP) — Security has been increased at Independence High School after two students were arrested and accused of
making threats against the school.
Tangipahoa Parish Schools Superintendent
Mark Kolwe told The Advocate in a written
statement on Thursday
that Principal Hugh Wallace said the students' grandmother called
the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office Tuesday after finding
written threats in the boys' room at home.
Kolwe did not disclose the nature of the threats or the students' names.
Due to the grandmother's concerns, Kolwe she kept the boys at home.
Authorities searched the house, found the
written threats and booked the two students into the Florida Parishes
Juvenile Detention
Center.