Penn State Satellite Campus Closed Due To Threat
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A Penn State satellite campus in has closed until Saturday due to a bomb threat.
The school issued a text alert Thursday afternoon telling students that the science building was closed on the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus. Less than a half hour later, campus security evacuated the entire campus.
01PSU AlertWB: Due to a bomb threat Penn State Wilkes-Barre is CLOSED Thursday 3/3 and Friday 3/4. Authorities responding. Avoid campus unti
— PSU Wilkes-Barre (@PennStateWB) March 3, 2016
The school's website says classes were canceled for the remainder of Thursday and Friday "as a precautionary measure after a threatening message was discovered on a bathroom door in the campus' Science Center."
State police and bomb-sniffing dogs have been combing the campus for the bomb, but there's no indication authorities have found either a real or fake device.
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