Posts Tagged ‘school shootings’
Orchard Middle School Student Arrested Over Online Threats
Over the Labor Day weekend, an Orchard Middle School student threatened other students with violence while playing an online, multi-player game. The threat led to the 12-year-old’s arrest by Wenatchee Police, as Marcus Bellissimo reports.
Read MoreWenatchee School District, Police Conducting Active Shooter Training
The Wenatchee Police Department is conducting Active Shooter training this week at Wenatchee High School. The training supports the efforts of the School Saftey Advisory Group, a collaboration between the Wenatchee School District, Wenatchee Police Department and other law enforcement and agency groups to improve and support school safety and security measures. The topics covered…
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Police ‘All Hands On Deck’ During School Lock Downs, Sheriff Says
Last Friday, all Cashmere schools were placed on modified lockout following an online post threatening Cashmere High School. Police believe they have their suspect. A comment was posted on a YouTube channel that stated that someone was going to shoot up the high school. The comment is believed to have been posted by 18-year-old Geraldo…
Read More18-Year-Old Wenatchee Man Arrested Following Cashmere High School Threat, Lockdown
Police are seeking felony threat charges against an 18-year-old Wenatchee man whose online comment about a school shooting led to a lockdown of Cashmere public schools last Friday. KOHO’s Ken Johannessen has the latest.
Read MoreChelan High Student Expelled After Texting About School Shooting, Sheriff’s Office Investigating
A Chelan High School student was expelled after posting a threatening message on the app Snapchat, saying there would be a school shooting. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a report from another student Tuesday evening to the Chelan High School principal of a screen shot of the message.
Read MoreCascade School District Conducting Lethal Threat Training Wednesday, Parent Session at 6 p.m.
Cascade School District Superintendent Bill Motsenbocker joins Dan Langager on the KOHO Morning Show to talk about the importance of lethal threat training for all teachers, staff, administrators, bus drivers and other officials at the school district. He said parents and the community need to be involved in preparing and training as well, should such…
Read MoreSheriff Burnett Attends State Work Group On School Shootings
Last week, the Washington Mass Shootings Work Group met in Vancouver with educational administrators to discuss school safety and mass shooting prevention. The work group heard from a panel of administrators from rural and urban school districts in the state on what their districts are doing to keep kids safe in schools and where they believe work…
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Students Prepare ‘March for Our Lives’ To Protest Gun Violence
Students, parents and everyone in-between will march across the nation this Saturday. March For Our Lives protests are planned from the nation’s capital to the Wenatchee Valley, as Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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Sheriff Brian Burnett Speaks To School Walkouts, Student Resource Officers
Chelan County Sheriff Brian Burnett joins Dan Langager in the KOHO studio to talk about yesterday’s National Walkout, with local students and others across the country walking out for 17 minutes in a memorial for and protest against school shootings. Burnett talks about a need for a cultural shift and finding a number of solutions.
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Local High School Students Joining National Walkouts Today On Gun Violence
A national school walkout will take place at 10 a.m. today, with a number of local students participating. Part memorial, part protest, the walkout aims to start a conversation on how to end gun violence. It’s a 17-minute walkout, one minute for each of the 17 students and staff members killed in Parkland, Florida at…
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State Patrol Starts Spring Break Emphasis Patrols, Recruiting New Troopers, Visiting Local Schools
The Washington State Patrol’s local Recruitment and Spokesman Trooper Brian Moore joins Dan Langager in the KOHO studios to talk about a call by some local school districts to increase the presence of armed officers on campuses following the string of school shootings nationwide. Moore also talks about DUI emphasis patrols underway now as WSU…
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