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Missouri Western Evacuation (updated)

The all clear has been given and students are back to finals at Missouri Western State University.

Missouri Western students were evacuated Friday morning after a bomb threat was received by telephone.

Emergency officials checked all buildings on the campus and the parking lots were full of students that were evacuated out of the buildings.

Missouri Western officials say they were notified just after 9:00 this morning.  According to a news release from the university, people were allowed back into most of the buildings by 10:15 a.m.  Residents at Leaverton Hall were kept out of the building after an unattended cell phone was found there.

A bomb-sniffing dog from the Kansas City International Airport Police responded to Leaverton and did not detect any explosive materials. Residents were allowed back in to Leaverton at about 11 a.m.

No final exam sessions were canceled or rescheduled because of the evacuation. The final exam period that began at 8:30 a.m. had been scheduled to end at 10:30, but was extended to 11:30 a.m., when the next final exam period was scheduled to begin.


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