Update: Hardeeville schools resume regular activities after second threat in two days

Jasper County School District students returned to classes about noon Thursday after a bomb threat was called in to the Hardeeville campus earlier in the day.

The campus includes Hardeeville Elementary School and Hardeeville-Ridgeland Middle School and is located off of Red Dam Road.

It was the second such threat to a Jasper County school in as many days.

Thursday’s threat was called in at 8:29 a.m. and Hardeeville Police Department was on scene at 8:33 a.m., according to a department news release.

“Bomb-sniffing dogs were brought in from the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort and the Chatham County Sheriff's office,” according to the release. Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Marshall’s Office were also on scene.

An alert on the district’s website and a district email sent at 9:24 a.m. said the threat was made by an unknown caller.

There were no injuries and the schools have resumed regular schedules, said LaShanda Grant, a school district spokeswoman.

It was the second such threat in two days.

A bomb threat involving the Ridgeland campus was made Wednesday morning but a sweep by law enforcement officials found no device. No one was injured and students returned to class that afternoon.

This story was originally published February 9, 2017 at 10:24 AM with the headline "Update: Hardeeville schools resume regular activities after second threat in two days."