Bomb threat at Franklin High for second straight day

Local law enforcement and school officials are investigating a bomb threat at Franklin High School for a second consecutive day, St. Mary Superintendent Teresa Bagwell said in a press release Friday morning.

As students arrived on campus this morning, they were escorted to the nearby recreation center while school and law enforcement personnel thoroughly examined the building.

School officials anticipate that students will return to the school within the hour and classes will resume as scheduled.

The school had plans to leave parish honor band students at the Franklin City Recreational Center, located near the school on Ea Shine Fouquier Street. They were to gone to the school's gym.

But the band students were allowed to be back at the school after the building was secured, Bagwell said at 8:21 a.m.

Anyone with information regarding the threats is asked to contact the Franklin Police Department or the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office.