Charleroi Middle School Lock-Down Lifted

The Charleroi Area Middle School was put on lock-down Thursday morning after a student reported to officials that during homeroom, he overhead a conversation that a female student had a gun in her backpack.  District officials, in a letter to parents and guardians, stressed that at no time did the student actually see another student with a weapon on campus.  Officials say they immediately called in the Charleroi Regional Police and following an extensive search and investigation, deemed the threat unfounded and students were allowed to return to their regularly scheduled classes.