A juvenile has been charged after three Christian County schools were put on lockdown due to a threat made to a student Monday afternoon.
Hopkinsville Police say they received a report of a juvenile that sent a message to a student at school claiming someone was coming with a gun for them. Christian County Public Schools Communications Director John Rittenhouse said Gateway Academy administration was made aware of the threat made on social media by a non-district individual to the student.
Christian County Middle School, Christian County High School, and both campuses of Gateway Academy were locked down temporarily due to the threat.
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Gateway Academy to Innovation and Technology hosted the first in-person VEX Robotics tournament in Kentucky since March of last year Saturday.
District Spokesman John Rittenhouse says teams and coaches were excited to be back on the field and competing for world rankings.
Teams were limited to two members and two coaches and spectators were not allowed to prevent spread of COVID-19.
Team 8349H from Gateway Academy won the Judge’s Award, while Revelations Robotics of Union, Kentucky and Brentwood Academy of Tennessee were the tournament champions.
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Christian County Public Schools announced Thursday that it will return to in-person instruction on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The district was previously scheduled to return to in-person instruction two weeks ago but moved the date due to the spike in COVID-19 cases in the county.
At the time of the decision to remain in NTI, Jennie Stuart Health was at maximum capacity. The district cited the hospitals current capacity â back down to normal wintertime numbers â as one reason that it is returning in-person.
The district currently has 21 staff members and 25 in-person students with active virus cases. Those individuals are in quarantine.
District staff have also started receiving the vaccine this week.
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The first doses have gone to health care workers and, more recently, Christian County school staff, as local health officials gradually open vaccinations to local residents who fall within the next phase of the state s distribution plan.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Christian County Health Department had administered COVID-19 vaccinations to approximately 1,500 Kentuckians, according to department spokeswoman Amanda Sweeney.
County Health Director Kayla Bebout said that 600 more appointments were scheduled for Thursday at the James E. Bruce Convention Center, where the department began operating one of Kentucky’s 33 regional vaccine clinics on Tuesday.
The first doses have gone to health care workers and, more recently, Christian County school staff, as local health officials gradually open vaccinations to local residents who fall within phase 1b of the state’s distribution plan. Those who are coming to the site from outside the c