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The school year ended early for most students in the Lamesa school system when classes were canceled after a potential terroristic threat began circulating on social media here Thursday evening.Although stressing that law enforcement personnel were continuing to investigate, Lamesa Police Chief Josh Peterson said late Friday afternoon it does not appear any actual violence was ever planned.“We’re not feeling at this time there was a threat to the school – and doubting there ever was,” Peterson told the Press-Reporter shortly after issuing a press release about the incident.Instead, he said, it ap pears the social media posting was what ...

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Lamesa Press-Reporter

P.O. Box 710
Lamesa, TX 79331
806-872-2177