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Upper Arlington High Closed Because of Threat

Upper Arlington officials canceled high school activities Tuesday and canceled high school classes for Wednesday because of an on-line threat.

Police say they taken a student into custody after investigators found threats against the school that were to take place on Wednesday.

School district officials say they are canceling activities and classes as a precaution and to check the buildings for any suspicious activity.

Police say the threat is associated with just one person.

Mike Thompson spends much of his time correcting people who mispronounce the name of his hometown – Worcester, Massachusetts. Mike studied broadcast journalism at Syracuse University when he was not running in circles – as a distance runner on the SU track team.