Five high school students arrested for violent threats against school

Five high school students in Canton, Pennsylvania, have been arrested after allegedly threatening violence against their school district.

School officials closed the district's junior-senior high school and elementary school early on Tuesday, the day the first two were arrested. Classes were canceled for the rest of the week.

The 15- and 16-year-old students are charged with making terroristic threats and creating a risk of catastrophe. The police chief says the suspects call themselves the "Drive-By Kings."

The district's superintendent says students tipped off administrators about the threats last week. State police found no weapons during a sweep of the building.

The school board has decided to have two armed uniformed police officers on duty when school resumes next week. It also approved a new parent notification system.

A proposal to look at buying metal detectors was tabled.