Police responded to Bellaire High School for a reported bomb threat, the school's principal Michael Niggli wrote to parents. "I want to inform you that at approximately 12:15 pm our school was placed in secure mode while HISD Police investigate a bomb threat that was made to our campus,

The bomb threat directed at Nixa's Espy Elementary on Thursday is "very similar" to the one received by Nixa's High Pointe Elementary on Wednesday.

At 8 a.m., Norman High parents received a message saying law enforcement notified the school of a possible bomb threat. The message said students and staff were in a safe area while the Norman Police Department swept the building. According to the message, investigators had identified the individual responsible.

Superintendent Roy Rakszawski wrote that the non-credible threat was similar to a trend of threats that have been made in neighboring school districts recently.

This week, two elementary schools in Nixa became the targets of bomb threats amid an uptick of school safety concerns across Missouri and the U.S. The unfounded threats, which Nixa police say were made online,