Students and staff have been allowed back into Marlboro County High School after a bomb threat was called into the school Thursday morning.

Bennettsville Police chief Larry McNeil says the threat was called in around 9 a.m.

McNeil says a caller said a bomb was in a bathroom.

Police evacuated the building and used bomb-sniffing dogs to search the school.

This is the second bomb threat called in to the high school since the school year started in August.

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Bennettsville Police chief Larry McNeil tells NewsChannel 15 a bomb threat was called in at Marlboro County High School around 9 a.m. Thursday morning.

McNeil says a caller said a bomb was in a bathroom.

Police have evacuated the building as bomb-sniffing dogs search the facility.

This is the second bomb threat called in to the high school since the school year started in August.

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