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September 25, 2024, Press Release from the Hardin County Sheriff's Office: The Hardin County Sheriff's Office and Ridgemont Local School District learned of a threat made by a current student on September 25, 2024. The school resource office and school officials immediately removed the student from class. As a result of the investigation, one juvenile was taken into custody and faces charges of inducing panic. The juvenile was transported to the Wood County Juvenile Detention Center, where he will remain until he can be arraigned in the Hardin County Juvenile Court.