OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) Authorities in eastern Kansas have evacuated a university residence hall and closed the campus after suspicious packages were found.
The Franklin County sheriff’s department says a package was reported about 5:45 a.m. Thursday outside Tau Jones Hall at Ottawa University.
University spokeswoman Paula Paine told The Kansas City Star that campus security found other packages at other buildings, and the campus was closed about 7 a.m. The buildings were evacuated and people have been warned to stay off campus.
Paine says authorities are investigating the possibility that the packages could be related to a scavenger hunt that students held Wednesday.
The university has about 550 students at the Ottawa campus, which is about 50 miles southwest of Kansas City.
