Hutch Post

VALLEY CENTER-  — According to a release from the Sedgwick County Sheriff, at approximately 11:00 p.m. Thursday, deputies received information regarding a potential threat to the staff and student body of the Valley Center High School.

Investigators were immediately contacted to further investigate the validity of the threat.

An 18-year-old student of the high school was arrested and booked for criminal threats, but has not been formally charged.

Officials say they take any threat seriously and investigate them thoroughly.

Name of the student arrested was not released.