Viral post spurs local police attention

CHENEY – A social media post that allegedly originated from TikTok has caused concern form school districts across the country, including Cheney.

The Cheney School District got word of a post referring to a threat to school safety “for every school in the USA, even elementary,” on Friday, Dec. 17.

One school mentioned in the post had the initials of GHS which might have been confused with CHS, which is why this threat was made aware to local school officials.

While district officials never believed the threat to be credible, “out of an abundance of caution” there was an additional police prese...