Fireworks found in school

12/20/2003

HILLSDALE - Authorities discovered homemade fireworks in the locker of a student at Davis Middle School here yesterday, officials said.

Hillsdale city police, state police, and the Hillsdale County sheriff s department reported to the school after Principal Jackie Wickham found the fireworks in a backpack inside a male student s locker, Hillsdale Community Schools Superintendent Rich Ames said.

Ms. Wickham searched the locker after several students told her they saw explosive materials there.

The student who brought the fireworks was suspended.