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‘All clear’ given after bomb threat called into Davenport Hall

Davenport Hall

URBANA – Police say there were no injuries or signs of explosives found after a bomb threat was called into Davenport Hall on the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign campus.

University police issued an ‘all-clear’ Illini-Alert system message around 8:30 a.m. on Friday.

Davenport Hall is located at 607 S. Mathews Avenue in Urbana. 

Police say the East Central Illinois Bomb Squad and K9 units responded after METCAD 9-1-1 received a call around 6:15 a.m. on Friday.

Dedicated in 1901, Davenport Hall houses the Departments of Agronomy, Animal Nutrition, and Dairy Production.
As of Friday afternoon, no one had been arrested in connection with the bomb threats.

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