Springfield, Ohio, closed its City Hall on Thursday after a bomb threat was sent to multiple agencies earlier in the day, city officials said. The city has recently been the center of unfounded claims about Haitian migrants stealing and eating the pets of residents.

A bomb threat sent to “multiple agencies and media outlets” in Springfield, Ohio, forced the closure of the town’s City Hall on Thursday.

Bomb threats were made toward two medical centers in Springfield, sending both facilities into lockdown. On the morning of Saturday, Sept. 14, the Springfield