Suspected pipe bomb turns out to be school project

The Springfield News-Sun reports sheriff's deputies and firefighters called for a bomb squad Monday evening and the area was closed off after a 10-inch pipe with metal end caps was discovered at Shawnee High School in Springfield, about 45 miles west of Columbus.

The newspaper reports the squad was told not to come when a school official got in touch with a teacher who described the item and said it was made for a summer class geocaching project. Geocaching is a sort of outdoor scavenger hunt for hidden objects.