Between the morning bomb sweeps of Springfield's schools and the near daily afternoon media briefings, a hush comes over the city.
, troopers and newly installed security cameras — the people who live here are taking a breath, praying and attempting to carry on.
Since the Republican candidates' initial comments, more than two dozen bomb threats — mostly from foreign actors seeking to sow discord — have prompted the state to send in additional state troopers and install surveillance cameras around the city in order to reopen schools and government buildings. Local families are avoiding schools in the wake of earlier bomb threats, even though dozens of troopers have fanned out across the Springfield City School District to stand guard. Some 200 of 500 students were absent on Tuesday from a single elementary school, officials said."Home Sweet Springfield" tea towels adorn the window of Champion City Guide & Supply on a downtown block that bustles with activity over the lunch hour.
"Agenda: Pray, worship, witness, smile, honour, esteem," he wrote in a Facebook post from the city, accompanied by his hands holding an open Bible with a newly installed surveillance platform in the background. "Mayors across America will continue to stand by Springfield and all cities working to responsibly address an increased number of migrants, which we can do without losing sight of our shared humanity," Andrew Ginther, the Democratic mayor of Ohio's capital, Columbus, and president of the US Conference of Mayors, said in a statement.
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