FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — Students and staff were evacuated from a Freeport school on Friday morning due to a gas leak, according to school officials.
The Freeport School District has called off classes at Empire School for Friday after sending students home for the day after a gas leak was detected.
Officials worked to arrange transportation for students who had already been dropped off at the school Friday morning, and instructed parents who had not yet dropped students off to keep them home…