PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WMDJ) — Multiple schools across Eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia responded to threatening calls Wednesday, prompting lockdowns, police responses, and precautionary safety measures.

In Prestonsburg, police responded to Prestonsburg High School after an anonymous caller claimed he was on the way to the school with a pipe bomb. Authorities said the caller did not claim to already be on campus, nor did they indicate a bomb was currently at the school.

The Prestonsburg Police Department said interior and exterior sweeps were completed at Prestonsburg High School, along with precautionary sweeps at Adams Middle School and Prestonsburg Elementary School. Police said no evidence was found to substantiate the threat.

Officials said the call matched the same computer-generated number style linked to similar threats reported in recent weeks. The department said it is working with the Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center and the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security as the incidents appear consistent with recurring SWATing-style threats.

Additional officers were placed at area schools as a precaution.

Other schools reporting similar threats Wednesday included Floyd Central High School and Betsy Layne High School in Floyd County, Pikeville High School and Pikeville Elementary in Pike County, and Mingo Central High School in neighboring West Virginia, where school officials said safety protocols were immediately implemented, law enforcement responded, and students and staff were reported safe.

Authorities said each threat is being taken seriously, even when no credible danger is immediately found.