LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – Five months after the deadly school shooting in Benton, Kentucky, Marshall County Schools are increasing security measures at all of their facilities.
It comes after the Jan. 23 shooting at Marshall County High that injured 14 students and killed two, Bailey Holt and Preston Cope.
The school district is banning backpacks at the middle and high schools and increasing the amount of student resource officers from one to five in every school.
Students will also have to walk through metal detectors every day.
