After a recent rise in violence and gun issues at local and regional high school football games, some local districts are making changes for the safety of students, the players and visitors to the game.

New safety measures were announced following last Friday's gun discharge at the Cardinal Mooney game at the Youngstown State University football stadium. These measures include that everyone entering the stadium must go through metal detectors.

This comes on the heels of two regional incidents in Ravenna and Twinsburg, as well as other incidents around the US.

In late August, police investigated gunfire outside of a football game in Ravenna in Portage County, where six to eight rounds were fired, leading to the evacuation of the stadium.

In Summit County this week, a gun was found ins

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