Teens try to escape the haunted GR library

A late-night exploration through the haunted library gets serious when the explorers are trapped in a puzzle-filled room.

Teens had a chance to take on the Haunted Library Escape Room Thursday night at the Sweetwater County Library. Escape rooms are popular mind games tasking a group of people to figure out how to escape a room filled with logic puzzles within a set time limit.

Youth Services Librarian Stacey Palmer said she worked on the puzzles for about a month on and off; and had other librarians work through the room before setting it up for the teens. After the test run, she decided...