BLACKSBURG -- Kindergartners at the Blacksburg New School on Ramble Road were bickering and playing and learning as usual Tuesday afternoon, showing no visible evidence of the lockdown of their classroom Monday, followed by an evacuation.

It was about 8:45 a.m. Monday when teachers herded all the children into the hallway and locked windows and doors after police warned them that double murder suspect William Morva might have been spotted nearby, lead teacher T.J. Stone said Tuesday.

By noon, parents had collected their children, and teachers were en route to their homes. The kids "took it in stride" because they had been trained in what to do in case of an emergency, Stone said.

It was just one of many disruptions Monday.

Neighborhoods near the Huckleberry Trail, where Morva was captured Monday afternoon, had also been locked down or evacuated.

Blacksburg Transit changed bus routes, some town and county buildings were closed, some downtown businesses locked their doors, Virginia Tech called off classes and evacuated its staff, and town programs and meetings were canceled Monday because of the manhunt.

But most had reopened Tuesday, including the Blacksburg Public Library and the Montgomery County Courthouse in Christiansburg.

Morva, a 24-year-old semi-transient Blacksburg resident, is accused of killing a Montgomery County sheriff's deputy Monday and a hospital security guard early Sunday.

Morva was an inmate at the Montgomery County jail until he escaped police custody after being taken to Montgomery Regional Hospital for medical treatment. Police said Morva was hurt after falling from his bed at the jail.

An unidentified sheriff's deputy was also injured during Morva's escape.

On Tuesday, downtown Blacksburg was bustling with Tech students back for the fall semester.

Souvlaki restaurant on College Avenue served a standing-room-only lunch crowd, while Bollo's coffee shop and Gillie's restaurant -- two of Morva's hangouts that closed Monday partly because of fears they would become targets -- did brisk business.

And walkers, runners and bikers were back on the Huckleberry Trail.

Virginia Tech sophomore Emily Bollinger was riding her bike near the trail head Tuesday.

She had recently moved to an apartment adjacent to the trail, where she locked herself in on Monday. Earlier that day, she received an e-mail saying her classes at Tech had been canceled.

Police patrolled her apartment complex, Bollinger said, and while she felt safe there, she was scared enough "that I wouldn't have gone anywhere."

On Tuesday she said she was "very surprised" something like this would happen in Blacksburg.

While a crowd of people was enjoying music and free food and ice cream at a community celebration at the YMCA on North Main Street on Tuesday, they were still discussing the killings.

Mary Britt, who lives on Palmer Drive, said she felt a difference in Blacksburg, like the town really had lost a sense of innocence.

Mary Houska, who lives in the Toms Creek Basin, said she locked her doors Monday for a short time.

Town Manager Verniel said many Blacksburg police officers were "taking a well-earned break" Tuesday after organizing the manhunt.

He said "it was very impressive to see the level of cooperation" of more than a dozen local law enforcement agencies, federal agents and state police.

The heavily armed officers searched cars and frisked students at gunpoint looking for the fugitive.

On Tuesday, Verniel was preparing for a hiking trip with his young son Jake that had been postponed by Monday's manhunt.

"Dragons Tooth?" Jake inquired, looking up at his dad.

"Do you think we can get all the way up there and back before the [town council] meeting tonight?" Verniel said.

Jake thought they could.