A normal Friday in August 2014 turned out to be life-changing for now-senior journalism major Amber Murphy. She noticed a mosquito bite on her right breast. She found the bump to be annoying and awkward until she reached down to scratch it, and noticed an abnormal lump underneath. She knew something wasn’t...
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The University Police Department arrested five students on charges of assault, hazing and larceny Friday in connection with the assault of a Sigma Pi fraternity member. One misdemeanor is for hazing, for which the University has a zero tolerance policy. Tucker Cole Steil, a general studies major and Pi Kappa Alpha, was arrested on a felony-level charge of assault. James...
A fire broke out near a home Friday afternoon in Lafayette County at the intersection of Old Taylor Road and County Road 323. Officials are unsure how the blaze began, but were able to localize the start of the fire to the woods very close to the home. According to Raleigh Sprouse, training officer for the Lafayette County fire station, it was the fourth fire put out in...
