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Editor’s note: This story contains sensitive information and mention of suicide. If you are struggling with your mental health, please contact the WKU Counseling Center at 270-745-3159. If you are having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include only essential...

Tom Epply passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Herald Bulletin on 2024-02-07.

On Monday, Jan. 29, the annual rendition of Greek Awards took place at the Memorial Union Ballroom in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Both UND President, Andrew Armacost, and UND Vice President for Student Affairs, Art Malloy, were in attendance Monday night amongst the Greek Chapters for Greek Awards.  Greek Awards is a special event in...

Editor’s note: This story will be updated as more information becomes available. The WKU Police Department opened an investigation at the WKU Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house today. Multiple police cars, an ambulance and a coroner’s vehicle were seen outside the house at approximately 12:30 p.m., with caution tape blocking off the driveway and parking...

Chi Alpha Campus Ministries and Mountain Valley Fellowship in College Station are being sued for over $1 million for allegedly allowing the sexual assault of a minor to take place

A College Station father is suing several ministry groups and a prominent fraternity, accusing them of allowing the sexual abuse of his then 13-year-old son.

Content warning: This article contains graphic details regarding sexual assault, sexual abuse of minors, and should be read with discretion. Chi Alpha World Fellowship is an organization focused on bringing “students together into a spiritually nurturing environment.” It was founded in 2016, and its associated church, Mountain Valley Fellowship, was founded in March 2017 by...

The lawsuit filed by the teen’s dad says these groups allowed a convicted sex offender to work with minors.

Some seven months after Daniel Savala, an itinerant minister and convicted sex offender  with ties to the Chi Alpha Campus Ministries sponsored by the Assemblies of God, was arrested for sexually abusing two boys, a Texas father has filed a lawsuit accusing the nation’s largest Pentecostal denomination of negligence that allowed his 13-year-old son to be abused by multiple men.

The suit names five others who are alleged to have participated in or known about abuse by Savala and others within Chi Alpha and Mountain Valley Fellowship.