Wheaton College

A person with an ax caused a brief lockdown at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. The “all clear” came about 20 minutes after an initial warning to students and staff to lock themselves indoors after an individual was spotted on campus with an ax. That person ended up being a Wheaton student, who was carrying the ax to his apartment,…

Alex Chu has a big problem he just can’t seem to wrap his head around. “There are reasons to be on the sideline, I just happen to have a big head,” Chu said.

The mother of a Massachusetts college student charged with setting fires in her dormitory says she was hospitalized for an emergency psychiatric evaluation before her arrest. The Sun Chronicle reports that Jane Troncoso testified Tuesday during a dangerousness hearing for her 22-year-old daughter, Janelys Pimentel.

Alex Chu has a big problem he just can’t seem to wrap his head around. “There are reasons to be on the sideline, I just happen to have a big head,” Chu said.

A Massachusetts college student charged with setting a series of fires in her dormitory has been found competent to stand trial. The Sun Chronicle reports that 22-year-old Janelys Pimentel, of Boston, remained jailed without bail after a hearing Monday.

Prosecutors say a student started fires in a dormitory and was caught on camera.

A student is facing a number of charges in connection with arson at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts. Police said Janelys Pimentel was arrested Thursday on two counts of arson, four counts of wantonly injuring real and personal property, and six counts of vandalism in connection with numerous incidents that took place Thursday as well as in December and November.

Authorities say fires were intentionally set in two bathrooms at a Wheaton College residence hall in Massachusetts, prompting the evacuation of about 100 students.

Police in Franklin, Massachusetts, say vandals did not destroy an art installation that had ties to a historic moment for the town, and that the removal of the art was a misunderstanding.

Police in Franklin, Massachusetts, are searching for the vandals who destroyed an art installation that had ties to a historic moment for the town.

A student on the women’s soccer team at Wheaton College wore blackface in her Halloween costume, prompting an outcry on campus.

The women’s soccer team at Wheaton College in Massachusetts has been banned from taking part in a tournament after a team member darkened her skin for a Halloween costume.

The women’s soccer team at a Massachusetts college has been banned from an upcoming tournament after a team member attended an on-campus Halloween party with darkened skin to portray a character from the movie “White Chicks.”

A national meeting of Southern Baptists will consider condemning the political movement known as the “alt-right” amid an uproar over the denomination’s commitment to confronting prejudice. Leaders of the faith group initially refused to take up a proposal that they repudiate the political group that emerged dramatically during the U.S. presidential election, mixing racism, white nationalism and populism. Barrett Duke,...

An investigation has determined that a suburban Chicago college student was not paying attention to the hammer throw at a track and field meet last month when he was struck and killed by an errant throw.

Wheaton College is in mourning after a student was killed in a tragic accident at a track and field competition on Saturday.

Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, is making its campus restrooms gender neutral, a subject that has become sensitive nationwide.