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(Newberry County) -- Sheriff Lee Foster with the Newberry County Sheriff's Department says a fire destroyed a fraternity house on Beth Eden Road in rural Newberry County.



Foster says the house was used by Newberry College's Kappa Alpha fraternity as a place to socialize. Investigators say members of the fraternity were at the house this weekend, but no one was there when the fire started.



Foster said no one was injured, and no one lived in the house.

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COLUMBIA — An MU junior was arrested on suspicion of felony stealing, second-degree burglary and driving while intoxicated after a fraternity prank went bad, police said.

Columbia police say Trell Thomas Edington, 21, was one member from the MU chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity, 1301 University Ave., that burglarized the Beta Sigma Psi fraternity house, 206 S. College Ave., at 3:07 a.m. Monday.

A Beta Sigma Psi banner, neon signs and a wooden alumni paddle were among the stolen items.

it's a shame they have fallen victim to the "business end" of fraternity operations. It's supposed to be a brotherhood, not a business.

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Kappa Alpha chapter closed

National fraternity revokes charter due to declining membership

Jason Buffenmyer returned to campus in the middle of July ready to start a new school year.

The president of Kappa Alpha Order knew his 11 fraternity brothers were excited about their rush plan. The group had worked hard thinking of ways to increase membership. It's a plan they'll never get to use.

"It was my first day back here in the city and to come back and find out 'hey, your house is being closed down' - nobody really saw it coming," the business administration senior said.

The National Administrative Office of the Kappa Alpha Order announced in July they were closing the OCU chapter. The decision ended a more than decade long struggle to increase membership in the small chapter and left the residents of the house scrambling to find housing before school began.

"We've known for years the minimum requirement is so many people," Buffenmyer said.