Former Cheltenham football coaches charged in hazing investigation will go to trial
Cheltenham High School cancelled the varsity and junior varsity football programs for 2026.
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Cheltenham High School cancelled the varsity and junior varsity football programs for 2026.
Cheltenham School District has tapped Chris McGinley as its next superintendent.
The superintendent of the Cheltenham School District resigned after 10 people were charged in a massive hazing investigation into the high school's football program.
A Pennsylvania lawmaker said requiring coaches and teachers to report hazing could help protect children.
State Sen. Art Haywood said he plans to push the Pennsylvania legislature to strengthen the mandatory reporting law after a grand jury investigation found a 15-year-old Cheltenham High School football player was assaulted twice in the locker room. Four coaches are accused of covering up the attacks.
Cheltenham High School canceled the 2026 football season due to the hazing investigation involving multiple students and coaches.
Four former football coaches and six students are facing charges after a 15-year-old student says other players assaulted him twice in the locker room, the Montgomery County district attorney said. The coaches allegedly tried to cover up the attacks to save the season, the DA said.
A former Bucknell University coach has been charged in the death of a freshman football player who collapsed during practice and died in 2024.
In a message Thursday, Cheltenham School District Supt. Brian Scriven said about 19 students witnessed the Sept. 3, 2025, assault and made no attempts to stop it.
A hazing investigation into Cheltenham High School's football team found a student was assaulted in a locker room while other teammates watched and recorded it, according to district leaders. Brandon Goldner reports.
The Cheltenham High School football team's season has been canceled following hazing allegations, the Cheltenham School District wrote in a letter to the school community Sunday.
Cheltenham High School's football season is on hold as the district investigates allegations of hazing within the program.
Both men served in leadership roles while in the fraternity.
Fitzgerald, once a star linebacker for the Northwestern Wildcats, had led the team for 17 seasons.
A college student from Philadelphia says she's the victim of sorority hazing at the University of Pittsburgh.
Eight more members of a Penn State University fraternity are free on bail to await trial on charges that stem from the death of a pledge after an alcohol-fueled hazing ritual.
The Chester County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday that three Conestoga High School football players admitted to harassing their teammate in a hazing incident.
The sponsor of the bill now signed into law, Harrisburg area House Republican Ron Marsico, says hazing is not just a frat house phenomenon.
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan confirms that football coaches at Conestoga High School were oblivious to hazing going on inside the team's locker room.
The Conestoga High School community is reacting tonight after the bombshell that dropped regarding hazing allegations involving their football team.
DA Hogan calls this a simple case of ignorance, violence and what he calls a shocking lack of supervision.
Five members of a fraternity, including the organization's former national president, have been charged in the death of a freshman from New York City's Baruch College during a hazing ritual in northeastern Pennsylvania.
A former member of the St. Joe's University softball team says she was subjected to sexually charged hazing.
The fraternity's national leadership said Friday chapter's interim suspension will remain in effect until the end of the month.
A prosecutor in the Philadelphia suburbs says authorities do not plan to file criminal charges in a high school football hazing case that led to the cancellation of the team's season.
