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Carbondale police searching for armed robber

By Luke Nozicka, @lukenozicka May 12, 2015

Carbondale police responded to an armed robbery about 7:30 p.m. Monday at Walgreens on West Main Street in Carbondale.The suspect, armed with a handgun, "entered the business and demanded property before...

SIU police identify two involved in Neely Hall battery

By Luke Nozicka, @lukenozicka May 12, 2015

The Department of Public Safety has identified two of three suspects they say battered a female Friday in her dorm room at Neely Hall."One of the females was a student and the other is not affiliated with...

New student trustee adapts and advances

By Evan Jones, @EvanJones_DE May 11, 2015

The Carbondale campus' newly elected student representative on the SIU Board of Trustees is making the most of his time at SIU.Allen Shelton, a junior from Chicago Heights studying speech communication,...

Victim battered Saturday treated for minor injuries

By Luke Nozicka, @lukenozicka May 11, 2015

The Carbondale Police Department responded to a report of an armed robbery Saturday in the alley between East Jackson Street and East Oak Street, according to a Carbondale police press release."Officers...

Carbondale police arrest man in Sunday shooting, bond set at $1M

Carbondale police arrest man in Sunday shooting, bond set at $1M

By Luke Nozicka, @lukenozicka May 11, 2015

The Carbondale Police Department arrested a man they say is the suspect of a Sunday shooting that left a victim with life threatening injuries.A $1 million bond has been set for Quentin M. Bailey, 21,...

Female battered in Neely Hall

By Luke Nozicka, @lukenozicka May 10, 2015

A female reported she was battered by three people on Friday evening in her room in Neely Hall, according to an SIU Alert sent Saturday. The victim, whose cell phone was taken during the incident, received...

Vigil held for Pravin Varughese in Chicago

Vigil held for Pravin Varughese in Chicago

By Austin Miller, @AMiller_DE May 10, 2015

Some 100 people took to Daley Plaza in Chicago to remember the life of Pravin Varughese on Saturday.Present at the vigil was Lovely Varughese, mother of Pravin, the SIU student who was found dead in the...

Charges dismissed in Molly Young case, father still left in the dark

Charges dismissed in Molly Young case, father still left in the dark

By Sam Beard, @SamBeard_DE May 10, 2015

The $1 million wrongful death lawsuit against Richie Minton, filed by the attorney of the late Molly Young's family, was dismissed Friday.Jackson County Circuit Judge W. Charles Grace dismissed the civil...

Liberia declared free of Ebola, but authorities remain cautious

Liberia declared free of Ebola, but authorities remain cautious

By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times May 10, 2015

Slightly more than 13 months since Liberia's first case of Ebola, the West African nation Saturday was declared free of the deadly disease, 42 days after the burial of the last victim on March 28.In the...

Fourth chancellor candidate: Work at Texas Tech supports SIU priorities

Fourth chancellor candidate: Work at Texas Tech supports SIU priorities

By Luke Nozicka, @lukenozicka May 7, 2015

When Lawrence Schovanec, one of four people who want to be the campus' incoming chancellor, spoke at his open forum interview Thursday, he boasted of enrollment increases at his university, saying strategies...

Smoking ban effective July 1

By Shawn Bowen, @ShawnBowen_DE May 7, 2015

The freedom to smoke on campus soon will be snuffed out.On July 1, Carbondale’s campus will join all Illinois public universities in going smoke-free. The statewide ban is the result of former Gov. Pat...

Rally against budget cuts reveals resistance

Rally against budget cuts reveals resistance

By Sam Beard, @SamBeard_DE May 6, 2015

The sun beat down on more than 240 people at the Rally Against Bruce Rauner’s Budget Cuts at noon Wednesday in front of Morris Library.At a town hall meeting the morning before the protest, SIU President...

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