Centralia, Illinois, is a 12,000-person town roughly an hour north of Carbondale. Among its claims to fame are its high school basketball team, which is the winningest program in America. But soon, it...
A city councilman, manager of various Krogers, a mayoral candidate and a father are just a few things Steven Haynes was in the Carbondale community.
Steven Haynes died of a combination of illnesses...
By Jamilah Lewis, Staff Reporter
• September 22, 2022
Halbert Katzen is a familiar sight around the SIU campus, recognizable for the giant horn he walks around holding, and occasionally blowing.
“I have the wonderful experience of getting to know a...
Amtrak released a press statement September 14, announcing a cancellation of intercity passenger transport services out of Carbondale and surrounding areas in preparation for a likely rail worker strike...
Working out and reaching your fitness goals can sometimes feel like you are the metaphorical hamster running on the endless spinning wheel, or, even better, you are trying to free yourself from an inescapable...
It is easy to note someone has a disability when they are in a wheelchair, are wearing easily visible hearing aids or their arm is in a sling. Invisible disabilities are not so evident and thus more problematic...
Black History Month is a time when people reflect on all the accomplishments Black Americans have made throughout history. One part of this history is recognizing the accomplishments of Black athletes...
Driving south on U.S. Highway 45 over the hill into Mayfield, Kentucky, the town appears to have collapsed in on itself into a pile of wood, bricks and metal scraps in the aftermath of the Dec. 10 tornado.
Downed...
In the cold and miserable rain, Mickey Fowler worked tirelessly out of his restaurant, which had been torn apart by tornado damage, to feed the volunteers coming to Mayfield’s aid.
“I had a lot...
Chris Bishop
Chris Bishop is a senior at SIU and the multimedia editor of the Daily Egyptian. He is in the cinema department and is graduating in December 2021. He is originally from St. Louis...
Scott Thorne has a PhD in business administration, but if you were to spend your Friday and Saturday nights in October with him, you would think his doctorate was in the paranormal.
“I’ve had an interest in ghosts for a number of years,” Thorne said.
It’s not just an interest of his, but of the many people that join him on his Haunted Carbondale walking tour, where Thorne shows off many places around Carbondale that are rumored to be haunted.
“Especially this time of the year we get a lot more interest, people showing up wanting to have a walking tour,” Thorne said. “But you have to be interested in them, and if you get an interest in them, then you hear the stories.”
At the height of the era that promoted peace, love, sex and drugs in the 70s; in the midst of the effects of the draft and Vietnam War on the American people, John T. Soden was an SIU student looking to...
