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The Daily Egyptian

Jaycee Davison, 19, laughs with her daughter Zara Feb. 7, 2025 at Herrin City Park in Herrin, Illinois. Davison, pregnant with her second child, was prepared to give birth at the end of February the same way she delivered her first -- in Carbondale with Heartland Women's Healthcare. Following the withdrawal of Heartland's labor and delivery services from SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, she had to find a new plan with her due date just weeks away. Lylee Gibbs | @lyleegibbsphoto

Expectant parents left scrambling after Heartland Women’s Healthcare leaves SIH 

By Enan Chediak and Lylee Gibbs  February 11, 2025

Just weeks away from the birth of her second child, 19-year-old Jaycee Davison was set to deliver her second baby the way she did her first – in Carbondale with Heartland Women’s Healthcare. She received...

Ty Lunn and other students practice their routine for ‘Phoenix’ Jan. 28, 2025 at Furr Auditorium in Carbondale, Illinois.

SIU Theatre and Dance honors Black lives through performance

By Lylee Gibbs and Enan Chediak February 4, 2025

Late in the evening on the stage of Furr Auditorium, eight students and Darryl Clark move through choreography, Clark guiding his Theater and Dance students through the steps of an up and coming dance...

Head Coach Sewell talks with SIU softball during practice as they prepare for the spring season Jan. 31, 2025 at Charlotte West Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

‘It’s as good as it’s ever been:’ SIU softball expecting to pick up where they left off

By Ryan Grieser, Sports Consultant February 4, 2025

Despite a big turning over of the roster, head Saluki softball coach Jen Sewell thinks the team will be just as dominant as ever.    “I think we got what we needed and we filled the holes...

Saluki baseball huddle together during a practice Jan. 24, 2025 at Itchy Jones Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

Saluki baseball has high expectations for the 2025 season

By Nick Pfannkuche, Sports Reporter February 4, 2025

Saluki baseball is right around the corner, with only a week and a half until the first series in Edinburg, Texas against the Vaqueros of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) .   After...

Forest Palis stands for a portrait Jan. 31, 2025 at the Island Escape room in Carbondale, Illinois.

From the house to The Island: New escape room captures Carbondale’s attention

By Peyton Cook and Dominique Martinez-Powell February 4, 2025

About a year ago, Forrest Palis, owner of the new downtown Carbondale Island Escape, made an escape room for his little cousins. They enjoyed the escape room so much that he decided to start building the...

Justin Sexton, Refuge Manager of Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge and Cyprus Creek National Refuge, poses for a portrait in front of Crab Orchard Lake Jan. 24, 2025 at the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Marion, IL.

Federal agency drains Little Grassy Lake to repair 81-year-old dam

By Enan Chediak, Photo Editor January 28, 2025

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is draining Little Grassy Lake to conduct studies and repair its infrastructure, as the result of “massive flooding, erosion and deterioration due to climate change,”...

Alexa Donaphin stands among the crowd as everyone settles in for the rally Jan. 20, 2025 at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. Donaphin grew up in Washington, D.C. and is a Howard graduate. “I feel like we have to do something,” she said. “We have to be in action. I protested in 2017 when Donald Trump was elected. I came for the Women’s March, in fact, I marched in New York just this past Saturday and I am down here today.”

‘We have to be in action’: Martin Luther King Jr. supporters rally in capital as holiday overlaps with Inauguration Day

By Carly Gist, Dominique Martinez-Powell, and Will Elliott January 20, 2025

With a day off of work, Ossie Williams traveled 20-plus hours from Texas to Washington, D.C. While thousands of Americans gathered at the Capital One Arena for the second inauguration of President Donald...

David Kreutz looks out on the line of Trump supporters that wind down the street, all waiting to get into Capital One Arena early in the morning Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C., to view the swearing-in ceremony from a livestream after frigid temperatures moved the ceremony indoors. Kreutz, wearing a large Donald Trump-themed cowboy hat and flag, took the first train out at 5 a.m. to get to the arena in hopes to get indoors as he did the day prior for the Make America Great Again Victory Rally.

Inauguration attendees walk the red, white and blue carpet

January 20, 2025

The bitter cold that moved the inauguration events for Donald Trump’s second term indoors didn't stop those attending from wearing creative-themed apparel like gold chains, red hats and bursts of red...

A protester holds a Palestinian flag in front of the We Fight Back protesters’ march Jan. 20, 2025 that went from the Meridian Hill Park down 16th Street to DuPont Circle Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

We Fight Back protests Trump agenda with march in Washington D.C.

By Enan Chediak and Lylee Gibbs January 20, 2025

“Down! Down with occupation! Up! Up with liberation!” and chants alike were shouted by protestors as they marched down 16th Street during the We Fight Back protest Jan. 20, 2025 that went from Meridian...

Trump supporters wait in frigid weather and move through the line to enter Capital One Arena where a live stream of the swearing-in ceremony was shown Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Trump supporters endure cold weather conditions: thousands turned away from arena

By Enan Chediak and Lylee Gibbs January 20, 2025

Thousands of supporters for Donald Trump came to the Capital One Arena in hopes of finding a seat to watch the live viewing of the swearing-in ceremony on Inauguration Day Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington,...

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