Students disperse Friday after taking a group photo on the field during the Southern Social at Saluki Stadium. During the New Student Convocation ceremony, Chancellor Rita Cheng welcomed the group of...

 Certified first responder Tyler Metroff a senior from Mapleton studying exercise science tends to John Karayanis’ injuries Tuesday on Chautauqua Street after he fell from his vehicle. Karayanis, of...

 Samantha Henry, 7, left, and Sophia Bryan, 6, play a game of war Tuesday at Turley Park in Carbondale during their last week at the Kid’s Korner summer program. Kid’s Korner begins its after-school...

 Kevin Carney, left, a 2013 graduate from Homewood, and Aron Roberts, a junior from Homewood studying hospitality and tourism administration, play foosball Monday at Hangar 9 during Open Mic Night. Many...

 Trevor Timm, left, a senior from Mt. Carroll studying microbiology, and Jessica Fort, a graduate student in wildlife conservation from North Carolina, scale the climbing wall July 24 at the Recreation...

 An unloaded .45-caliber handgun sits on a table at the Williamson County Gun Club in Carterville. The new Illinois concealed carry law requires 16 hours of training for permit seekers. The training includes...

Educational summer camps at Southern Illinois University are bringing kids together to use building blocks outside of playtime.The engineering and robotics LEGO camps, organized by architecture professor...

Players pick-up for fitnessJackson Bates, left, of Carbondale, and Tony Headrick, a junior from Carbondale studying speech communication and public relations, play a pick-up game of basketball Wednesday...

A fisherman casts into Campus Lake near Thompson Point Tuesday in Carbondale. Many runners and joggers were taking advantage of the cooler temperature brought on by the rainstorm. Weather.com predicts...