SIU held Western Kentucky University's top scorer to only five points Saturday, but the Hilltoppers' unlikely leading scorer led the team to victory.Hilltopper guard Brandon Harris averaged 4.8 points...

The Saluki track and field team began its season with the Saluki Fast Start meet and swept both the high jump and pole vault events Saturday at the Student Recreation Center.The team claimed a total of...

Winter began earlier than usual at SIU, as campus closed Friday morning due to hazardous weather conditions.With finals week beginning Monday, University spokesperson Rae Goldsmith said she recommends...

Christmas came early to 10-year-old Nina Crane and 14 other children who live with their parents on campus.The third annual Shop with a Cop event took place Tuesday, allowing children to buy gifts for...

As an older sibling who was raised in a sports family, Aline Opala has traveled around the world and has landed a position as the SIU tennis graduate assistant.Opala has entered her first year as an assistant...

Karen Jensen, general manager at Indian Creek Kennel, plays with rescue dogs Monday in the dog’s play area. Indian Creek Kennel provides boarding, doggie daycare, grooming and sells all natural food...

Samuel Elmore, 3, left, and Isaiah Elmore, 4, both of Carbondale, play on a display train car Monday after watching the Amtrak pass by behind the Carbondale Railroad Museum on South Illinois Avenue. The...

It is never easy to figure out which Saluki team will show up.The first two games of the season for SIU were losses, but they were not bad games. The team showed fight and potential that gave fans hope...

Mike Maxwell, a senior from East Moline studying radio and television, left and Sarah Maher, a junior from Peoria studying radio and television, helps with a food drive Monday outside the Student Center....

Editor’s note: The university received threats of mass targeted violence during the fall semester of 2012, and the Springfield FBI took matters into its own hands to investigate. Officials asked the...

Volunteers search through debris of a destroyed home Saturday in Washington. An EF4 tornado blew through Washington on Nov. 17, taking the lives of seven people and damaging more than 2,400 homes in the...

Megan Young, of Benton, fills a box of a dozen donuts Saturday at Dixie Cream Donuts in West Frankfort. Supervisor Laura Dunning said the donut shop makes up to 750 donuts each night for the next day....