Gallery: Barbecue competition gets in Murphysboro’s grill
By Isabel Miller, Photo and Multimedia Editor
September 21, 2019
It was the 32 annual "Praise the Lard" barbecue competition in Murphysboro on Saturday.
Photo of the day: Crab Orchard clean-up
By Carson VanBuskirk, Staff Photographer
September 21, 2019
Community members came together to participate in the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Cleanup in Marion on Saturday.
Gallery: From bumper cars to bull riding, a day at the fair
August 18, 2019
August 10th marks Kids Day during the Springfield Illinois State Fair. Kids 12 and under got in free to the Illinois State Fair to enjoy programming aimed at educating and entertaining.
Photo of the day: Sweet tooth solo
By Carson VanBuskirk, Staff Photographer
July 18, 2019
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram played tonight's Sunset Concert at Turley Park. Ingram is an American blues guitarist and singer from Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Photo of the day: You heard me right; school’s around the corner
July 16, 2019
Over 100 children were given physicals, vision screenings or immunizations. Shawnee Health Care will be having another back-to-school exam service on Thursday in Marion. Christopher, of Marion, hopes that the turn out today will prompt more back-to-school events with Shawnee.
Gallery: LEGO camp inspires children to build
By Isabel Miller, Photography and Multimedia Editor
July 9, 2019
During the five day LEGO camp children will complete projects that explore energy supply, transfer, accumulation, conversation and consumption. Instructor Nicholas Lach has been working at the LEGO camps for almost a decade. He enjoyed instructing the camps so much he changed his career to teaching. “It definitely challenges them in ways different than classrooms, they do have the interaction with other kids but they also learn how everyday machines work, how they’re built, how they're designed,” Lach said.
Fireworks on the fourth
July 5, 2019
Carbondale's Fourth of July celebration took place at the Banterra Center on SIU's campus.
Gallery: Governor Pritzker visits southern Illinois to promote Rebuild Illinois
By Isabel Miller, Photography and Multimedia Editor
July 2, 2019
Illinois Governor Pritzker visits southern Illinois promoting his Rebuild Illinois plan.
Gallery: Carbondale welcomes Indie rock Louisianais
By Jacob Lorenz, Staff Reporter
June 27, 2019
The third Sunset Concert of the summer featured an Indie rock band named Sweet Crude. The band is from New Orleans, LA
Gallery: Country in Carbondale
By Carson VanBuskirk, Staff Photographer
June 20, 2019
The second Sunset Concert of the summer featured alternative country band the Josephines. The band is from Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Gallery: Sunset Concerts starts with a bang
By Carson VanBuskirk, Staff Photographer
June 13, 2019
The first Sunset Concert of the Summer kicked off with a bang. Soul and rock singer Donovan Keith played on the steps of Shryock Auditorium for the Carbondale community.
Photo of the day: Castles and Dragons
June 2, 2019
9-year-old Naomi Neeley, five-year-old Samson Neeley and seven-year-old Ruth Neeley pet bearded dragon Gwen on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at Jeremy Rochman Memorial Park. The children are visiting from Indiana. "We usually take [Gwen] everywhere," Gwen's owner, Portia Dunn said.
