Matt Hahn, a forestry student involved with Saluki Fire Dawgs, helps other students execute a controlled burn on Thursday at Drapers Bluff, a rural area in Lick Creek, under the supervision of forestry...

Grant Edwards, a freshman from Bloomington studying computer engineering, examines cards from one of his decks Sunday as he explains to Jake Jacobs, of Herrin, strategies behind the card game Magic: The...

Mike Notaro, of Mike & Joe, plays a set with the band Friday at Copper Dragon in Carbondale. The Chicago-based cover band is on tour throughout Illinois, playing in different cities every weekend...

John Kenny, a senior from Aurora studying political science, stands outside his former home for one of the last times Thursday before Dustin Wheetley, of Wheetley Construction, returns to continue tearing...

Chris Lampley, of Benton, right, laughs with Sandra Roye, of Paducah, Kentucky, on Sunday during a Splash & Dash Paint Party hosted by Lisa Hicks, of Jonesboro, at StarView Vineyards in Cobden. It...

Carbondale firefighters respond to a vehicle fire Monday in the parking lot of the Senator Paul Simon Federal Building. Crews responded about 6:35 p.m. to what Assistant Fire Chief Mike Hertz described...

Charlie Scott, a second year graduate student from West Virginia studying art, dumps a bucket of iron into a furnace on Saturday at the SIU Foundry. Scott helped run the sculpture program’s annual...

Robin Russell sips a chai latte while reading the novel "In Country" by Bobbie Ann Mason on Thursday at Longbranch Cafe and Bakery. “I love coming here," she said. "It just feels like being in my...

Barbara Cosgrove, of Murphysboro, brushes hair away from the face of George McNeal, of Murphysboro, as he tries on a cloak made from the wool of a musk ox Wednesday at George's Resale and Antiques, the...

CJ Bathiany, a senior from Fort Thomas, Kentucky, practices variations of jazz and ballet Thursday at a studio in Altgeld Hall on SIU’s campus alonside his instructor, Katelin Coursey, a senior from...

Skip Starkey, Joe Roach, Eddie Gaines, Ashton Brewer and Wayne Summers race radio controlled cars Saturday at the Alpha RC Raceways in Carbondale. The track is home to a group of radio-controlled car...

Bobby Wood, a senior from St. Louis studying aviation management, attempts to slide on his stomach through a tunnel created by the rest of the Saluki Swimming and Diving team Saturday during a ceremony...