Marion Mitchell, of Carbondale, poses for a portrait inside his workshop Wednesday after restoring his second horse tricycle. The retired teacher, who considers himself a local expert on antique toys,...

Irma Tomas prepares food at Doña Camila, a local restaurant and grocery store, Wednesday in Carbondale. “I started as a dishwasher,” Tomas said. “But I made my way up to head cook.” Tomas,...

A white-tailed deer bows its head to graze at dusk Monday in Oakland Cemetery on North Oakland Avenue in Carbondale. Oakland Cemetery is one of two municipal cemeteries in Carbondale, the other being...

Yilin Yin, 6, practices playing the piano Wednesday in the Student Center. Yin said she was practicing after her lesson earlier in the day. She and her mother were waiting for her father, Xunwu Yin,...

Louis Butcher, of Carbondale Public Works, works at trimming trees Wednesday on West Walnut Street in Carbondale. “There is no typical day [on the job],” Butcher said. “One minute we could be...

Savannah Pitts, a junior studying animal science with a specialization in equine science, leads Rolo, a foal owned by the university, from the barn to the pastures after an early morning feeding Tuesday...

Kaitlyn Byrne, of Senatobia, Miss., and Keegan Reid, a second year law student from Ocean Springs, Miss., relax in a hammock Sunday on an unusually warm winter's afternoon at Crab Orchard Lake. Byrn...

Rudy Larocca, originally of Du Quoin, places a chip during a blackout game of bingo, which she later won, on Thursday at Prairie Living at Chautauqua in Carbondale. “It was nice [to win the blackout...

Charmonique Rogers, a senior from Chicago studying psychology and Aesha Mathis, a senior from Chicago studying radio, television and digital media, make “The Door” hand sign representing Delta Phi...

Counterclockwise from left: Good Samaritan Ministries Executive Director Mike Heath supervises Aniyah Miller, 10; Carissa Bennett, 10; Jaden Garnette-Love, 10; Darren Johnson, 10, all of Carbondale;...

Frank Weber waves to a customer from inside the Haute Wheels food truck Wednesday on The Strip in Carbondale. “The cold has kept some people from coming out," he said. "But we’re here every Wednesday.” Weber,...

Riley Riggs, a freshman from Fox Lake studying exercise science, studies for her psychology 102 final Tuesday on the third floor of Morris Library. "I only have one final a day this week so it hasn't...