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Gov. JB Pritzker gives a COVID-19 update in Murphysboro, Ill. Oct. 19. 2020 “If you are getting tired and you’ve let your guard down now is the time to pick it back up again,” Pritzker said. “Things are getting worse, now is the time to wear a mask wherever you go, get your flu shot, forgo unnecessary trips or gatherings and take extra care to stay six feet away from each other especially in public.” Pritzker announced stricter COVID-19 mitigations for region 5 at this update including the temporary closure of indoor dining and a ban on gatherings of 25 or more people.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker signs historical crime reform bill into law

By Jason Flynn, Staff Reporter
February 23, 2021
Carbondale police lend a hand by helping handout boxes of fresh fruits and vegetables on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, outside the Banterra Center at SIU.

Farmers to Families “shotgun approach” successful despite patchwork infrastructure

By Jason Flynn, Staff Reporter
February 21, 2021
People wait in line at the Pandemic Food Distribution event Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, at the SIU Banterra Center, in Carbondale, Ill. Volunteers help load boxes of food into the cars in line. The food comes from the USDA Farm Table program to help those affected by the pandemic.

USDA’s Farm to Table program hosts a Pandemic Relief Food Distribution

By Monica Sharma, Staff Photographer
October 26, 2020
Daily Egyptian file photo

State senators to answer student’s questions Thursday at open forum

By Athena Chrysanthou
April 18, 2017
Illinois Sen. Paul Schimpf, R-Waterloo, speaks with district resident and retired SIU professor Steven Kraft on Saturday, April 1, 2017, after a town hall meeting at Carbondale Township Hall. (Bill Lukitsch | @lukitsbill)

State senators address concerns of budget impasse at Carbondale town hall

By Bill Lukitsch
April 1, 2017
Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Chicago Tribune file photo)

Two freshman southern Illinois senators weigh bipartisan budget proposal

By Marnie Leonard
January 25, 2017
Then President-elect Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 during a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in their first public step toward a transition of power in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Election dissection: SIU experts weigh in on Trump, Republican state legislative wins

By Marnie Leonard
November 11, 2016
Gary Forby and Dale Fowler.

Illinois Sen. Gary Forby concedes to challenger Dale Fowler

By Daily Egyptian staff
November 8, 2016
Ida Evans holds the hand of her sister Teresa Collins during the four-year memorial of the Leap Day Tornado on Monday in Harrisburg. The tornado ripped through Harrisburg on Feb. 29, 2012, killing eight, including their 70-year-old father Donald Smith. “He was only conscious long enough to ask if my mom was OK,” Evans said. (Luke Nozicka | Daily Egyptian)

Harrisburg residents remember 2012 tornado disaster

By Bill Lukitsch, @Bill_LukitschDE
February 29, 2016
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