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The fire that occurred on Monday at Pine Manor Estate burnt most of the building’s roof. Inspectors evaluated the damage on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 in Carbondale, IL.

Owners of Pine Manor assess damages to family mansion

By Bethany Rentfro, Staff Reporter
October 25, 2019
At Southern Illinois University, Altgeld Hall is the oldest occupied structure on campus. Back when SIU was “Southern Illinois Normal University”, Altgeld Hall was one of the original buildings. Built in 1896, the hall is now the school for music students.

A look inside the oldest buildings on campus

By Tahereh Rahimi, Staff Reporter
August 15, 2019
A U.S. Navy photograph shows the suffering and ruins that resulted from atom bomb blast in Hiroshima, Japan, in August 1945. (National Archives/MCT)

Zombies, climate change, nuclear war: What to pack when the world ends

By Kallie Cox, Staff Reporter
April 30, 2019
Kevin Wheetley, owner of The Wheetley Company, operates a track hoe on Feb. 21, 2019. Wheetley removes the remains of an apartment building that burnt down in November 2018.

Historic Carbondale building destroyed by fire demolished

By Brandi Courtois, Staff Reporter
February 22, 2019
Daily Egyptian staff photographers, from left: (top row) Joey Sears, Carson VanBuskirk, Mary Barnhart, Chase Jordan. From left: (bottom row) Isabel Miller, Corrin Hunt, Nick Knappenburger, Allie Tiller.

Semester in Photos: Fall 2018

By Photography Staff
December 13, 2018
Firefighters extinguishing fire on the corner of Poplar and Route 13, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. The Fire Department has not yet released a statement. The house was built in 1881. (Isabel Miller | @IsabelMillerDE)

Carbondale building built in 1881 destroyed in fire

By Brandi Courtois, Managing Editor
November 13, 2018
Two firemen talk while bringing equipment out of the building, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, after a kitchen fire at Quadrangles Apartments in Carbondale. (Nick Knappenburger | @DeKnappenburger)

Photo of the day: If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen

By Nick Knappenburger, Staff Photographer
October 10, 2018
Emmalie Hall-Skank, a junior from Streamwood studying interior design, lights a candle at the ancestral altar Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, during the Southern Illinois Pagan Alliances Samhain celebration at Crab Orchard Campground. (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)

Southern Illinois Pagan Alliance to hold first public ritual of 2018

By Amelia Blakely , Campus Editor
February 1, 2018
Daily Egyptian file photo

University to remember students lost in apartment blaze 25 years ago

By Amelia Blakely
December 5, 2017
(Provided by Carbondale police)

Arsonist sought for January fire

By Daily Egyptian staff
March 7, 2017
Photo of the Day: Winter burn

Photo of the Day: Winter burn

By Anna Spoerre
February 28, 2017
John Kenny, a senior from Aurora studying political science, stands outside his former home for one of the last times Feb. 23 before Dustin Wheetley, of Wheetley Construction, returns to continue tearing down the burnt Carbondale building. A structure fire engulfed the house on Nov. 23 and killed Kenny’s 20-year-old roommate, Alex Kierstead. “I can remember us all sitting in [that living room] not too long ago,” Kenny said. “I want to say that coming here to see [the house] is kind of a bit of closure, but it’s not really. It’s still an open wound. … A part of me wants to say good riddance to it all, but a part of me is just kind of numb. It’s almost better that way.”

Photo of the Day: ‘Still an open wound’

By Morgan Timms
February 23, 2017
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