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SIU chancellor, Austin Lane, poses for a portrait in his office on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 in Anthony Hall at SIU.

Hope for SIU’s future: Chancellor Lane looks beyond COVID-19

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
April 21, 2021
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker takes questions from the media on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 at the School of Mass Communication and Media Arts at SIU.

125 Illinois National Guard members activated, protests expected to continue in Chicago

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
April 20, 2021
Corina Lang holds a sign in protest during the Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois’ community rally for peace and justice on Saturday, April 3, 2021, on the corner of Main Street in Carbondale, Ill. “ We support our country and dont want young people to be in unnecessary wars,” Lang said.

Carbondale community rallies for peace and justice, repeals AUMF

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
April 3, 2021
Protestors march on East College St. through downtown back to the Carbondale Pavilion on Saturday, March 13, 2021 in Carbondale Ill.

A year later, southern Illinois remembers Breonna Taylor

By Keaton Yates, Jamilah Lewis, George Wiebe, Staff Reporter
March 13, 2021
Sunrise over the new alumni statue in front of Pullium on the SIU Carbondale campus Tuesday, August 18, 2020. Nicole Tillberg | @nicoltillberg315

SIU’s Faculty Senate Budget Committee addresses budget equity, disparities

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
February 26, 2021
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Samaritan Saturday: Carbondale residents offer free road assistance amidst winter storm 

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
February 20, 2021
Two SIU students, Marc Avery and Austin Kinsler, have a snowball fight Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, in Carbondale, Ill.

Pritzker issues disaster proclamation, addresses potential power outages

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
February 16, 2021
SIU alumni Joe Crevantez is currently running for the position of Jackson County States Attorney. Cervantez is a practicing Attorney/Partner at Tetzlaff, Cervantez & Associates, P.C in Marion, Illinois. Joe Cervantez poses for a portrait that was provided by the Joe Cervantez campaign on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020.

State’s Attorney and Chief of Police discuss improving Carbondale

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
January 29, 2021
Joe Biden is sworn in as U.S. president during his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/TNS)

‘Democracy has prevailed’: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris sworn in

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
January 20, 2021
States Attorney Joe Cervantez, is sworn in by presiding judge Christy Solverson, while Cervantezs sons Cason, 7, and Canon, 10, stand by during the ceremony at Jackson County Courthouse in Murphysboro, Ill. Dec. 1, 2020.

Joe Cervantez sworn in as Jackson County’s State’s Attorney

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
December 1, 2020
SIU alumni Joe Cervantez, Jackson County States Attorney candidate, marches with protesters and later gave a speech about how has has dealt with systematic racism first hand as a defense attorney during the March on Washington event that was put on by four different local organizations on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020 in Carbondale, IL.

Joe Cervantez ahead in state’s attorney race, Alex Crawshaw takes lead in coroner’s race

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
November 4, 2020
Polling stations across Illinois continue to keep their doors open for the Presidential Primary Election despite the growing concerns of the spread of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2020 at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, IL.

State’s attorney and coroner’s races could impact future of Molly Young case

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
October 21, 2020
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