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The Printing Plant building sits along S. Illinois Ave Feb. 5, 2022 in Carbondale, Ill. “Were kind of multiple businesses under one roof,” owner of the Printing Plant, Jason Buehner said.

Labor of Love: Local Printing Press brings local businesses together during trying times

By Dominique Martinez-Powell, Staff Photographer
February 11, 2022
Josh Combs plays a vinyl record over the house speakers Aug. 11, 2021 at the Record Swaps and Needle Drops event at Buckwater Brew Works and Whiskey House in Carbondale, Ill. Combs organized the event and said, “It’s something that kind of came out of just listening to records with friends and thinking that enough people enjoy listening to records that they might come out and like to do it in public.”

Local business owner hosts Record Swaps and Needle Drops event

By Sophie Whitten, Photo Editor
August 19, 2021
Beth and Linda Bivens wait for their ice cream at Dairy Queen March 11, 2021, in Carbondale, Ill. The two said their favorite memory from coming to Dairy Queen as a kid was sitting on the curb and eating ice cream as a family and watching parades as they went by.

Locals reflect on 70 years of Carbondale’s 1950s-style Dairy Queen

By Sophie Whitten, Staff Photographer
March 17, 2021
Marty Mansker of Marty’s Munchies organizes her money drawer Saturday, February 27, 2021, in Carbondale, Ill. “I guess you could say I try to make things you can’t buy at the store,” Mansker said.

Annual Carbondale community winter market continues despite COVID-19 restrictions

By Sara Wangler, Staff Reporter
March 16, 2021
Employees work on customers’ clothes on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at Horstman’s Cleaners & Furriers in Carbondale, Ill.

Horstman’s, Carbondale’s last dry cleaner

By Chris Bishop, Staff Photographer
March 11, 2021
Abdul Rahim Khalil assists a customer Mar. 1, 2021, at Rahim’s Beauty Supply in Carbondale, Ill. Khalil said he noticed there were not many Afican-American owned businesses, especially beauty stores, in the southern Illinois area, so he decided to create one himself.

Rahim’s Beauty Supply

By Sophie Whitten, Staff Photographer
March 10, 2021
Cody Stanton of Hemp-N-Stuff displays several glassware pieces for customers on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 in Carbondale, ILL. Hemp-N-Stuff is a brand new smoke shop in Carbondale IL. It is family owned and operated by the Stantons. They do monthly giveaways for their customers and have a variety of products including glassware, pipes, cleaning materials, and more. You can find them at 828 East Main Street, Suite A, every week Monday - Friday 9am - 8pm, on Saturdays from 10am - 8pm, and Sundays from 12pm - 8pm. “We’ve been open for a bit and we have a decent customer base. Some days it’s busier than others but I think COVID has a lot of impact on that,” said Stanton.

Photo of the Day: New smoke shop opens in Carbondale, IL

By James Allen, Staff Photographer
September 22, 2020
Carbondale nightlife adjusts as students are expected to return

Carbondale nightlife adjusts as students are expected to return

By Brooke Buerck, Editor
July 23, 2020
Alan Blumhorst, 60, is the owner of the Rainbow Ranch Petting Zoo, located on a 170-year-old, family-owned farm in Nashville, IL, and home to as many as 30-35 different species of exotic and traditional farm animals, totaling about 220 animals before mating season, and anywhere from 300-400 after the babies are born. Animals, clockwise from top-left: Candy the Camel; a swan; Ziggy the Zebra; a white peacock; alpacas; Big Jake the Jacob Sheep; Skippy the Kangaroo; and Max the Macaw. Blumhorst uses alliteration when naming the animals on his farm because it helps the kids remember the animals.

Social media fundraiser generates over $10k for local business Rainbow Ranch

By Brooke Buerck, Staff Writer
May 6, 2020
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