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Nicole Miskelley helps fit a client for a dress April 3, 2021, at Melise’s Boutique in Marion, Ill. Miskelley entered into the formal wear business in 2019 and said it was difficult to begin her business during the pandemic. “We were shut down March of last year up until about October [...] so it’s been really hard, especially it being my first year in business, trying to get everything going,” Miskelley said.

Local dress boutique business slowly returns since pandemic

By Sara Wangler, Staff Reporter
April 18, 2021
Video: Lost experiences and uncertain futures: Students speak out amid COVID-19

Video: Lost experiences and uncertain futures: Students speak out amid COVID-19

By Jared Treece, Multimedia Staff
April 24, 2020
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Samaritan Saturday: Southern Illinois teacher donates masks to the community

By Bethany Rentfro, Staff Reporter
April 18, 2020
Students at Harrisburg High School in Harrisburg, Illinois participate in a pep rally. Photo by Emma King.

Online classes, canceled activities and uncertain futures: Life as a high schooler in a pandemic

By Sara Wangler, Guest Writer
April 14, 2020
Olivia Krammer, from West Frankfort, shows a dress to her friends on Sunday, March 31, 2019 at the Carbondale Civic Center during a prom dress giveaway hosted by the Prom Boutique. Krammer came to the event with her school.

Gallery: Prom Boutique gives away dresses, looks to make event ‘unforgettable’

By Isabel Miller, Photography and Video Editor
April 1, 2019
Jae Schmidt, a junior from Saint Joseph studying clinical psychology, dances with prom date Justin Gunzel, a junior from Highland Park studying computer engineering, on Saturday, April 22, 2017, during the SIU LGBTQ Resource Centers third annual Pride Prom at Grinnell Hall in Carbondale. It was beautiful, Schmidt said of the prom. Its so important we have a formal event like a prom or homecoming like this where we can go and not feel judged. (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)

Pride Prom provides a first for some SIU students

By Abbey La Tour
April 24, 2017
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