May 2023

Illinois State Police releases final victim’s name from the 72 vehicle fatal crash on I-55

FARMERSVILLE – The Illinois State Police (ISP) is releasing the final name of the seven people fatally injured in multiple crashes that occurred on May 1, 2023 at approximately 10:55 a.m. on both northbound and southbound Interstate 55 between mile markers 72 and 78, near Farmersville in Montgomery County.  Otto Medina-Salazar, 58-year-old from Carthage, MO was fatally […]

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Jacari Henderson is SIU’s new Saluki Cares director

by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Jacari Henderson, an SIU double alumna, is the new director of Saluki Cares, Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s campuswide student support and care effort. Most recently, Henderson was the interim assistant athletic director for compliance for Saluki Athletics and had previously served there as the director of compliance and compliance coordinator.

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Missouri Conservation Commission May 2023 Meeting tentative agenda released

JEFFERSON CITY – The tentative agenda for the May meeting of the Missouri Conservation Commission has been released.   Thursday, May 18, 9:30 a.m. – WORKSHOP and CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION Friday, May 19, 8:30 a.m. – REGULAR OPEN MEETING Washington City Hall Council Chamber, 405 Jefferson St. in Washington, Mo   Background documents related to

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SIU doctoral student probes Galapagos tortoises’ little-known reproductive ecology

by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – As legendary as they are, and as long-lived (up to 200 years or so), one might think science knows a lot about the giant tortoises of the Galapagos Islands. But a doctoral student at Southern Illinois University Carbondale says there are surprising gaps in that knowledge, especially when it

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