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Crowning achievement: SIU Carbondale glass MFA student earns top award

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — An intricate glass headdress by a Southern Illinois University Carbondale Master of Fine Arts student that represents desire, glory and the emptiness that they can bring, recently earned top honors in a student exhibition at the international Glass Art Society (GAS) conference.     “Crown of Glass: Yang Guifei” by […]

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Automated civil case initiation to expand next week

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Beginning next week, the Missouri judiciary will continue rolling out a new feature designed to give attorneys and the public faster access to new civil cases. This new “Auto Create Case” feature is scheduled to be implemented Wednesday, June 18 in eight additional judicial circuits.   For years, Missouri’s e-filing system

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SIU’s Archaeology Field School seeks one of Southern Illinois’ earliest homesteads

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — A Southern Illinois University Carbondale student team is searching for possibly one of the earliest Anglo-American homesteads in Southern Illinois.     Gretchen Farrell, left, and Noelle Ridolfi (top photo) excavate a section of soil as students in the SIU Carbondale Archaeology Field School search for artifacts. Natalie Eves

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Saluki Pride: K. Allison Hammer earns SIU’s Emerging Leader Award

CARBONDALE – In just their second year on Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s faculty, K. Allison Hammer’s deep commitment to advancing diversity, gender equity and inclusion both in the classroom and the community is making a positive difference.     Since arriving at SIU Carbondale in August 2023, Hammer, the university’s 2025 Excellence Award Emerging Leader

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Perryville Police Reports

PERRYVILLE –The Perryville Police Department has released its latest report of arrests and incidents.   33-year-old David Lee Shipley was charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, driving without insurance and failing to register a motor vehicle. Police were called to the 1400 block of Big Spring Boulevard at 6:46 p.m. May

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Missouri’s PMI rose to 53.4,  up 5.3 points from April

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for May 2025 was 53.4, increasing 5.3 points from the April level of 48.1.   The monthly Mid-America Business Conditions Survey conducted by Creighton University is considered a key economic indicator.   It measures such factors as new orders, production, supplier delivery times, backlogs, inventories, prices, employment,

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