SIKESTON, Mo. – The Missouri and Illinois Departments of Transportation will hold a groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the start of construction for the Don Welge Memorial Bridge (formerly Chester Bridge). The ceremony will be held today at 11 a.m. on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River at the Don Welge Memorial Bridge construction […]
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Keeping an open mind and considering other possibilities, including communicating with space aliens, is the centerpiece of a Nov. 2 lecture hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s University Honors Program and the School of Languages and Linguistics. Sheri Wells-Jensen, an associate professor of linguistics at Bowling Green State University and a 1993 SIU Carbondale
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Five undergraduate students will share their thoughts on media literacy and disinformation in a student speakers public forum on Thursday, Nov. 2, in the Student Center Auditorium. This semester’s topic is “Is that a Fact? Media Literacy and (M/Dis)information.” The free, public forum is from 7 to 8 p.m.
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by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — Art students in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s School of Art and Design will host their free, annual fall cast iron pour, beginning at noon Saturday, Nov. 4. Those attending will have the chance to create their own cast iron art pieces using scratch blocks, tiles comprising resin-bonded sand used in creating
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CHESTER – The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has released its latest report of arrests. Michelle L. Collins 49, Campbell Hill, arrested October 23, 2023 by Randolph County Sheriff’s Office for retail theft. Pretrial release. Kenneth D. Smith 41, Prairie Du Rocher, arrested October 24, 2023 by Prairie Du Rocher Police on a Randolph County
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois State Senator Terri Bryant’s (R-Murphysboro) efforts to name the new Chester Bridge as the “Don Welge Memorial Bridge” in honor of former Chester resident and long-time bridge advocate Don Welge, has become a reality after the recent passage of House Joint Resolution 38. “Don Welge contributed so much to not
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CARBONDALE, Ill. – Southern Illinois University Carbondale has signed a new partnership with Academic Partnerships (AP) to launch and support 12 online master’s programs that can be completed in as little as one year. By working together, SIU and AP will expand access to SIU’s high-quality, high return on investment programs for working adults
by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The works of composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonín Dvořák, Jehan Alain and Maurice Duruflé, will envelop Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Shryock Auditorium on Sunday, Oct. 29, with a Halloween Extravaganza of music. Presented by the Southern Illinois Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, the concert, which
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by Tim Crosby CARBONDALE, Ill. – Research funding from outside sources skyrocketed at Southern Illinois University Carbondale during the last fiscal year, according to records from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. Giovanni Molinari, a doctoral student in zoology, works in the laboratory of Karolina Kwasek, associate professor in the School
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging Illinoisans to take advantage of events taking place on Saturday, October 28th, as part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. IDPH is joined in the awareness effort by Chicago High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA), and the Overdose Response Strategy program, led by
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