For the first time since 1996, Carbondale is shutting down the Strip for Halloween. On July 5, Molly Hudgins, the executive director of the Southern Illinois University Alumni Association, confirmed ...

Tucked behind Booby’s Sandwich Shop in downtown Carbondale, a once-plain brick wall has transformed into a living canvas — a ...

Carbondale’s deep-rooted music legacy will be honored this weekend as community members gather for The Club and Airwaves ...

In a town where college students often drift between crowded bars or cozy coffee shops, one local business is blending both ...

If you say listening to an audiobook is “reading” – you may as well say watching someone else play a video game is playing it. You are not the one in the driver’s seat – you were there when the action ...

Just after 8 p.m. on Tuesday June 10, a group of nearly 50 protesters marched from the corner of Mill Street and Illinois Avenue to the Paul Simon Federal Building in Carbondale to voice their ...

Seven candidates are running to claim one of the three open seats on the Carbondale City Council in the upcoming April 1 election. If elected, Brian Stanfield, Nathan Colombo, Dawn Roberts and Jason ...

Editors Note: this story had been updated to include more information as it has been provided Southern Illinois University administration confirmed on Friday, March 28 that an international SIU ...

Dave’s Bagels is a local food stand that has been around for almost two years and is bringing a new flavor to the boiled dough concoctions. David Waun, co-founder, said the stand specializes in ...

Environmental contamination issues stemming from the Kopper’s Superfund site in Carbondale, Illinois, have been a decades-long flashpoint between mostly-Black residents on the city’s northeast side, ...

Editor’s Note: This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Advertisement The maroon bleachers. The polished wooden basketball court. The white walls that echo the sounds of ...