Carbondale News

Summer is here again, and many of us are looking forward to spending some time in the great outdoors in the months ahead.

She is the daughter of Thomas Olen and Sula Cromeenes. She was born June 11, 1926, in Champaign, Ill., and was raised in the Carbondale, Ill., area.

Police are searching for a Carbondale man in connection with a Tuesday night shooting.

Authorities say they've identified the victim of a deadly house fire in the southern Illinois city of Marion as a 28-year-old man.

A Jackson County man faces charges after a stabbing in Carbondale. Carbondale Police were called to the 700 block of South Lewis Lane just after 9 p.m. Thursday for a report of people fighting.

The Duncan/Etzkorn Castle Dwelling, designed by architect Bruce Goff in the mid-60s, provides you with your own weekend microkingdom.

Southern Illinois University's Board of Trustees has signed off on the hiring of a University of Wisconsin administrator as the new chancellor at SIU's campus in Edwardsville.

It was a few hours after deadline on April 26 A when the Daily Egyptian first heard there was an accident in the Route 13 intersection involving Corey Gowin, a John A. Logan student, and Stephen Pyle, a chaplain for Carbondale Memorial Hospital.

The king, according to legend, built one of the Seven Wonders of the World to please his home-sick wife back in about 575 B.C. O'Donnell has built something smaller, but similar, in the kitchen of his Lakeside Townhouses residence because he likes tomatoes, but doesn't like the off-season prices for them.

Local artists said they hope their sales will increase this year as the economy starts to pick up after a four-year slump.

Dr. Marvin Tucker, 73, of Carbondale, Ill., and formerly of Paducah, Ky., died Sunday, May 6, 2012, at 8:55 p.m. at Lourdes hospital in Paducah.

From left to right, Mary Avery, Tom Riechman, both of Makanda, and Mary Finley, of Carbondale, prepare to bicycle Thursday through Giant City State Park.

Sit down and think of the good things. Your husband, John, clapping. Your 20-month-old son, Madden, up a little late watching at home.

The Democratic and Republican nominees for the 12th U.S. House District seat have agreed to hold a live debate on June 15 at the studios of WSIU-TV in Carbondale.

In 1882, the writer of the History of Pettis County deplored the condition of education in the county schools, noting that "the county can boast of but few professional teachers." The reason was, in part, because of a decision made by the General Assembly that abolished the office of county superintendent of schools after 1874.

This is the message organizers want to spread during "11 Days of Compassion," a community-wide exploration of the human instinct to aid others who are suffering.

The region's leading healthcare provider is trying to overcome staff shortages. Southern Illinois Healthcare held its first ever registered nurse open house Monday.

The investigation into the March 24 shooting death of Molly Young continues, though conflicting reports on the circumstances of her death have not been resolved.