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Here’s how abortion clinics are preparing for Roe to fall

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and RACHEL LA CORTEMay 19, 2022 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Leaders of a Tennessee abortion clinic calculated driving distances and studied passenger rail routes as they scanned the map for another place to offer services if the U.S. Supreme Court lets states restrict or eliminate abortion rights.

Crash kills 2 Southern Illinois students, Missouri woman

April 22, 2022 GMT

REYNOLDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Two Southern Illinois University-Carbondale graduate students and a Missouri woman died Thursday after their vehicles collided on a highway, police said.

Fairview Heights man sentenced in bank fraud scheme

February 26, 2022 GMT

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois man who led a sophisticated and “large-scale” bank fraud scheme has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison.

Coupet Jr. leads S. Illinois over Illinois St. 90-69

February 24, 2022 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Ben Coupet Jr. had 22 points as Southern Illinois easily defeated Illinois State 90-69 on Wednesday night.

Marcus Domask had 16 points and nine assists for Southern Illinois (16-13, 9-8 Missouri Valley Conference), which earned its fourth straight win.

Domask scores 25 to lead S. Illinois over Bradley 65-57

February 16, 2022 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Marcus Domask had a season-high 25 points as Southern Illinois beat Bradley 65-57 on Tuesday night.

Ben Coupet Jr. had 19 points and seven rebounds for Southern Illinois (14-13, 7-8 Missouri Valley Conference).

Prim, Mosely guide Missouri State past Southern Illinois

February 3, 2022 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Gaige Prim and Isiaih Mosley scored 22 points apiece and Missouri State breezed to a 69-54 victory over Southern Illinois on Wednesday night.

Prim knocked down 9 of 11 shots and Mosley made all eight of his free throws for the Bears (17-7, 8-3 Missouri Valley Conference).

Green, Carter lead N. Iowa over S. Illinois 69-68

January 16, 2022 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — AJ Green scored 22 points, Noah Carter added 17 and Northern Iowa edged Southern Illinois 69-68 on Saturday night for its fifth straight win.

Green was 4 of 12 from the floor, made three 3-pointers and shot 11 of 12 from the line.

Southern Illinois will require COVID-19 tests after break

December 26, 2021 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois University officials will rely on testing rather than a period of remote classes to prevent the spread of the coronavirus following the holiday break.

Murphysboro woodworker starts his own board-game business

December 19, 2021 GMT

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) — Brandon Byars frowned on the shipping cost from England for a board game he wanted. So he made his own.

The lifelong woodworker from Murphysboro made his own version of the game called Babinga, the (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports.

McLaughlin, Crenshaw lead Youngstown St. past So. Illinois

November 20, 2021 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Jaleel McLaughlin ran for three touchdowns and Demeatric Crenshaw passed for two to lead Youngstown State to a 35-18 victory over Southern Illinois on Saturday.

McLaughlin ran for one touchdown and Crenshaw threw for both of his as the Penguins built a 21-3 lead five minutes into the second quarter.

Missouri State knock off FCS ninth-ranked Southern Illinois

November 6, 2021 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Jason Shelley passed for a touchdown and rushed for two more scores as Missouri State beat FCS ninth-ranked Southern Illinois 38-28 on Saturday.

The game featured three made field goals of 50-plus yards.

Career-long FG lifts S. Illinois past North Dakota 31-28

October 16, 2021 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Nico Gualdoni kicked a career-long 46-yard, game-winning field goal with 5:21 remaining and Southern Illinois fended off North Dakota 31-28 in a Missouri Valley Football Conference showdown on Saturday.

City colleges announces SIU partnership for accounting

October 10, 2021 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — College officials in Carbondale and Chicago have announced a partnership aimed at improving access for students who want to pursue accounting and diversifying the field.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale has entered an agreement with City Colleges of Chicago that will allow students in Chicago to pursue a bachelor’s degree from SIU while staying in Chicago.

Southern Illinois rallies to defeat Illinois State 35-17

September 26, 2021 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Nic Baker threw two touchdown passes and Javon Williams Jr., rushed for two in a Southern Illinois comeback that saw the Salukis score five unanswered touchdowns and defeat Illinois State 35-17 in a Missouri Valley Conference opener on Saturday.

Southern Illinois cruises to 55-3 win over Dayton

September 19, 2021 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Nic Baker threw for three touchdowns and FCS top-10 ranked Southern Illinois beat Dayton 55-3 on Saturday night.

Baker was 16-of-21 passing for 235 yards, including a 53-yard catch-and-run TD to Avante Cox.

SIU student killed, 3 people wounded at off-campus party

August 23, 2021 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — A Southern Illinois University student died after she and three other people were shot early Sunday during a party near the school's campus, police said.

SIU freshman Keeshanna Jackson was pronounced dead at a hospital after being shot about 3 a.m.

Amtrak resumes pre-pandemic passenger rail schedule Monday

July 18, 2021 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Amtrak rail passenger service, significantly reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, will resume full service on Monday.

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced last week that the full pre-pandemic schedule will return with trains between Chicago and points south and west in Illinois.

SIU geologist shows history of minerals at New York museum

June 27, 2021 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A geology researcher from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale has created an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on the history of minerals.

Police misconduct records secret, difficult to access

By KALLIE COX and WILLIAM H. FREIVOGEL/ Pulitzer Center on Crisis ReportingMay 12, 2021 GMT

CARBONDALE, Illinois (AP) — Police misconduct records are either secret or difficult to access in a majority of states - 35 of them plus Washington, D...

Analysis of police misconduct record laws in all 50 states

By KALLIE COX and WILLIAM H. FREIVOGEL/ Pulitzer Center on Crisis ReportingMay 12, 2021 GMT

CARBONDALE, Illinois (AP) — Below is an analysis of public record laws in all 50 states. It is based on an analysis of statutes and court opinions as well as interviews with experts...

S. Illinois tops SE Louisiana 55-48, bolsters playoff odds

April 17, 2021 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Justin Strong had 16 carries for 159 yards and two touchdowns, Javon Williams Jr...

Police: 2 dead after train hits truck in southern Illinois

April 12, 2021 GMT

ULLIN, Ill. (AP) — Two people were killed when a pickup truck pulled directly into the path of a train in far southern Illinois, police said...

SIU receives volumes belonging to late inventor Fuller

February 21, 2021 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois University has received a collection of books belonging to the late inventor and designer R...

EXCHANGE: SIU considers future of its last military building

By GABRIEL NEELY-STREITDecember 18, 2019 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — When Professor John Jackson arrived at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1969, the campus was full of repurposed World War II-era buildings.

He remembers barracks transformed into dorms, classrooms and studios to accommodate a flood of students seeking education through the GI Bill.

SIU gives honorary degree to actor Bob Odenkirk

December 15, 2019 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — "Better Call Saul" star Bob Odenkirk has been designated with a honorary degree from his alma mater in southern Illinois...

EXCHANGE: Carbondale courts retirees as housing market lags

By GABRIEL NEELY-STREITDecember 3, 2019 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Three years ago, Dick and Pam Matthews began thinking about leaving their small town in Maine.

The retired couple was ready for an easier life. No more hauling thousands of pounds of wood to heat their home, or driving half an hour to reach the nearest grocery store or restaurant, or shoveling their way out the front door after a snowstorm.

EXCHANGE: Effort to eliminate autumn olive at Illinois park

By LES WINKELEROctober 4, 2019 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — When the Illinois Department of Natural Resources added thousands of acres of Arch Minerals Corporation land to its existing Pyramid State Park in 2001, much of the new land was covered by native grasses — big and little bluestem and switch grass.

EXCHANGE: Climatologist’s focus is earth and sky interaction

By MARY SCHENKAugust 30, 2019 GMT

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Growing up in a central Illinois farming community impressed upon Trent Ford the importance of the soil. And when his family traveled from Roanoke in Woodford County to visit relatives in Texas, he was fascinated by changes in the weather along the way.

EXCHANGE: Club played part in Dungeons & Dragons creation

By ISAAC SMITHAugust 15, 2019 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — In an unassuming room tucked in the Student Center on a Saturday, a handful of Southern Illinois University, students made history in the mid-1970s.

Gathered around a table, Tim Kask took people on a journey.

Demand grows for marijuana cultivation courses in Illinois

April 21, 2019 GMT

Illinois soybean researchers adjust following funding cuts

December 1, 2018 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois soybean researchers are struggling to continue with their work after a board's decision to invest in areas other than research where the board believes they'll have a larger impact...

Pippen, Fletcher lead S. Illinois past Jackson St., 69-51

December 14, 2017 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Kavion Pippen and Armon Fletcher each pumped in 24 points as Southern Illinois snapped a two-game losing streak and kept Jackson State winless on the road with 69-51 decision Wednesday night...

Coin toss to determine next leader of Illinois village

April 9, 2017 GMT

COLP, Ill. (AP) — The next village president in a southern Illinois community will be decided by a coin toss...

Teen rodeo rider recovering after freak accident

January 28, 2015 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — A Carbondale teen plans to climb back in the saddle after severing a portion of her thumb in a freak rodeo accident.

The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan (http://bit.ly/1yLCbOL ) reports 17-year-old Molly Hill was hurt when a coil of rope accidently tightened around her thumb while riding a steer in Missouri youth rodeo competition.

Report: 6 SIU students arrested in sex assaults

September 18, 2014 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Six students at Southern Illinois University have been arrested in connection with two reported sexual assaults on the school's Carbondale campus last weekend, according to a newspaper report Thursday.

SIU unveils renovated baseball stadium

March 14, 2014 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — The $4.2-million makeover of Southern Illinois University's baseball stadium in Carbondale is finished.

The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan (http://bit.ly/1hjiC4P) reports the renovated ballpark now named after one of the Salukis' celebrated coaches was christened on Wednesday.

SIU: Most of 250 once-missing computers found

February 28, 2014 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Southern Illinois University has accounted for most of the more than 250 computers that an audit noted were missing last summer, an official with the Carbondale campus said.

New SIU president defends leaving Ohio university

By JIM SUHRFebruary 18, 2014 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Southern Illinois University system's new president acknowledged Tuesday he may have caused hurt feelings by taking that job just seven months into his role heading an Ohio university, though he insisted he was wooed for the position at the Illinois school where he once worked.

Carbondale man found guilty of 2013 killing

January 13, 2014 GMT

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 20-year-old former Marion High School football standout.

Kely Arbuckle of Murphysboro was charged in the death of Toren Stanley of Marion on March 9 in Carbondale.

Ill. AG’s office to review theft of chief’s gun

September 26, 2013 GMT

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — A special prosecutor will examine the 2011 theft of a southern Illinois police chief's gun that was later used in a fatal shooting.

Marion man killed in Carbondale shooting

March 11, 2013 GMT

CARBONALE, Ill. (AP) — Carbondale police are investigating a weekend shooting that killed a 20-year-old former Marion High School football standout.

Jackson County Coroner Thomas Kupferer says Toren Stanley died Saturday night at a Carbondale hospital.