16+ hour, 54+ min ago   (578+ words) The Daily Egyptian Murphysboro celebrates 75 years of “Appletime, Sweet Appletime” Every year after Labor Day, Murphysboro holds the annual Apple Festival, a large-scale, week-long festival which is entirely volunteer-led and community-organized, to celebrate the city’s history, its orchards, and to…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (96+ words) The Daily Egyptian Family Weekend takes over SIU tailgate Salukis and their families took over the tailgate before the SIU vs. SEMO game on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, around Saluki Stadium before the game. Alumni and students set up different tents and…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1307+ words) Sometimes a person doesn’t just discover a place. It discovers them, too. For Glen Faith, that place was an abandoned rock quarry in rural Massac County in far southern Illinois. He would eventually transform it into Mermet Springs Inc., a…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (606+ words) Secluded in the green canopy of the Shawnee National Forest and up a cascade ascent is the Kinkaid Lake Spillway. In the shallow rocky banks, the distant hum of jet skis and boats could be heard on Saturday, Sept. 5, as…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (533+ words) Punk rock dominated Carbondale Sept. 4-6 in celebration of 40 years of Lost Cross, the oldest continually operating punk house basement venue in America. Despite the heat wave that blasted southern Illinois, people still brought their wild dance moves and alternative style…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (797+ words) SIU has reached a historic growth in enrollment and retention, the university says. The recorded overall enrollment is the highest it’s been in eight years, the press release states, and the incoming undergraduate class – 1,779 students – is the highest it’s been…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (498+ words) Emails from Rachel Frazier, director of the Registrar’s Office, sent on Aug. 28, which were provided to the DE, said Central IT was directed to disable SFAREGS for everyone who has modify access. SFAREGS is the administrative module in the Ellucian…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (230+ words) Clouds of color erupted over Marion, Illinois on Saturday, at the Colors for CASA of southern Illinois race at The HUB Recreation Center, where participants started their morning with a unique workout. The annual 1.5-mile color run and walk is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (149+ words) Carbondale hosted a grand opening of the Southern Illinois Multimodal Station, SIMMS, Friday, Aug. 28, hosting partners in the state and federal government who helped make the new station a reality, including Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, and Illinois…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1654+ words) More than a month after the state announced plans to significantly scale back various components of Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna, the fight over the facility’s future is intensifying. Several southern Illinois lawmakers, community leaders, health care…...