Adam Tumino, Editor-in-Chief | May 31, 2020
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief | April 30, 2020
Hannah Shillo, Associate News Editor | April 28, 2020
Corryn Brock, News Editor | April 27, 2020
Corryn Brock, News Editor | April 23, 2020
Adam Tumino, Editor-in-Chief
June 5, 2020 • No Comments
Thursday night was the first of three nights for a drive-in movie theater in the parking lot of the Cross County Mall in Mattoon. Movies will be shown at 9 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday. Organized by sisters Courtney and Kasey Considine, the drive-in had 270 cars attend on the opening night. When...
Adam Tumino, Editor-in-Chief
June 3, 2020 • No Comments
In the week since George Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody, many powerful individuals, organizations, sports leagues and companies have issued statements on the incident, and the widespread protests and social unrest that followed. This past week, important members of the Eastern community...
Adam Tumino, Editor-in-Chief
June 2, 2020 • No Comments
Construction is set to begin this week on the Lincoln Prairie Grass Trail, the 12-mile bike trail that connects Charleston and Mattoon. The project is to pave the entirety of the trail. Currently only two of the 12 miles is paved. The project was funded in part by an $800,000 Illinois Transportation...
Corryn Brock, News Editor
May 26, 2020 • No Comments
James “Jimmy” Lund, a Spring 2020 graduate and member of the Lambda Gamma chapter of Sigma Nu at Eastern, died Sunday morning. Fraternity brothers and friends took to social media to remember Lund after hearing of his death, the tweet from his fraternity’s chapter reading, “We (are) saddened...
Combs issues executive order regarding outdoor dining services in Charleston
May 26, 2020
Charleston is among the many other communities in Illinois set to enter the third phase of Gov. Pritzker’s Restore Illinois plan beginning May 29. Phase three allows for restaurants...
Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Reporter
May 14, 2020 • No Comments
Jay Spoonhour wanted to add size to his roster, and after the addition of Sammy Friday to the roster, the Eastern head basketball coach...
Second EIU student says she was sexually assaulted by athlete
May 4, 2020
Update 9:32 p.m. Monday: In a statement to The Daily Eastern News, Eastern said via spokesperson Josh Reinhart its policies and procedures handling...
Eastern admits it was aware of sexual assault report in 2017, fails to answer key questions
May 1, 2020
In statements made to The Daily Eastern News on Friday, both Eastern and the Eastern Athletic Department admitted they were made aware of a sexual assault...
Logan Raschke, Columnist
June 5, 2020 • No Comments
Check on the college students in your life during this pandemic and economic recession. We’re not OK. In fact, (at least) half of the country isn’t doing OK. A Kaiser Family...
Column: It is OK to need an escape
June 4, 2020
The news can be a bit overwhelming right now. Every time you pick up your phone, open Facebook or Twitter or turn on the news, it is easy...
Column: COVID-19 still a threat as protests continue
June 3, 2020
It feels strange continuing to write about the coronavirus in a time where the pandemic has taken a backseat in the news to protests over...
Column: America needs another balloon boy
May 28, 2020
It seems as though every bit of news that has come out in the last three months has been bad. In these dark days, America needs something...
