The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Wes Davis demonstrates one of the many machines in the Lovells Shoe Repair workshop during a tour Thursday morning.

Lovells sews communities together for 43 years of service

Rob Le Cates, Assistant Photo Editor April 14, 2022

Lovells Shoe Repair is a small shoe repair store near Charleston Square that has been mending broken soles, sewing bags and more for the past 43 years since 1979.  When entrepreneur Sara Lovell started...

Kathy Jenkins, owner ofthe Sewing Salon off the square, poses with a mannequin that displays one of the tuxedos she rents.

Sewing Salon prepares unique outfits

Mackenzie Freund, City Editor September 10, 2015

Every day brings another chance of a unique project coming through the door of the Sewing Salon right off the Charleston Square. Some of these unique projects sometimes require uncommon materials for...

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