FEATURE PHOTO: Catching up on classwork
Logan Raschke, Editor-in-Chief
May 21, 2019
Filed under Showcase, Through the lens
Humaira Ahmed, a counseling graduate student, works at her laptop for one of two classes she is taking over the summer at the Buzzard Hall Atrium. Ahmed said one class is a three-week course, so classwork has dominated her summer schedule. With a fast-paced college course comes some stress, but...
1 person shot in Charleston
Corryn Brock, Associate News Editor
April 28, 2019
Filed under News
*The story has been corrected to reflect updated information from the Charleston Police Department. The alleged victim was misidentified. Police officers are searching for suspects who reportedly shot a man in an apartment building on the corner of A Street and Buchanan Avenue at approximately 3:15 p...
Charleston named ‘Butterfly Capital of Illinois’
Corryn Brock, Associate News Editor
March 19, 2019
Filed under News
The City of Charleston was named the “Butterfly Capital of Illinois” by the Urban Butterfly Initiative during the Charleston City Council meeting Tuesday. Paul Switzer, biological sciences professor, presented the award to Mayor Brandon Combs and the council. Switzer said UBI’s mission is to...
City Council to vote on SBLHC plan proposal
Staff Report
March 4, 2019
Filed under News
The Charleston City Council will vote on six action items during the March 5 meeting that begins at 6:30 p.m. The council will vote on approving a conceptual plan proposal for the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center HOPD Surgery Center Building. Three easements will also be voted on for homes on Terrace La...
Documentary details Charleston’s account of historical moon landing
Austen Brown, Staff Reporter
February 26, 2019
Filed under News
“To The Moon and Back: An Oral History on the Lunar Landing,” a documentary produced in collaboration between the History Department, Booth Library and WEIU-TV, explains Charleston’s account of the moon landing. History graduate student Jonathan Williams and reference librarian Andy Cougill were chie...
Support local businesses
Jackson Bayer, Columnist
February 11, 2019
Almost five years ago, I moved to Charleston from Austin, Texas, a city with food so good that New York City now has Austin-inspired restaurants (according to ny.eater.com). In Austin, there is a plethora of local restaurants that the city’s residents love, to the point that national chains often hav...
Charleston City Council to vote on amending city code referencing ineligibility for liquor licenses
Corryn Brock, Associate News Editor
November 5, 2018
Filed under News
The Charleston City Council will vote on amending the city code referencing ineligibility for a liquor license as well as six other action items at its Tuesday meeting. The subsection the council will vote to change currently says, “No person, individually or as a partner or shareholder in any corpora...
Hidden Treasures fire caused by lightning strike
Staff Report
June 14, 2018
Filed under News
A lightning strike caused the fire at Hidden Treasures resale shop on Sunday. According to a press release from the Charleston Fire Department, fire investigators and the investigator for the insurance company said the cause was determined as a result of the fire patterns and the thunderstorms in...
President, CEO of Ill. Chamber of Commerce to speak at Community Update Breakfast
Staff Report
February 19, 2018
Filed under News
Todd Maisch, president and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, will be the guest speaker at the Charleston and Mattoon Chambers of Commerce Community Update Breakfast. The breakfast is set for 7:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. on March 8 in the banquet facility at the Unique Suites Hotel, 920 West Lincoln...
Faculty Senate to examine Workgroup Review Committee recommendations, discuss potential Charleston Bike Path
Staff Report
February 19, 2018
Filed under News
The Faculty Senate is set to discuss, among other items, its response to the recommendations of the Workgroup Review Committee at its next meeting. During the Workgroup Review Committee’s meetings, it looked at the recommendations made by vitalization project Workgroups no. 8 and 9. These recommendations...
Rally shows support for DACA recipients
Abbey Whittington, Contributing Writer
September 11, 2017
Filed under News, Showcase, Uncategorized
The wings of a monarch soared above the crowd in the hands of Yesenia Muruato, a junior criminology major, who used the butterfly to represent DREAM-ers at Friday's rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and its recipients. Muruato said the monarch butterfly represents migration ...
Water boil order issued for Charleston
Analicia Haynes and Cassie Buchman
September 11, 2017
Filed under News, Uncategorized
A city-wide boil order for Charleston has been put into place until 11 a.m. Monday as a result of a large water main break on Douglas Drive at Alan Drive. People are advised not to drink tap water from a faucet or fountain until the boil order has ended. Water must be boiled until bubbles start t...
