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SIU students discover new variant of COVID-19 in the U.S. SIU students discover new variant of COVID-19 in the U.S. By Isabelle Hanson | January 14, 2021 at 5:46 PM CST - Updated January 14 at 6:15 PM CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - Southern Illinois University researchers discovered a new variant of COVID-19 in the United States and said it could be more contagious than other variants. “If you can’t see the virus, then you can’t beat it,” said Adrian Pater, PhD student at SIU. “It’s...

In October 2019, the horror streaming service Shudder dropped a Shudder exclusive movie called Haunt. After hearing a lot about the movie, I finally got the chance to watch it, and thought it was pretty cool when I saw it was set in a familiar town, Carbondale Illinois. Carbondale is a short drive from the Tri-State, about 2 hours from Evansville.  Its home to Southern Illinois University, and with the college town feel of Carbondale, I see why they chose it as the setting for Haunt. While it...

Regional Photographer Exhibit opens at Southeastern Illinois College Spider Lilly Battleford Creek” by photographer Jeff Jones of Harrisburg will be displayed during the Regional Photographer Exhibit that runs from Feb. 2 – May 15 at the Ella Elizabeth Hise Museum of Regional Art at SIC. (Source: Jeff Jones of Harrisburg) By Ashley Smith | January 15, 2021 at 4:03 PM CST - Updated January 15 at 4:03 PM HARRISBURG, Ill. (KFVS) - The Regional Photographer Exhibit at the Ella Elizabeth ...

Credit SIU Press On October 21st, 1927—a year after the murder of Ward “Casey” Jones—Birger gangman Rado Millich mounts the gallows, reads aloud his final words, and is hanged. Listen

If the former agriculture CFO thinks he’s going on pension, he’s mistaken Recently dismissed Jacob Basil Hlatshwayo’s pension payout has been halted due to ‘PPE corruption’ 12 January 2021 - 20:43 Former agriculture, land reform and rural development department CFO Jacob Basil Hlatshwayo will not receive his government pension as PPE corruption allegations mount. This after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) successfully petitioned the Special Tribunal to interdict the Go...

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Khusela Diko failed to disclose financial interests during her tenure in the presidency and now faces an internal disciplinary hearing, the presidency confirmed on Sunday.

Province’s police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit, has been called in to investigate

How the Georgia Senate runoff impacts the Heartland SIU political science director discusses runoff By Colin Baillie | January 5, 2021 at 5:19 PM CST - Updated January 5 at 6:26 PM CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - As a major Senate race is expected to be finalized soon in the state of Georgia, it could leave a lasting indent in politics for the next few years as to who controls the Senate. John Shaw, the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, said the outcome will impact President-el...

In america, and im proud of standing up for unions. ive got a plan to reinvigorate collective bargaining so we can increase wages finally. i marched with the siu folks. it is not right that the ceo of mcdonalds makes 2100 times more than the people at mcdonalds. >> governor jay inslee goes to union rights when everybody knows hes going to go to climate, and he does immediately thereafter. and interjects that into the debate. you can hear the audience pick it up. great moment from governor inslee...

Is much larger than uber is willing to publicly admit. ubers internal report completed in may, after cnns expose, warns of the consequences should the full scope of the problem emerge. we know from the underreporting of incidents by cnn, the report concludes, the cost to the brand and reputation of uber by a single case can cost the company millions of dollars in lost revenue from riders who hold a lasting impression that we are unsafe and not worthy of their trust. the report was conducted to a...