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Nearly 34 years ago, I walked into the newsroom of The Southern Illinoisan on Illinois Avenue as a new editorial assistant. The newsroom of 1989 was a different place than
Leave it to journalists to take pictures of themselves documenting nearly everything they do, even in a time when it wasn't so popular to do so. How poetic of us
“We are thankful to the Tedricks for generously sharing their talents and treasures,” Mahony said.
A year ago, most of us had never heard of a coronavirus. After the first of the year, we began hearing about a deadly novel coronavirus in China. By March, effects of the new virus had reached Southern Illinois as Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster declaration and began issuing executive orders in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19. The disaster declaration for Illinois was issued March 9. Executive orders closed restaurants and bars to indoor dining on March 16. Schools closed March 17. On March 21, we were under an order to stay home that closed all but essential businesses, and tha...