Each year, the SIU community comes together for a 24-hour, online Day of Giving.

Joe DeBose is pro-life, a proud supporter of the Second Amendment, and supports parental rights.

September is School Attendance Awareness Month. During the 20-23 20-24 school year, 20 percent of students were chronically truant in the state of Illinois according to data from the Illinois State Board of Education. Chronic truancy is defined as missing 5 percent of the school year or 9 days without a valid excuse.The Regional Office of Education #21 that serves Franklin, Johnson, Massac, and Williamson counties created the Partners Against Chronic Truancy or PACT program to reduce the number of truancies in their schools.

Edgar died Sunday. He was 79.

“This is the most unusual situation I’ve seen in my entire lifetime,” the governor said Monday of what appears to be the first fatal shooting by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent this year. A man who witnessed the deadly encounter said he doesn’t think the official account is true.

Protestors also made their presence known during the event.

Gov. JB Pritzker said political leaders — starting with President Donald Trump — need to do more to condemn political violence.

Bob Odenkirk and his brother Bill visited Carbondale and SIU last week. Bob is known for his role in the TV series Better Call Saul and the movie Nobody. Bill has been a writer for the animated shows Futurama and the Simpsons.

Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar died on Sunday at the age of 79. Edgar announced in February that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. WSIU's Brian Sapp talked with those who worked with Edgar about his legacy serving Illinois.

Montez Soliz says he's running against Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen in the March primary for the 17th Congressional District that includes parts of Bloomington-Normal and Greater Peoria.

House Republicans put forth a proposal to fund the government that includes $30 million for lawmaker security, as Congress grapples with increasing political violence.

Questions about their fate swirled after the government's July deadline for destruction came and went. Then came a false report they'd been incinerated. Aid groups say it's not too late to save them.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and Education Secretary Linda McMahon are against schools giving kids standardized questionnaires about their mental well-being. But experts say they are wrong.

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She also answers the question: Is it kosher to receive an organ donation from a pig?

Utah prosecutors charged Tyler Robinson, 22, with the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Officials say they are seeking the death penalty.

Jill Lepore writes about the strength and stability of America's founding document — and its capacity for change. And Angela Flournoy tracks the friendship of five young Black women over 20 years.

House Republicans released a short-term spending bill to fund the government until late November but Democrats are calling for further changes.

A United Nations human rights report says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

NPR wants to hear from listeners whose lives have changed due to an increase in ICE operations, throughout the country.

The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.