Opinion | Voice of The Southern
The Southern’s editorial board members are: Terra Kerkemeyer, publisher; Tom English, executive editor; Les Winkeler, sports editor; and Alee Quick, local news editor
Voice of The Southern: This is a good time to remind everybody that we couldn’t do this without you — our readers and our advertisers. We than…
Thumbs up to everyone staying home and doing their part during this COVID-19 outbreak. It’s not easy, but we’ll get through this.
We come to you today with a simple message: Let’s listen to the people who know what they’re talking about.
Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to all of our medical professionals, athletes, Herrin Mayor Steve Frattini and the City Council, polictical c…
Voice of The Southern (and other newspapers):Â We owe the Illinois Press Foundation, and all who support its remarkable initiative, our thanks.
Voice of The Southern:Â With the 2020 Primary election a mere week and a half away, our editorial board is endorsing these candidates.
Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to the Carterville girls basketball team, Marcus Domask and the Saluki basketball team, Dan Mahony and a trai…
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Voice of The Southern: In upcoming primaries, choose Severin, Lenzi, Smith, Holder
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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to pretty much everybody
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Voice of The Southern: Listen to the professionals and stay home
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Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Carterville girls, Domask; thumbs down to Tornado Alley's shift
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Voice of The Southern: Capitol News Illinois helps keep Springfield under a watchful eye
Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up Carterville's girls basketball team, Oakland Avenue construction and the Salukis; thumbs down to coronavirus …
Changing the culture in Springfield is going to be difficult. It’s even more difficult when our president commutes a convicted governor’s sentence.
Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Franklin County courthouse, local wrestlers, Richard Emling, Copper Dragon's namesake staying home and the…
Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Saluki basketball, SIUC's new research hub, coronavirus testing, the International Festival and opioid tre…
Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to Saluki basketball, SIU, Carbondale's new movie theater and Connect Illinois; thumbs down to the Len Small …
Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to SIU basketball and early childhood education in Southern Illinois; thumbs down to the disaster that is the…
Voice of The Southern: Thumbs up to SIU's basketball teams, the Gateway Foundation, Cornerstone Church’s Renew Secondhand Store and the life o…
Voice of The Southern: We encourage other school districts to follow suit with some of these ideas. We have a long ways to go to fix education…
Thumbs up to Honor Wreaths for Veterans, Cairo's Riko Nelson and Du Quoin's new hemp plant; thumbs down to Carbondale Mayor Mike Henry's comme…
Thumbs up to return of glass milk bottles, Italian Village's 60 years in Carbondale and SIU softball coach Kerri Blaylock; thumbs down to Macy…
Thumbs up to holiday lights, Shawnee basketball, SIU Carbondale and Spirit of the Love/Operation 400 Food and Gift Drive; thumbs down to IHSA.
We, the people who live and work in the region, need Southern Illinois University to be viable and vital. We need the university to be the cul…
Thumbs up to the Cairo Lights Parade. The beleaguered town’s population may still be dropping, and it is still staggering from a public housin…
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Thumbs up to the Murphysboro Red Devils football team for placing second in the Class 4A playoffs. The season didn’t have the fairy-tale endin…
Close your eyes for a moment and think of one of Southern Illinois’ many small towns.
Thumbs up to the Murphysboro and Nashville football teams for advancing to the state championship games at Northern Illinois University this w…
Tradition tells us that the First Thanksgiving was celebrated in October 1621 at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Thumbs up to the Carbondale-Marion area being recognized as one of the most welcoming places for retirees. USA Today listed the region as one …
Sometimes the math doesn’t add up.
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