Carbondale Bytelife

Blackwell Thomas reports:  Hangar 9 will rise again

I know that I really don't post here anymore, but I hope Dave will forgive me-- this legislation will dramatically affect musicians loca...

Maybe you've seen the green machines around town, or one of the flyers advertising its service. Must say, the cabs look good, and the fl...

I happened by Abe Martin Field yesterday and caught some of the action as Dan Callahan recorded his 400th career victory as Salukis beat N....

An email from SI online editor, Caleb Hale . yesterday called attention to The Southern's new blog, The Portal , which he calls "a ...

Instead of being up about $100,000 over 2008, it looks like Carbondale's sales tax collection will run about $300,000 below projection...

Yesterday, I had to check an order at Horstman Cleaners & Furriers , and spoke to John Kirk, whose family's owned the business landm...

A new comment to a post from last summer about local dental service reminds me that I've got 4 wisdom teeth ready for harvesting. Must ...

The vacant Hardee's building on 1201 West Main has been sold to BLP Development of Paducah, reports Blackwell Thomas , who got it from K...

Have you seen (thru) the new City of Carbondale website ? In his "Dazettte" blog Scott T notes how Sunshine Review gives the si...

So far, the best thing to happen to me from Twitter is getting a great seat at the Wichita game last weekend, courtesy of Kelly Thomas , the...

There hasn't been much activity in fixing the hole in the roof where the rain gets in and stop my mind from wondering. ... Word on the s...

City Council candidate Kevin Clark has been hired as the Development Specialist for The Women's Center. Perhaps an update of the The Wom...

TheSouthern.com : More teams are needed for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life set for April 25 at the CCHS football field, with a ...

Got a campaign letter from candidate/councilman Chris Wissmann outlining the issues he feels he has taken the lead on or that the council sh...

Driving to The Cellar after tweeting Corny West lecture on campus Friday night, I stopped in the Varsity Center for the Arts ( WARNING : T...

Tulsa World : "The city of Tulsa has joined the tech-savvy legions who are using Twitter to stay in touch. Twitter, for those unfamilia...

Black American History month sponsors (see below) expect Shyrock Auditorium to be SRO for tonight's FREE lecture by Cornel West , the P...

Former C'dale landlord Henry Fisher will serve the remainder of his term for sexual assault after his appeal on the ground of ineffe...

Walking down Illinois, I took a peak inside Hangar 9, which recently had its roof collapse. Looks like a lot of work remains to be done, but...

Yesterday, I got out to "The Strip" and walked its length -- all the way to the Interfaith Center, snapping pix and talking to fol...

Last night, I did some shopping at the new Aldi , now that it's moved from its former location (next to Dollar General) across 13 from w...

From All Aboard Amtrak Over at Scott Thorn's Daze-ette , there's call out for Artists who can paint these panels at the Amtrak stat...

Out for a walk on Saturday and see Jay Cupp and brother Barry , and their friend Joe, and others, parading in red dresses, for the annual ...

Speaking of roofs, the one at Bucky's Dome Home is looking much better -- not quite a new roof, but a new plastic cover on the original...

One of the casualties of the big snow two weeks ago - Hangar 9's roof - collapsed by weight of the snow. No one was in the building at t...

Looks like the bitter cold snap has let up at bit... 34 degrees at this writing, and here I am in sunny Colorado where it's 60 degrees. ...

In what some Council members are calling "a stunning overreach of power," Carbondale Mayor Brad Cole announced plans yesterday to ...

With Scott Thorne launching his own blog Carbondaze Gazette , and me in semi-retirement in Twitterville , and DaveX busy with his "Too ...

Wanted to give readers a heads up that I finally took a cue from dave and DaveX and started my own blog: The Carbondaze Gazette , so I...

I see the Aldi's on the east side of town next to Dick's Sporting Goods has a sign up announcing they are open for business.

In case you missed this from last week, most of the charges against city council member Lance jack, including DUI and possession of marijuan...

Well, not mine exactly-- my radio show's 7th birthday at WDBX. Take a look at my latest playlist, and leave your nicest birthday wishes...

The committee tasked with drawing up the new guidelines for SIUC's plagerism policy has been accused of, wait for it, no not yet, almo...

In case you didn't catch this on the city's website or in the SI: NEWS RELEASE MAINTENANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES Due to ...

Carbondale's website was down from Monday through Thursday morning, plus no-one in the building had external email access which was dri...

He's done. I won't abuse Bytelife readers with my journalist impression; go read the Trib if you're truly interested. (However,...

Rep. Costello sent out the following regarding his approval of a particular provision of the stimulus package. COSTELLO PLEASED “BUY AMERIC...

Longtime Carbondale resident and activist for progressive causes (over 65 years) Lillian Adams died last Saturday at the age of 96. There wi...

The city's done a great job of cleaning up the streets but it would be a little more useful now for the plows to be clearing off sides s...

The fix is in at the Illinois Senate, and Rod Blagojevich is certain to be our former Governor in a few days. Undaunted G-Rod gave Rachel Ma...

Rep. Costello sent out the following press release today regarding his stance on the TARP: COSTELLO OPPOSES RELEASE OF ADDITIONAL TARP FUND...

It's already long and getting longer every time I look at it. Update: Gotta love SIUC's optimism. 5:30 and they still haven'...

The Arbor District is hosting a meeting regarding several assaults that have taken place in the area in the past few weeks. Details from th...

WSIU-FM is broadcasting the Blagojevich impeachment proceedings live all day. The quotes from the tapes are amazing stuff. You gotta wond...

Taking President Obama's recent inaugural speech to heart, particularly the "We will restore science to its rightful place......

Due to bad weather conditions, SIUC will be closed Tuesday, January 27, 2009. For more information, call 618-453-5375 or 866-264-6420.

The list of school closings gets longer by the minute. But, by gum, we're not closing SIUC. Update: SIUC announced it was closing some...

Vice Chancellor Larry Dietz was interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered yesterday regarding his recent trip to Iraq as part of the I...

Out of curiosity, I dug up the statistics for some other college towns: Rolla, Mo , Springfield Mo , Columbia, M0 , Cape Girardeau Mo , Ma...

Here's your big opportunity, Mr. Anonymous-- the time slot from 2-4 a.m. Saturday mornings at WDBX-FM is now open. This is immediately p...

Looks like enrollment figures will drop about 1.5% from last year's numbers. Freshman and sophomore enrollment was up about 11% but i...

Here's a bit of good news. For the first time since 1982, we're reading more .

After looking at the figures more and considering some of the comments, something else became apparent. The student population at SIUC has ...