Libby Gerdes is a journalist for The Southern Illinoisan, covering a wide range of topics including local businesses, community events, social issues, and sports. With a keen eye for human interest stories, Libby strives to provide insightful and engaging articles that connect with readers in Southern Illinois.
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By: Libby Gerdes, Jaden Sanders
CARBONDALE — More than 130 Chicago-area high school students experienced introduced to Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s nationally recognized aviation program when United Airlines brought them to Southern Illinois Airport Saturday.
By: Libby Gerdes
MAKANDA — Vulture Fest started as a love story 25 years ago, and love was still in the air alongside the vultures at the annual festival Saturday.
MAKANDA — Vulture Fest started as a love story 25 years ago. Love was still in the air, with the vultures overhead, at the annual festival Saturday.
By: Libby Gerdes
MAKANDA — Vulture Fest started as a love story 25 years ago, and love was still in the air alongside the vultures at the annual festival Saturday.
By: Libby Gerdes, Callie Stone
The 4th annual Southern 7 Toy Run raised $7,259, which will go toward Project Santa in North Carolina. The donation will help purchase Christmas gifts for children impacted by Hurricane
By: Jason Thomason, Kat Byars, Libby Gerdes
Fresh produce and tasty recipes were sold earlier this morning at the Cookbook Fundraiser, which benefits the Good Samaritan Food Pantry. Click here to learn how one local organization is
By: Kat Byars, Libby Gerdes, Jason Thomason
CARBONDALE — Community members gathered to support the Carbondale Community High School Education Foundation by purchasing bricks salvaged from the recently demolished 101-year-old CCHS building.
CARBONDALE — More than 300 people were “all in” for community, progress and voting at the Carbondale Branch NAACP's 47th annual banquet.
Each month at local public libraries in the First Judicial Circuit, volunteer attorneys are working to help self-represented litigants through the Lawyer in the Library program.
By: Libby Gerdes
SPRINGFIELD — A federal judge in East St. Louis overturned Illinois' ban on semiautomatic weapons Friday on the basis of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that strictly interpret the Second Amendment right to keep and bear firearms.
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