Just before the start of the Thanksgiving holiday season, the Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) Cancer Institute received a $600 donation from the Carbondale Fire Department.
There are 477 students from India attending Southern Illinois University-Carbondale on federal student visas, making it the most common country of origin for international students at that school.
With 1,685 international students from 89 countries attending Southern Illinois University-Carbondale on federal student visas, the group makes up 9.7 percent of the total student body, according to a Carbondale Reporter analysis of data obtained from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
One offender released on parole in June lives in Illinois zip code 62951, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by SW Illinois News.