Lylee Gibbs
Visuals InternLylee Gibbs is a rising senior photojournalism major at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.
The Du Quoin native is approaching her fourth year working at The Daily Egyptian, SIU Carbondale's independent student newspaper, where she continues to serve as Editor-in-Chief.
Gibbs is a reporting fellow in the Saluki Local Reporting Lab working on long-term stories in Alexander County 鈥� Illinois' southernmost county, which lost the largest percentage of its population in the nation between the last two censuses.
She was a Summer 2024 photo intern for the Thrillville Thrillbillies, a collegiate summer league baseball team in Marion, Illinois.
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Pride St. Louis is celebrating its 45th year of recognizing the LGBTQ community. This year, the organization lost major funding due to federal pressures on corporations to drop their DEI initiatives. Attendees say this year鈥檚 festival is more special because the community stepped in to support it. -
St. Louis City SC unveiled the mural on Tuesday that represents the five St. Louis residents who helped the U.S. defeat England in 1950. -
This year marks the Southeastern Rodeo Association鈥檚 12th year hosting Black rodeos 鈥� and the fifth such event in St. Louis. -
This year鈥檚 holiday marks the 160th anniversary of the announcement in Texas that enslaved people were free. Attendees at the Griot Museum and the Juneteenth parade and festival in Dellwood said the holiday is an opportunity to remember African American history, spend time with family and celebrate joy. -
The annual conference brings together experts from the transportation industry to collaborate on growing the shipping industry. -
"It literally had looked like a bomb had just went off," one volunteer said of the tornado's damage in north St. Louis. "Blocks and blocks of homes that are just gone." -
Despite Illinois' plan to reduce poverty in the state, financial problems are worsening for many downstate families as pandemic-era enhanced benefits sunset in the face of rising inflation.
