Features & Capabilities

Your story lives in The Southern Illinoisan. From reporting on all of your favorite teams to the news that matters most in your community, we cover it all. Get in-depth stories from Carbondale and beyond – including news, sports, opinion, obituaries, entertainment, and politics.

Easily access the very latest news in an app built for you. Read, see, and hear exclusive commentary, stunning photography, video updates, and binge-worthy podcasts.

Our app features:

  • Your Stories – personalize your experience by selecting the news topics that matter most to you
  • Get notified – stay in the loop by selecting alerts for breaking news, sports, weather, and more
  • Easy navigation – See all the latest local stories by simply swiping up/down, and left/right.
  • Read stories your way – either in the News Feed or via the E-edition
  • Breaking news updates – top banners let you know what’s happening right now
  • Continue watching – Pause a video and pick up where you left off across devices
  • See your history – Easily view stories you’ve read

Free to download. Subscribers enjoy unlimited access.

https://thesouthern.com/terms

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Paxton Media Group LLC
Rating:
2.50
(13)
Version:
217.1 Last updated: 2025-09-04
Version code:
877232989
Creation date:
2010-06-04
Compatible devices:
Size:
59.74MB
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-04
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Developed by:
Paxton Media Group LLC
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-southern/id375277474
Website:
https://thesouthern.com

User Reviews

This has to be the worst app out there, the only reason to open it is the obits. L
by th*****, 2021-02-11

A Google pop up occurs within the app and with internet access to the newspaper...clearly a malware bug that sets up bogus Tabs in your internet feed...see previous users experience...their entire site has been compromised...can’t believe its not been fixed..best thing is to remove app, clear all tabs and website data and do a cold reboot and forget about this app for now
by wi*****, 2021-01-17

For about a week now after I have browsed a couple of articles, no matter what I open next after I’ve read about half I get redirected from the page to some bogus “you are the 10,000 searcher on Google and have won something “ or something like that with confetti blowing up everywhere. From there you cannot close it or go back to the Southern’s app and have to shut it down and start over. It seems once this has happened to a certain article, it will happen every time I try to open it in the future, so I never get to finish reading it. This is the only app I have experienced this problem with so it’s not coming from my end.
by b.*****, 2021-01-03
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