Carbondale to shut down the Strip for hybrid Homecoming, Halloween celebration

Carbondale to shut down the Strip for hybrid Homecoming, Halloween celebration

For the first time since 1996, Carbondale is shutting down the Strip for Halloween. On July 5, Molly Hudgins, the executive director of the Southern Illinois University Alumni Association, confirmed to a crowd of cheering alumni that three blocks of U.S. 51 — known locally as the Strip — will be closed for Halloween, with the supervision from the city of Carbondale. On Oct. 24, the stretch of Illinois Avenue from West College Street to West Waln…