Springfield Coal is a series of coal seams under southern Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana. Miners have known them for years and now, after all that digging, paleontologists are studying what's been ...

ELKHART, Ill. (AP) — Owners of a central Illinois coal mine are seeking a zoning change to allow the expansion of a coal-waste storage facility. The Viper Mine proposal goes before Logan County zoning ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority gave the green light to Sugar Camp Energy to mine thousands of acres of TVA-owned coal. The Prairie Rivers Network and Sierra Club Illinois are launching a new legal ...

SIDELL, Ill. (AP) — A proposed coal mine in southern Vermilion County might bring hundreds of jobs with it, and mine officials say the methods of mining they plan to use are designed to be safe and ...

CHICAGO | When an interstate bridge between Springfield and Champaign began to sink three years ago, the cause was quickly identified: An old coal mine 220 feet below the surface was starting to give ...

Jul. 7—VERMILION COUNTY — In a momentous victory for Illinois water and community activism, the permit for Sunrise Coal's proposed Bulldog Mine has expired due to lack of use, effectively killing what ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Peabody Energy Corp.’s plans to close a 400-worker Illinois coal mine marks another “heartbreaking” hit for a struggling region still mending from a deadly tornado last year and ...