Environmental advocacy groups are threatening a lawsuit after toxic foam was dumped into the Sugar Camp Coal Mine, putting water supply at risk.
The outdoors should be for everyone, yet everyone doesn’t really get outdoors.
Real Green People is a monthly feature that puts a spotlight on folks who are being the green change they want to see in the world.
After tabling an ordinance to allow for oil extraction at Du Quoin City Lake last month for lack of support, Mayor Guy Alongi said he’s directed the city attorney to prepare the lake and surrounding city-owned land for sale.
Real Green People is a monthly feature that puts a spotlight on folks who are being the green change they want to see in the world.
Multiple crews battled a forest fire Wednesday evening near Equality for several hours.
Real Green People is a monthly feature that puts a spotlight on folks who are being the green change they want to see in the world. This month, we feature Jessica Lynn, who founded the Libre Unschool.
The Shawnee National Forest's famous "Snake Road" closed Tuesday to allow reptiles and amphibians — some of which are considered threatened and endangered — to migrate to their hibernation spots for the winter.
Real Green People is a monthly feature that puts a spotlight on folks who are being the green change they want to see in the world. This month we feature Stephanie Eichholz, executive director of Green Earth Inc.
Those mystery seeds in the mail you've read about online? They've reached Southern Illinois. Here's what you need to know.
Real Green People is a monthly feature that puts a spotlight on folks who are being the green change they want to see in the world. This week's spotlight is on Shawnee Community College biology professor Tony Gerard.
Real Green People is a monthly feature that puts a spotlight on folks who are being the green change they want to see in the world.
The Shawnee National Forest on Thursday will reopen some campgrounds and restrooms that had been closed to restrict the spread of COVID-19, according to a news release from the U.S. Forest Service.
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Real Green People is a monthly feature that puts a spotlight on folks who are being the green change they want to see in the world.
Many beef producers in Illinois will find little to celebrate during Beef Month. A supply glut, production problems due to weather conditions and COVID-19 have taken a toll on the industry.
The father-son team of David and Marc Bremer carries on the operation, established in 1960 with a herd of certified purebred Angus. The farm was purchased in 1946 by Virgil C. and Edgar Bremer, David’s father and uncle.
Ken Beck has carefully planned what to plant on the majority of his 1,800 acres this spring, but he also gave himself a little leeway. On 240 acres of his LaSalle County land, he will make the verdict of corn or soybeans just before the seed goes into the ground — depending on weather and ma…
Along with homemade cloth face masks and bandanas, people are wearing disposable gloves and other disposable gear to protect themselves, but what happens to that disposable protective gear when it is no longer needed?
The Shawnee National Forest has reopened the Lusk Creek Wilderness area in Pope County after removing 25 feral pigs, the agency said Wednesday.
While there is still debate on the causes, climate change is a reality. And farmers will likely feel the effects for years to come.
Farmers in Illinois are keeping their eyes on the skies again, following the wettest year on record that kept many out of their fields until the summer months.
The Shawnee National Forest plans to temporarily close the Lusk Creek Wilderness area in Pope County beginning Monday as officials take steps to eradicate a small but problematic feral pig population.
The Shawnee National Forest announced Tuesday it is closing its developed campgrounds and restrooms as part of the effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. The closures are indefinite.
SUNFIELD — The National Weather Service in Paducah said Friday that preliminary indications from its damage surveyors suggest Thursday afternoon damage to homes in Sunfield, in Perry County, and Dahlgren, in Hamilton County, was caused by two separate EF-1 tornadoes.