The 60 mph winds caused significant outages across the region, leaving several dozen customers without power for hours. Matt Holiner, Midwest Chief Meteorologist for Lee Enterprises further explains this wacky winter weather.
While a few people are trying to turn Shawnee National Forest into a national park, some people in Southern Illinois think that could be a bad idea. They favor keeping the Shawnee National Forest under the management and protection of the National Forest Service.
THOMPSONVILLE — The owners of farms in the area of Sugar Camp Mine and attorneys Douglas Dorris and Thomas Lech met with representatives of Illinois EPA and the Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday morning to talk about the damage mining and use of a fire retardant foam have caused to thei…
Snake Road is closed during Sept. 1 through Oct. 30 for the fall migration. Here are some photos Byron Hetzler he's taken on Snake Road over the years.
The Shawnee National Forest is celebrating 83 years in existence this year. Here are some of our favorite forest photos of this beautiful place to commemorate the milestone.
Sierra Club Illinois and Prairie Rivers Network announced Tuesday they are appealing the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)’s decision to grant a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to Williamson Energy LLC, the owner of the Pond Creek coal mine in Fra…
Look back at reader submissions of their experiences during the day of the historic Southern Illinois super derecho and the days after.
Keep Carbondale Beautiful’s Spring Clean-Up and Recycling Day event is back from its two-year hiatus.
The Illinois Attorney General's lawsuit alleges the pollution is the result of Sugar Camp using firefighting foam containing PFAS in an attempt to extinguish an underground fire that erupted at its mine facility in August.
Ameren Illinois announced that it will increase its rates beginning Jan. 1 and was granted a $57.6 million formula rate hike. The Citizens Utility Board says the hike “adds to consumers' pain in an already difficult year.”
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.
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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.
The small city of Grand Tower is grappling with a massive sinkhole that is nearly 30 feet in diameter and 5 feet deep.
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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…
The U.S. Air Force announced the final selection of the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing, capping more than three years of study and deep community division over the planes, which come with the promise of jobs and new construction but also noise and pollution.
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?