Aurora Patrick Williams, 28, of Coal City, was charged with home invasion, aggravated domestic battery, domestic battery and unlawful restraint at 1:17 a.m. Saturday near North Lake Street and West… ...

More than a half century’s worth of toxic coal ash will be excavated from the flood plain of Illinois’ only national scenic river as part of a deal announced Thursday that could establi… ...

Late Thursday, the Illinois House approved an energy policy bill which aims toward a carbon-free future while also using taxpayer money for a $700 million bailout of Commonwealth Edison's parent ...

City of Fairbanks firefighters work to extinguish a coal fire Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at Aurora Energy, 1204 First Ave., in Fairbanks, Alaska. Gary Black/News-Miner ...

Rep. Darin LaHood wants to address polluting coal sites after legislation dealing with hardrock mines became law. Illinois Republican Rep. Darin LaHood this week reintroduced legislation that ...

Yesterday, the Illinois house did not take up the bill to approve a new structure for city worker pension payments. Instead, the legislature debated a unique provision that requires schools in the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) – A bill creating protections from coal ash in Illinois has passed the Illinois Legislature. The Coal Ash Pollution Prevention Act (SB0009) passed on Monday. It’s ...

On the banks of the Illinois River, about 60 miles west of the state capital in Springfield, an old coal-fired power plant sits waiting for its future to arrive. First opened in 1948, it’s been ...

The clean coal fight continues. Today, Democrats on the House Committee on Science and Technology plan to release a report summarizing the results of their inquiry into the Bush administration’s ...

Illinois state leaders are close to possibly approving a $700 million subsidy to keep several nuclear power plants operating. A new bill, approved by the state house and senate, makes the nuclear ...