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Cottage Township to retain Cottage Grove Road

Cottage Grove Road will remain a part of the Cottage Township road system and not be sold to Peabody Energy for a haulage road, Cottage Township Road Commissioner Michael Karns said at a hearing Monday.
Jun 29, 2014 6:58 PM
Cottage Road Commissioner: I really want it to stay open

The issue of whether Cottage Township selling a section of road to Peabody Energy for the expansion of Cottage Grove Mine -- a strip mine -- south of state Route 13 toward the community of Rocky Branch is delayed for 11 days.
Jun 12, 2014 9:06 PM
Proposed coal rules would change Southern Illinois

Sweeping changes to Southern Illinois' economy are in store if a rule designed to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants by as much as 30 percent by 2030 is enacted. Area industry experts and elected officials say the rule would all but end coal mining in Southern Illinois, and increase electricity costs to every home and business in the region.
By GateHouse Media Staff Jun 2, 2014 10:23 PM
Compressed natural gas replaces diesel at half the price

Chris Schimp's German great-great-grandfather supplied lumber to Peabody's Grayson coal mine southeast of Eldorado.
May 15, 2014 10:06 PM
DCEO hosts fracking update meeting

The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is hosting a public meeting to provide the Regional Planning Commission staff and board members an overview of high volume hydraulic fracturing drilling and production process and an update on oil and gas production activities in Southeastern Illinois College 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Staff Report May 12, 2014 6:44 PM
Peabody complaints to County Board continue

Those who were denied the opportunity to speak before the Saline County Board voted to sell Peabody Energy the right of way rights to Cottage Grove Road at a recent special meeting spoke openly Thursday.
Apr 28, 2014 10:45 PM
County Board votes yes to Peabody plans

Tuesday the Saline County Board voted overwhelmingly to sell Peabody Energy the Rocky Branch Road that the coal company has planned to be part of its expanded strip mining operation in Cottage Grove Township.
Apr 17, 2014 7:07 PM
Ameren spending $1.2 million in Du Quoin and Pinckneyville

Ameren Illinois is investing in electric infrastructure improvements to upgrade the reliability and performance of its energy delivery system in Perry County. Ameren Illinois will invest approximately $1.2 million to meet the energy needs of residential and business customers today, while adding capacity to handle expected increases in load demand now and in the future. In Du Quoin, Ameren Illinois is upgrading and adding capacity to power lines in two different locations. The added capacity is similar to expanding a two-lane highway to a four-lane highway.
Apr 16, 2014 9:00 AM
Funeral for a forest

Rocky Branch citizens of Saline County and members of the Vinyard Indian Settlement, in neighboring Pope County a few miles southeast, gathered on public thoroughfare land in front of Peabody Energy's Cottage Grove Road logging operation Monday at 6 p.m.
Apr 2, 2014 3:44 PM
Protestors find no logging on Sunday

There was no logging planned for Sunday, but no one notified the protestors.
Mar 31, 2014 2:07 PM

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