Last month, Alton's attorney asked the mine company to pay for the massive hole in Gordon Moore Park to be drained. The ...

A massive 100-foot-wide sinkhole opened up in an Illinois soccer field this week, with video capturing the moment it swallowed a light pole and bleachers in the field. In the shocking footage, a cloud ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mark Mihal was having a good opening day on the links when he noticed an unusual depression on the 14th fairway at Annbriar Golf Club in southern Illinois. Remarking to his friends ...

About 330,000 homes in Illinois sit on top of old abandoned mines. Some say their homes are sinking because of it.

ST. LOUIS — Suddenly being swallowed up by the earth on a golf course’s fairway drove a wedge between Mark Mihal and a stellar round. The 43-year-old mortgage broker was counting his blessings Tuesday ...