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The U.S. Department of Labor is hosting a lung outreach event for former and current coal miners and even survivors medically impacted by the harsh effects.
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WEST FRANKFORT, ILLINOIS (WSIL) -- A long-standing tradition continues with the return of the Old King Coal Festival.Â
WAVERLY, KENTUCKY (WSIL) -- Authorities say a coal miner has died in an accident at an underground mine.
A local audiologist tells News 3 many southern Illinoisans have jobs that can damage their hearing.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) � U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh has toured an underground coal mine for the first time. Walsh joined Sen. Joe Manchin at a northern West Virginia facility on Wednesday. Walsh did his best to signal that President Joe Biden’s administration won’t be an enemy of the coal industry as he and Manchin
BEIJING (AP) � A team of 200 Chinese police, emergency workers and experts is trying to rescue 19 trapped coal miners in the northwestern province of Qingha, after water flooded into the mine. Rescuers have retrieved two workers, one of whom had died, state media Xinhua News Agency said. Local authorities said in a press
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS (WSIL) � The history of coal mining runs deeps in southern Illinois, both figuratively and literally. While the industry helped to put food on the table for local miners and their families, it also had a dark past.
FRANKLIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS (WSIL) � The Old King Coal Festival is returning to West Frankfort after having to be canceled last year due to COVID-19. This year, will mark 80 years since the town first held the festival in 1941.
Larry Morris worked 43 years in coal mining and says he remembers that day well and was close to some of the victims.
The monument remembers those who passed away in an explosion on December 21st, 1951; that explosion happened during the last shift of the Orient Number 2 Mine before the Christmas holiday.