Chances are, if you live in Illinois, you are near a hidden mine. Water is pouring into Shanee Carpenter’s Belleville home through a crack in her basement, which seems to grow by the day.

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About 330,000 homes in Illinois sit on top of old abandoned mines. And some say their homes are sinking because of it. Concerns in one Illinois town are growing after a news of a grandmother in ...

The sinkholes in that area had formed because of an old coal mine, a police spokesperson said. Shanee Carpenter, of Belleville, Illinois, told News 2’s sister station, KTVI, she fears what’s ...

Illinois Republican Rep. Darin LaHood this week reintroduced legislation that would make it easier for states, the private sector and nonprofit groups to collaboratively clean up abandoned ...

A homeowner in Illinois is concerned that the cracks along the floors and walls of her basement are indicative of a sinkhole that could be caused by an underground mine. (KTVI) ...