Energy News

A southern Illinois physician pled guilty to various federal drug and and obstruction of justice charges.

A wind turbine stands in the background as anti-wind farm protesters stand on the corner of County Line Road and Lee Road in Lee, Ill., on Saturday Oct.

Numerous wind turbines, which stand at 398 feet tall when the blades are at the apex, have been raised in the past few months in southwestern DeKalb county.

Although the coal-powered Prairie State Energy Campus under construction outside Lively Grove will include the latest carbon dioxide-restricting technology, proposed federal legislation could place more restrictions on emissions at the plant.

SHABBONA – The Shabbona Village Board on Wednesday unanimously approved annexing 272 acres of land on the village's western end to develop an industrial park.

An area hospital may have to turn away hundreds of patients as early as next week.

I am responding to the lead story in the Sept. 21 edition of the Telegraph titled “Wind farm company sues Lee.” State law allows any incorporated village to regulate wind farms within a 1.5-mile radius from their city limits.

Oak Park Township Senior Services, 418 S. Oak Park Ave. E-mail seniors@oakparktownship.org; call Dana Ferdinand, 383-8060; or visit Web site, www.oakparktownship.org . Events in fifth floor lunch room unless noted.

SHABBONA – Village board members heard mixed feelings about land that may be annexed to one day serve as an industrial park.

DeKALB – A company that wants to build six wind turbines within the Village of Lee's jurisdiction is suing the village board, saying members improperly denied construction permits after an Aug.

The new charges follow a criminal indictment handed down in early July of this year.

A 65-year-old Southern Illinois woman died days after she was burned in a fire in an operating room, a lawyer for her family says.

Grand Jury Supersedes Its Indictment Against Doctor from Energy, Illinois, on Charges of Obstruction of Justice, Illegal Dispensation of Controlled Substances, and Witness Tampering The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois announced today that on September 9, 2009, the district court returned a 12-count indictment ...

A doctor from Energy, Illinois faces several counts of obstruction of justice, illegal dispensation of controlled substances, and witness tampering.

The final suspect involved in the attempted burglary of the ace hardware store in Energy has been caught.

Authorities in Southern Illinois suspect that two jobless Ohioans suspected of burglarizing a hardware store may be responsible for crimes in seven states.

SYCAMORE – A policy that would place a temporary ban on new wind-energy projects in the county has been taken off the table indefinitely.

Corey Eversgerd has joined SCI Engineering Inc.'s Environmental Group as a project scientist in the O'Fallon office.

Corey Eversgerd has joined SCI Engineering Inc.'s Environmental Group as a project scientist in the O'Fallon office.

A concert of 1950s and 1960s music by the southern Illinois a cappella quartet BLEND will close out the Summer Concert Series at 7 p.m. Friday in Audubon Mill Park on the Henderson riverfront.