BENTON — The Princess Flame scholarship pageant took place Saturday at the Benton Civic Center, marking the start of the events leading up to the 2024 Old King Coal Festival.

If it burns, they will build a furnace to burn it. “Can you burn it? That’s the question we get,” said Jon Dockter, an engineer and vice president for Bismarck’s King Coal Furnace Corp ...

WEST FRANKFORT — Twenty-two year old Raylee Carroll of Du Quoin was crowned 2025 Princess Flame before a large crowd Saturday afternoon during the Old King Coal Festival Princess Flame ...

Nearly 130,000 homes in the U.S. still burn coal for heat. Despite decades of decline and concerns about climate change, companies in the coal home-heating business are optimistic about the future.

John Smith of West Frankfort was crowned as the 2025 Old King Coal. Smith was an underground miner at Old Ben #21 and Old Ben #24 and has been working as a State Mine Inspector and Mine Rescue ...

BENTON, Ill. (WSIL) -- A winner was announced for the 2023 Old King Coal Festival Princess Flame Saturday night in Benton, Ill.

If it burns, they will build a furnace to burn it. For example, King Coal designed a prototype unit for the Alaskan Brewing Co. of Juneau, Alaska, to burn its spent grain malt.

Nearly 130,000 homes in the U.S. still burn coal for heat. Despite decades of decline and concerns about climate change, companies in the coal home-heating business are optimistic about the future.