Raylee Carroll of Du Quoin, was crowned the 2025 Princess Flame on April 12, at the Old King Coal Festival Princess Flame Scholarship pageant at the Civic Center in Benton. Raylee is attending SIU ...

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 ...

In 1932, International marketed the “New International Blue Flame Burner” for converting coal and wood stoves to gas, using oil fuel. A “chance” happening occurred that directed the company into ...

Paul Moak of West Frankfort, was crowed the 2024 Old King Coal during the Princess Flame Scholarship Pageant. Ella Horn of Carterville, was crowned the 2024 Princess Flame. Madison Voss of ...

Despite decades of decline and concerns about climate change, companies in the coal... For The Few Who Heat Homes With Coal, It's Still King For The Few Who Heat Homes With Coal, It's Still King ...

The festival first began in 1941. The longstanding tradition includes the crowing of Old King Coal, Princess Flame and her court, a coal miner's memorial service, job fair, parade, and a downtown ...

To its creators Matthew Conford and David Cross, however, it is a work of art that is supposed to fuel the mind rather than the stove. "It is a pile of coal, I am not claiming it to be transformed ...

The shipment of coal needed to save Scunthorpe's blast furnaces is still thought to be stuck on a boat at the docks. However, Charlotte Brumpton-Childs, GMB union national officer, said she is ...

WALLINGFORD, Ky. (LEX 18) — A school in Fleming County is on its last legs, forcing an earlier-than-expected closing of the state’s last school still heated by a coal furnace, according to the ...

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. Paul Moak ...

co-owner of Leisure Line Stove Company in Berwick, Pa. "And even if we quadrupled our current sales, it still wouldn't be a problem." There was a time when coal was king in the home-heating business.