Although the fault zones beneath the Mississippi River Valley have produced some of the country’s largest modern earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains, scientists acknowledge they don’t yet fully understand the Midwestern seismic zone that caused Friday’s earthquake in southern Illinois.

Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:FCL) today reported net income of $1.9 million or $0.04 per diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, compared to breakeven net income and earnings per share in the third quarter of 2006.

Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:FCL) today reported a net loss of $3.8 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2007.

By DAVID MERCER CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Every spring, fishermen wait for a peculiar-looking fish to swim up the Wabash River between southern Illinois and Indiana.

By BILL MEDLEY, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7519 or medleyb@courierpress.com A strike at a closed Southern Illinois coal mine has ended after union negotiators reached an agreement with the mine's owner that provides severance pay and other benefits for about 230 Tri-State workers.