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In May 1962, the borough of Centralia burned trash to clean up a local landfill before Memorial Day, but the fire spread into abandoned coal mines beneath the town: More than 60 years later, it’s still burning

In 1962, a landfill fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania, sparked a dangerous underground coal seam blaze that has raged on for over sixty years. Despite engineers' attempts, the intricate geology and the presence of abandoned mines complicated containment efforts. The situation escalated with a sinkhole in 1981, prompting a mass evacuation…

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Scouting the state: Breaking down Illinois’ top high school basketball teams from outside the Chicago area

Here is a look at the teams from around the state who are off to impressive starts and that we all can be keeping tabs on between now and March.

Chicago Sun-Times

Inside 13 ghost towns left to slowly rot away across US as nature reclaims the land

From faded boom towns to places abandoned due to natural disasters these husks of their former selves serve as reminders that civilisation doesn't always find a way and what's been built can melt away

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This ghost town is permanently on fire

The once-idyllic Pennsylvania town of Centralia is abandoned today because of the fires burning underneath it

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Understanding, tolerance can bridge divisions between rural Illinois, Chicago

Wherever you go, whomever you meet, people are individuals first, not groups.

Chicago Sun-Times

Downstate wisdom doesn’t wash

You can’t be anti-choice and pretend you value freedom.

Chicago Sun-Times

Centralia voters sound off, former Bulls star sues banker and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Deserted town where an underground fire has been burning for more than 60 years

A subterranean fire in a once thriving American mining town has been dangerously raging on since 1962 and forced most of its inhabitants out - but five residents still remain

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Police in Washington state fatally shoot Pierce County child-rape suspect after he stabs officer

TACOMA, Wash. — A man being sought by Pierce County detectives was fatally shot in Centralia on Friday after stabbing a police officer there, authorities said.

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