Over the last few months, an area encompassing parts of Webb City, Carterville, and the Heritage Acres area outside those ...

To make the sludge available to farmers, contract workers at Galey and Lord would suck the material from a waste lagoon, he said. Tanker trucks would then leave for farm fields, said Evans ...

Commonly known as “sludge,” byproducts from industrial facilities, like food processors, have been stored in lagoons and spread as fertilizer on fields in both counties. Governor Parson signs ...

The Environmental Protection Agency warned Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind study that “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge that’s used as fertilizer on farms across the country poses health ...