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OAKWOOD, Ill. (WAND) – Environmentalists are warning a “coal ash disaster” may occur on the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River near Oakwood if unlined ash pits are not removed.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill (WAND)--- It's been 20 days since family and friends last saw Michael Schmidt and Missing Person Awareness Network has been searching vigorously for the 59-year-old who went missing on June 10.