Royal Oak Charcoal is circling Hardeman County once again after withdrawing plans for a plant two years ago due to strong community pushback. The charcoal company is looking at a 186-acre property off ...

Fifteen years, eight months and a little more than a week after West Ocala residents began their fight against a polluting charcoal plant, the buildings are finally coming down. Ruth Reed, longtime ...

It started three months ago with an announcement of 50 jobs by Hardeman County Mayor Jimmy Sain on the week of the mayoral election, but it all came to an end on Halloween morning when Royal Oak ...

ELLSINORE — The Royal Oak Fire at Ellsinore is expected to continue burning for a long time, but first responders say it is controlled and is being monitored. Firefighters from 16 communities fought ...

OCALA — Ruth Reed fought the Royal Oak charcoal plant for 10 years. She complained about the soot that belched from its chimneys, collected samples of the fallout from inside her neighborhood’s homes ...

High winds blew embers at the Royal Oak Charcoal plant near Oxley in Searcy County late Thursday evening, sparking a fire in bundles of lumber that burned most of Friday, authorities said. The plant ...

When it’s time to pick up a bag of charcoal, there are almost as many options in the barbecue aisle as there are candy bars at the front of any grocery checkout station. And the debate about which one ...