This drone photo shows Mount Hope Cemetery in Belleville, which was established in the late 1800s by Immanuel Evangelical Church. An estimated 27,000 people are buried in it. Joshua Carter Belleville ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. – Belleville, Illinois, is set to develop a solar farm at Mount Hope Cemetery, a historic site dating back to the 1800s, to help offset maintenance costs. The city of Belleville, ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Nearly a year after Belleville city leaders agreed to lease 25 acres of timber behind a Mount Hope cemetery for a solar farm, an online petition is calling for the project to be ...

This drone photo shows graves in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belleville to the left and woods that are slated for clear-cutting to make way for a solar farm to the right. Officials have promised to leave a ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. – A 25-acre solar farm is set to be installed at Mount Hope Cemetery in Belleville, Illinois, with the final informational meeting scheduled for this Thursday. The solar farm, which ...

More than 450 people have signed a petition asking Belleville officials to halt their plans to clear-cut woods behind Mount Hope Cemetery to make way for a community solar farm. Opponents are hoping ...