Sinkhole Law Updates

Workers are repairing a 13-foot sinkhole under the Oak Ridge High School soccer field. It started as an 18-inch hole two weeks ago, said Allen Thacker, Oak Ridge Schools maintenance and operations supervisor. A section of the field “fell out,” and water was observed at the bottom. Workers dug down about eight feet and found [...]

Southwest Marion County residents Roy and Pat Meinson noticed cracks continually re-appearing in the home where they have lived for 19 years. “It was shocking,” Pat Meinson said. “It” was a sinkhole. Foundation Services of Central Florida was called to handle the remediation, which involved 15 truckloads of grout being pumped into 29 injection points [...]

CHICAGO — One person was hospitalized after a sinkhole swallowed three cars in the South Deering neighborhood on the Southeast Side of Chicago Thursday. The person was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Witnesses said the hole opened up around 5 a.m. at 9600 South Houston Avenue, [...]

MILLFIELD — A large sinkhole at the site of the former Millfield mine is being filled as a safety precaution. Residents of Chauncey and Millfield saw dozens of concrete trucks travel through their towns Friday and Wednesday to reach the mine location on Millfield Road. The site is the former Sunday Creek Coal Co. underground [...]