Knox County Coal Miners Receive Pink Slips

Employees of Peabody Coal’s Air Quality Mine in Knox County are now receiving their pink slips.

Sources say many coal miners were notified Tuesday that they were being let go.

Officials with Peabody have said that they are working to relocate employees to other mines in Indiana and Illinois.

No information has been released concerning the number of employees who are being laid off.

Peabody shut down production at the mine at the beginning of September. Officials say they expect the mine to be completely closed off by the end of the year.