CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Well driller Randy Gebke usually uses a geology database and other high-tech tools to figure out where to sink new water wells for clients. But if asked, he’ll grab two wires, ...

Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday Most of the major water companies in the United Kingdom use dowsing rods — a folk magic practice discredited by science — to find underwater pipes, according to an Oxford Ph.D ...

On a sunny spring morning in 1955, our physical science teacher at Centralia High School told us he had a surprise for us. We were all going outside to watch a young woman demonstrate the phenomenon ...

It was the winter of some discontent. January began with news that the shallow 30-foot well had played itself out, which was an expense that we were ill-prepared for. There were signs beginning in ...

On a damp morning, Antony Siese stood in his front yard with two straightened coat hangers. Each had a little L-shape at the end. Lightly holding one in either hand, the 89-year-old walked forward.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Drought is keeping drillers busy this summer as thousands of old wells dry up and new ones need to be sunk. Some, like Randy Gebke, of Germantown, Ill., have an unusual tool to ...