Bartonville

Two Bartonville men have been sentenced in Peoria County Circuit Court for derailing a train late last year.

The Bartonville Police Department is reminding residents to stay away from power lines downed by Friday night's strong storms and wind.

A Peoria man involved in a car crash in Bartonville last week has died.

Employees of Liberty Steel's wire mill in Bartonville will be furloughed for at least two months, starting on Friday.

Two men were arrested after allegedly causing a train to derail Monday afternoon.

Chad Campen received a 135-month prison sentence on seven fraud-related charges, while Richard Weiss was given a 15-month prison term on two counts.

The Village of Bartonville is resorting to legal measures in hopes of forcing ownership to do something with the deteriorating and dangerous former Allied Mills building.

It's been more than two weeks since Bartonville Mayor Leon Ricca returned to his duties, and he says he's feeling great now. But that wasn't the case a few months ago when he was rushed to the hospital.

Bartonville Mayor Leon Ricca discusses the village's latest actions to get the hazardous former Allied Mills property secured, and the desire to see the abandoned tower demolished.

It's hard to miss the dilapidated former Allied Mills building that towers over U.S. Route 24 on the southern end of Bartonville. Village leaders would like to see the abandoned pet food plant torn down. But the property owner says his group plans to develop the site, and demolition may not be in their best interests.