Bartonville

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.

With the end of 2022, the E.D. Edwards coal-burning power plant in Bartonville is officially closed.

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.

Bartonville assistant fire chief Drew Zachman offered an emotional public apology Monday night for his use of a racial pejorative in a short video shared across social media outlets.

NAACP Peoria Branch president Marvin Hightower says a viral video of a Bartonville firefighter using a racial slur should prompt some action from village leaders, as village trustee Scott Helms calls for a swift response.

The company that plans to convert the E.D. Edwards coal plant in Bartonville into a battery-storage facility will receive over $40 million in state grants as an incentive to do so.

The company running the E.D. Edwards power plant south of Bartonville wants to cap the site's ash pond when the plant closes later this year. That plan is raising concerns from environmental activists.

Two cats and a dog died this morning after a house fire in Bartonville.Bartonville police and firefighters responded to 221 Buena Vista at 5:30 a.m.…

41-year-old Sean Juergens was killed Tuesday night in the area of Route 24 and Mendenhall Road.The Peoria man was apparently walking north on Route 24…

Kickapoo Creek Road is open again in Peoria County.The road has been closed since a massive rock slide on May 31st. Boulders, earth and trees blocked…