Leon Ricca

After more than 20 years of trying, the Village of Bartonville is moving forward at last with plans to tear down the long-abandoned Allied Mills building on U.S. Route 24.

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.

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.

The general election results in Peoria mean several members of the city council will be returning for another term. Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis defeated…