Bartonville News

The American Red Cross Central Illinois Chapter is making it easy for people to drive sober this fourth of July.

Reality is setting in for area parents who are worried about what could happen if state funding for childcare is cut in half.

"It's time for a lawsuit," said a disembodied voice. The statement came in a Peoria County Courthouse elevator filled with unhappy property owners after the Peoria County Board voted 13-2 to reappoint Gary Shadid and Nancy Horton to the Peoria County Board of Review May 14.

Explorer Scouts from the W.D. Boyce Council will be on the Peoria Riverfront Memorial Day raising money in the name of a fallen soldier.

Governor Pat Quinn honors a Central Illinois family for their sacrifice. Multimedia It's a special honor for the Hiatt family of Norwood.

WMBD/WYZZ - The storms have now forced the closure of parts of Kickapoo Creek Road.

Two straight dry days have the water starting to recede a little bit in Peoria County.

In Bartonville, U-S 24 remains open but the water keeps creeping up over parts of the roadway.

A Bartonville woman remained hospitalized Sunday, a day after she was flung from a motorcycle during a three-vehicle accident.

A question is flying around Peoria County regarding the tax bill for commercial property purchased in 2006 by Peoria County Board of Review member Gary Shadid.

In this April 13, 2009 photo released by KFC, a two-piece meal with the new Kentucky Grilled Chicken product is shown, at a KFC location in Louisville, Ky.

Storyteller Barry Cloyd talks about Mexico with second-graders at Limestone Walters Elementary School on Monday morning during the first day of the school's Survivor week.

Three people face charges after being indicted for allegedly participating in the holdup of the Family Dollar store on Harman Highway last month.

Village police were looking for a man in a silver Mustang with a black top who attempted to lure a group of children toward his vehicle Saturday night.

Jake Schaidle, right, the self-proclaimed "biggest chicken wings fan in Eureka," tries to decide on a flavor Friday night with help from Danielle Koeppel, left, Alison Kempthorne, second from left, and Kristin Maher of Hammer's Bar & Restaurant in Bartonville during the Prairie Air Show Wing Off at the Hotel Pere Marquette in Peoria.

WMBD/WYZZ PEORIA -- The Kickapoo Creek Road closure has been extended a second time.

Construction work will begin this week for varying periods on five stretches of central Illinois roads.

It's more a coincidence than a political trend, but two Peoria County incumbent mayors and one village president lost races on Tuesday to familiar rivals.

When the weather heats up, so do scams targeting the elderly. Police warn senior citizens that the spring typically brings a rash of complaints about scams involving people traveling door-to-door and offering to do tasks such as sealcoating driveways, repairing roofs and trimming trees and bushes.

Local entrepreneur Robert Davis puts his invention, a soft serve ice cream vending machine, into use for employees at the Peoria County Courthouse on Wednesday.