A couple weeks ago, Bartonville police announced they were going to be “proactive” in the fight against drugs. They were going to set up roadblocks, pull over cars and have one of those highly-trained drug-sniffing dogs do it’s thing.
Although I consider the act of pulling over cars just to see if there’s a possibility [...]

I do not count as pork the new $9.6 million
training center for the 182nd Air Guard in Bartonville. A strong military is certainly a legitimate uses of federal tax dollars:
The money will be used to construct a 37,700-square-foot building that would house administrative offices, operations, communications training and equipment maintenance, said Rep. Ray LaHood, [...]

Stop hyperventilating Cubs fans. They are talking about the Bartonville native going to the hated White Sox to replace Paul Konerko:
Three years after the Cubs should have signed him, the White Sox could get a chance to bring power-hitting first baseman Jim Thome back to his home state.
General manager Ken Williams says re-signing Paul Konerko [...]

Pay no attention to the elitist snobs who dis country music. It’s an extremely popular form of music, with tons of loyal fans, some of whom will be attenting the tonight’s performance by country music singer/songwriter Jeffrey Steele at Stone Country Saloon in Bartonville.

Via HOI News:
BARTONVILLE — More information is coming out Thursday night about the human remains found in a ditch in Bartonville.
The Peoria County coroner has identified the remains as those of Bonnie Fife.
The Canton woman was last seen almost a year ago to the day in the Peoria area.
Fife’s parents have said she was an [...]

The village is raising the fines it can charge bars that violate the city’s liquor ordinances.
Granted the fines to bring the village up to state standards, and God knows that bureaucrats want their little rules and regulations to be uniform.
But last month, these guys just held their first liquor commission hearing in years. Now, [...]

Granted, I’ve only heard one side of the issue. But the word is that bar owners in Bartonville are finding it tougher to do business under the town’s new mayor, Jeff Zircher. One bar got big fine, I’ve heard, because a band was still taking down its equipment after the 2 a.m. closing time.
Jeff [...]