Bartelso, Illinois

Futures Markets Leading to Grain Elevator Woes? BLOOMINGTON - Earlier this month, the Illinois Department of Agriculture began sending checks to farmers who were owed money by the bankrupt grain elevator ...

Farmers who are owed money by a former Clinton County grain company can expect to receive payment soon.

"It appears he just drove in front of the train and he was killed instantly"

Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a pick-up truck and train late this morning about one mile east of Bartelso. via Belleville News

"It is always good to be fired-up about education, and I know, as a result of the students' state performance record, Bartelso Elementary is fired-up about achievement."

Tom Hammonds, NHRA Pro Stock Car driver/owner and retired NBA player, will take his national school program, Tom Hammonds Race for Achievement, to Bartelso Elementary School in Bartelso, Ill., on Thursday, May ... via Paddock Talk

The sheriff of southern Illinois' Clinton County says it remains unclear why an 87-year-old man drove his pickup truck into the path of a train, killing him. via WQAD-TV Moline

The driver of a pick-up truck was killed by a train at about 11 a.m. today near Bartelso, the Clinton County sheriff's office reported. via STLtoday