ST. CHARLES - Police are asking for your help identifying a vandal who wrote graffiti on more than 40 buildings in downtown St. Charles.

Detective Derek Piasecki said today the 40-plus buildings on Main Street in St. Charles were hit with…

The state license fee office at 2499 Raymond Drive in St. Charles will be the only one in St. Charles County open this Friday and Saturday (Nov. 27-28.)

The office stays open to serve students who are home for Thanksgiving weekend…

The St. Charles Police Department is seeking applications for its 2010 Citizens Police Academy.

The eight-week class will meet from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays beginning Jan. 27. Graduation will be March 17. It is designed to give citizens a…

The city of St. Charles would buy from its nonprofit partner the land on which a community/recreational center is planned under a recommendation from the joint committee overseeing the project.

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However, the committee has yet to finalize and announce other details of its proposal to jump-start the stalled project.…

Freddy the beagle has found a home.

A family from St. Louis County adopted the dog Monday night, said Teresa Gilley, lead animal control officer in St. Charles.

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“He’s in a real nice home now,” she said.

Until last month, the beagle had been the…

UPDATE: The St. Charles County health department announced Friday they have expanded the priority groups for Saturday’s clinic. SARA Services has received a supply of H1N1 vaccine that is approved for children ages 6 months to 4 years.

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Freddy, the canine companion of homeless guy Robert Phillips, is available for adoption.

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The beagle and his owner have been a common sight around St. Charles County for the past year after Phillips moved to this area from Kansas City. They became…

In anticipation of a story on KTVI (Channel 2) last night, Francis Howell administrators sent out this note about the decision to install artificial turf at the field at Francis Howell High School.

The Francis Howell School Board had a close vote…

Ameristar Casino has pulled in the top corporate award this year from the St. Louis chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

The casino firm, which has given almost $5 million to area charities in recent years, will be honored for the…

St. Charles’ Mayor Patti York is the new vice-president of Metro Mayors of St. Louis, made up of the mayors of cities with 10,000 or more across the St. Louis area.

She will serve over the next year with Washington, Mo.,…