Post-Dispatch reporters Joel Currier and Mark Schlinkmann contributed to this report.

O’Fallon, Mo., Mayor Bill Hennessy has given city council members his picks to take two of the city’s top jobs.

Hennessy chose Keith J. Riesberg, 37, for the city administrator’s position.…

Mayors Patti York of St. Charles and Pam Fogarty of Dardenne Prairie want St. Charles County voters to decide whether smoking should be banned in restaurants and other public places across the county.

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The two city leaders weighed in on the…

More than three months after his predecessor’s executive assistant left the city payroll, O’Fallon Mayor Bill Hennessy says he hasn’t decided whether he’ll fill the position.

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“For the rest of this year, probably not,” Hennessy said. “After that, we’ll take a look…

Vicki Boschert

On Thursday night, the City Council unanimously passed an ordinance raising Acting City Administrator Vicki Boschert’s salary by 10 percent.

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O’Fallon city officials are considering a bill to give Acting City Administrator Vicki Boschert a 10 percent…

Robert Lowery Jr., who resigned a month ago as O’Fallon city administrator, is moving to the Washington, D.C, area to take a new job with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Lowery said today he will be the executive…

Mayor Bill Hennessy of O’Fallon said Friday he agreed to a buyout package for former City Administrator Robert Lowery Jr. because it was “the right thing to do.”

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Lowery’s total payout under the agreement, approved by Hennessy and the City Council late last…

St. Charles and unincorporated St. Charles County are among the few jurisdictions in the county in which fireworks sales and usage is allowed for the Fourth of July season.

St. Charles will allow the shooting of firecrackers and various other items next…

O’Fallon City Hall will lock its doors to the public for an hour Wednesday afternoon so newly-elected Mayor Bill Hennessy can talk privately with employees about the future of the city.

City Hall will shut down from 3 to 4 p.m.…

Wednesday night was a big one for Bill Hennessy.

More than 100 people jammed O’Fallon’s city council chambers to watch as Hennessy took his first oath as mayor.

Hennessy, 51, had taken the oath five times before…