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.

Hennessy

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

Lowery

O’Fallon City Administrator Robert Lowery Jr. is pressing the City Council to publicly release the investigative report of the undisclosed issues that spurred the council to put him on administrative leave earlier this year.

The council on Thursday night voted 6-2 to reject…

I’m sitting here in the audience at the start of O’Fallon’s twice-monthly City Council meeting, and City Administrator Robert Lowery Jr. is still persona non grata.

Lowery’s name plate has been removed from the dias, and Assistant City Administrator Greg Smothers…

O’Fallon’s last police chief has applied to become O’Fallon’s next police chief.

Huh?

Yes, you read that correctly.

Former Chief Jerry Schulte has submitted his application for the open police chief’s job. He could not immediately be reached for comment today.

Jerry Schulte

Two others…

Last week, a poster commented on the Todd Criswell/Charles Mobley wrongful termination lawsuit against the city of O’Fallon.

Here’s what the poster wrote: “…Charlie Mobley was just given a large sum of money by the Lowery/Morrow lead city. Go figure, only…

Chet Pleban, a lawyer for O’Fallon City Administrator Robert Lowery Jr., has sent a letter to the City Council claiming Lowery is a victim of retaliation by the council.

In the Jan. 15 letter to all eight council members, Pleban demanded…

No surprise here: O’Fallon city council members are keeping a lid on an unusual Saturday afternoon closed meeting amid growing speculation on the job status of City Administrator Robert Lowery Jr.

(P-D file photo) City Administrator Robert Lowery Jr. talks business…

Lowery Jr.

O’Fallon Mayor Donna Morrow says she will oppose any attempt on the City Council to oust City Administrator Robert Lowery Jr. during her final three months in office.

In her first public statements on the rumors swirling around Lowery’s job status, Morrow…

Schneider

Vicki Schneider, who narrowly lost her Missouri House seat in the November election, is wasting no time plotting a political comeback.  Schneider is now running for mayor of O’Fallon.

Schneider, who filed Friday, is the latest of four candidates to register for the…

The O’Fallon City Council is expected to pass a proposed $79.2 million budget at tonight’s meeting.

The general fund, which pays most employee salaries, will shrink by about $3 million from last year, to $25.3 million.

City spokesman Tom Drabelle said the…