St. Charles County Elections Director Rich Chrismer’s prediction was right. He said less than 10 percent of the county’s voters would cast ballots in Tuesday’s special election.

The unofficial results show 12,867 people took the time to darken one oval. There were 235,448…

St. Charles County’s elections director predicts the fate of a countywide sales tax will be decided tomorrow by less than 10 percent of the registered voters in St. Charles County.

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Rich Chrismer said there are 240,000 registered voters in the county.…

The numbers are in, and they’re very clear about one fact:

Most of you stayed away from the ballot box on Tuesday.

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Voter turnout in Tuesday’s election was just under 11.5 percent in St. Charles County. It was even lower in Warren…

Interim Chief Bill Seibert

O’Fallon Interim Police Chief Bill Seibert is pushing for a change in the way the department’s 109 police officers work.

The department currently requires officers work 10-hour shifts, which Seibert says is rare for police departments in the…

Local elections for city councils, school boards, fire boards and other offices are one week away. Have you researched the candidates running for office where you live? Have you read about various ballot measures that affect you?

The StlToday.com Voters Guide…

Perhaps it’s never too early to throw your hat in the ring. We received a press release this afternoon from Tim Lohmar, St. Charles County’s current municipal court judge, announcing that he will run for associate circuit judge in 2010.…

Let’s start an unscientific poll here. Just for fun.

Now that politics seem to be heating up in O’Fallon as we approach the April election, I ask you, Chas Beat readers, who is most likely to claim the mayor’s chair?

If the…

Jim Frain, 60, a candidate for mayor of O’Fallon in the April election, sent a news release to the Post-Dispatch today criticizing what he said was the City Council’s apparent efforts to oust City Administrator Robert Lowery Jr.

He called the City…

Central County Fire and Rescue’s board of directors is considering putting on the April ballot a proposed 25-cent tax increase to pay for long-term upgrades to facilities, buy new equipment hire more firefighters.

The recommendation is being presented by group of…

Post-Dispatch reporter Jake Wagman reported in Political Fix today that state Rep. Vicki Schneider, a Republican who lost her re-election bid to Democrat Kenny Biermann by 74 votes, is seeking a re-count.

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