The search for a new O’Fallon, Mo., police chief and city administrator has been narrowed to just five candidates for each position.

In-person interviews are to begin later this month for the remaining five people still in the running for both…

UPDATE (10 a.m. Wednesday):

Councilman Dan Haney e-mailed me Wednesday morning to say the applicant pool for city administrator has been narrowed to 15 remaining candidates. (Thanks Dan.)

BLOGPOST FROM TUESDAY:

O’Fallon has eliminated more than half its applications for both police chief…

Robert Lowery Jr.

Lawyers hired by the O’Fallon City Council to investigate allegations against City Administrator Robert Lowery Jr. appear to have found no wrongdoing, according to a report obtained today by the Post-Dispatch.

Lowery was reinstated Feb. 26 after about a…

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…

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…

O’Fallon this morning rejected my public records request for minutes and any recorded votes during last Thursday’s closed session of the City Council. During that meeting, council members discussed the status of City Administrator Robert Lowery Jr.’s employment.

Lowery, Mayor Donna…

O’Fallon Police Chief Jerry Schulte, who has held the top cop’s position since August 2005, is considering retirement soon, said Tom Drabelle, a city spokesman.

Police Chief Jerry Schulte

Schulte declined comment through Officer Diana Damke, a police spokeswoman. She would not…

You know you’ve been dying to e-mail O’Fallon Police Chief Jerry Schulte to discuss the latest crime trends. Or to ask him why he believes O’Fallon is ranked the third-safest city in the nation by the CQ Press.

Well now you…