Lake Saint Louis Alderman John Pellerito says he’s making some headway in his effort to pass a ban on smoking in public places in his city.

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Pellerito said a majority of aldermen at a work session Monday expressed interest in pursuing…

Sunday’s Post-Dispatch has a special report by staff reporters Jeremy Kohler and Joe Mahr about some of the major obstacles to cracking down on repeat drunken drivers.

Part of their report was a statistical analysis and ranking of the St. Louis…

UPDATE: Wentzville firefighters are taking the Pink Heals Tour “up” a notch. Starting Sept. 14 (Monday) several firefighters will begin camping out on the roof of the BJC Siteman Cancer in St. Peters until at least 1,000 people register for…

Someone apparently was planning a different type of explosive display over the July 4th weekend, according to police.

Authorities found four gallon-sized milk containers filled with gasoline as well as some newspaper at the Cuivre River Electric Company’s substation in Lake…

Backwoods, an outdoor clothing and gear store, will have its grand opening this month at The Meadows at Lake Saint Louis.

The 10,000-square-foot location at the shopping center at Lake Saint Louis Boulevard and Interstate 64 is Backwoods‘ only store in Missouri. Thousands…

On Saturday, Lake Saint Louisans will try to beat the Guinness World Record for the longest continous (connected) line of individuals floating.

The current record is 863 people floating on air mattresses. The event, sponsored by the Lake Saint Louis Community Association Board of…

The St. Charles County Council has voted to allow collecting of edible mushrooms in county parks - as long as the amount taken is for personal consumption and won’t fill more than a two-gallon container.

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The council on Monday night approved the…

More than $8 million in road projects across St. Charles County are among the 75 St. Louis area projects that will be funded with federal economic stimulus money allocated Wednesday by a regional planning agency.

Here’s the local list approved by the…

Jack Strick, a former Weldon Spring city administrator, wants to return to City Hall as the mayor.

Strick on Tuesday filed to challenge longtime Mayor Don Licklider in the April 7 election. Licklider, who was first elected in 1997, is seeking…

Former Lake Saint Louis police officer Stephen K. Taylor was placed on probation last week for stealing nearly $14,000 from the department’s evidence room. One of the conditions of his probation prohibits him from working as a police officer during the…