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…

Bill Hennessy

Tonight, O’Fallon, Mo., mayor-elect Bill Hennessy will be sworn in for his first term.

Hennessy, who defeated Jim Frain and Councilman Pierce Conley earlier this month, will take the oath tonight during a 5:30 p.m. special council meeting.

Also being sworn…

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.…

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…

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…

Covered the Martin Luther King Jr. service in St. Charles last night. About 225 people sang, prayed and clapped inside St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church.

St. Charles Police Officer Charles Hayes was among those invited to read a portion of King’s…

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…