A drawing of part of the planned Streets of St. Charles project

The St. Charles City Council has passed legislation to undo a financing snag that threatened to significantly delay or downsize a $385 million commercial/residential project at the site of the old Noah’s Ark restaurant.

Meanwhile,…

With three of 10 members absent, the St. Charles City Council Tuesday night delayed until next week a vote on a resolution authorizing negotiations on a possible city subsidy for a mammoth riverfront commercial-residential project between Interstate 70 and the…

A vote this week by the St. Charles City Council may have shut the door on any mobile food vending carts in the North Main Street bar-restaurant area for the foreseeable future - except during special festivals.

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Amid continued opposition from…

The St. Charles City Council has narrowly decided to keep the new ward boundaries it enacted last month for next April’s council election. A bill to repeal the new lines was defeated Tuesday on a 5-5 tie vote.

In a debate…

After months of on-and-off discussion, the St. Charles City Council has approved tax breaks to fund expansion of a construction products firm.

The 7-3 vote on Tuesday night allows the city to issue about $7.1 million in industrial revenue bonds for…

Spurred by criticism from Orchard Farm School District officials, the sponsor of proposed tax breaks to fund expansion of a St. Charles construction products firm has negotiated a new deal with fewer benefits for the company.

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City Councilman Michael Klinghammer says…

Last week the St. Charles City Council appeared to be finished redrawing ward lines for next year’s election, narrowly approving a plan on a 6-4 vote after more than six months of consideration - much of it in committee.

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But that decision…

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St. Charles Mayor Patti York today returned unsigned two recently-passed ordinances allowing the construction of a controversial 252-unit, multi-building apartment complex near the Family Arena.

That means the bills will go into effect. The project, at the northern corner of the…

St. Charles Councilman Bob Kneemiller said today he’ll withdraw his proposed ordinance aimed at barring people of all ages from sending text messages on cell phones while driving in the city.

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That’s because a new state law prohibits local governments from enacting…

Llywelyn’s Pub, the Welsh-themed fixture in the Central West End since the mid-1970s, plans to open a branch in St. Charles’ North Main Street entertainment area early next year.

The City Council last week approved a restaurant-bar license for Llywelyn’s owners to operate…