A St. Charles County anti-smoking group has begun talking about the possibility of a petition drive to put a ban on smoking in public places on a countywide ballot.

Pat Lindsey, executive director of the Tobacco-Free Missouri Greater St. Louis Coalition, said…

Mayors Patti York of St. Charles and Pam Fogarty of Dardenne Prairie want St. Charles County voters to decide whether smoking should be banned in restaurants and other public places across the county.

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The two city leaders weighed in on the…

Improvements to Highway DD will be finished before the end of 2010, state officials said today.

Kevin Keith, chief engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation, sent a letter to County Executive Steve Ehlmann saying the state would accelerate improvements to the…

For the first time in several years, there are no across-the-board pay increases for St. Charles County employees under the proposed 2010 budget submitted by County Executive Steve Ehlmann.

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“Economic forecasts for 2010 indicate some improvement in the economy might occur,”…

The St. Charles County Council voted 6-0 on Monday night for a measure designed to renew pressure on state transportation officials to cut the speed limit on a stretch of accident-plagued Highway DD west of Highway 40.

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The measure, if ratified by…

After hearing about a planned St. Louis aldermanic resolution opposing a Rams ownership bid including Rush Limbaugh, the chairman of the St. Charles County Council was preparing to rush to the bid’s defense with a resolution of his own.

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“The most important thing was to keep (the team) in St. Louis,” Council…

St. Charles County officials are trying again to get state officials to cut the speed limit on a mile-long stretch of accident-plagued Highway DD west of Highway 40.

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County Executive Steve Ehlmann on Thursday asked the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission…

The St. Charles County Council has signed off on spending $3.3 million to buy a 175-acre site near New Melle for a new county park.

The council on Monday night also approved accepting David and Mary Jane Wolk’s donation of a…

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St. Charles County and St. Charles city officials are teaming up to hire an engineering firm to assist them with their appeals of revised federal flood risk maps.

The County Council on Monday night voted 7-0 to pass the joint agreement. The City Council…

St. Charles County Councilman Paul Wynn, who’s in Iraq working for a civilian contractor, has e-mailed his opposition views on the sales tax hike for emergency communications on Tuesday’s countywide ballot.

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The O’Fallon Republican participates in many council meetings via the Internet and…