Engineers inspecting the Blanchette Bridge have finished survey work ahead of schedule and will not shut down the middle two westbound lanes Thursday as previously planned, the Missouri Department of Transportation said today.

The lanes had been closed since Monday during…

On Thursday night, O’Fallon city officials are expected to award a $1.7 million contract for upgrades to the city’s sewer and water plant to a St. Louis County company that submitted the second-lowest bid.

The city is choosing KCI Construction Co.…

St. Charles County officials are weighing whether to change the proposed date of an election on a sales tax increase to November from August.

The County Council on Monday night voted to delay voting on an ordinance to set up the…

St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann wants to put a sales tax increase on the Aug. 4 ballot to help pay for a $36-million revamping of the emergency communications system used by police and fire departments across the county.

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This weekend, the Post-Dispatch launched a new blog called “A Conversation About Race,” which asks you to join an often difficult discussion about our differences. (The URL is www.stltoday.com/race .)

In a front-page story in Sunday’s edition introducing the blog, reporter Doug Moore writes:…