Republican Sen. Kit Bond and Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill  are teaming up to pressure the Federal Emergency Management Agency to delay implementation of federal flood maps that have stirred controversy in parts of St. Charles and unincorporated St. Charles County,…

A sales tax to pay for an emergency communications system in St. Charles County highlights a small set of special elections on Aug. 4.

The sales tax of one 20th of a cent is the only countywide proposal on the…

A write-in vote for Oshie in O'Fallon, Mo.

ST. LOUIS — One civic minded Blues fan had a plan to honor rookie sensation T.J. Oshie: Get him elected mayor.

The website “Vote 4 Oshie” (”dedicated to the future King of St. Louis”)…

Blunt

Rep. Roy Blunt takes his week-old bid for next year’s Republican U.S. Senate nomination to GOP vote-rich St. Charles County tonight, with an appearance at the county party’s Lincoln Day gathering.

The event, at the Columns Banquet and Conference Center in St.…

Gross

Chuck Gross, a former longtime Republican state legislator, said Tuesday he will be hospitalized later this month for cancer treatment.

Gross, who was a state senator and representative before becoming St. Charles County’s director of administration in 2007, said he will…

Dooley

Ehlmann

The St. Charles County and St. Louis County executives, Steve Ehlmann and Charlie Dooley, have teamed up for a bipartisan challenge of a $10 increase in the fee charged by sheriff’s deputies across the state for delivering civil subpoenas, writs, summonses and other orders.

In a lawsuit filed last week…

Schneider, left, and Barry

After Democrat Joan Barry announced this week she was seeking a recount in her narrow State Senate loss to Jim Lembke, the State GOP chided her for forcing the state to pay for a new tally — evoking, of…

Schneider

Joan Barry isn’t the only legislative candidate seeking a recount.

As we mentioned earlier, St. Charles County State Rep. Vicki Schneider — who lost her bid for re-election by just 74 votes — is also seeking a new tally.

The O’Fallon Republican was unseated…

The current wave of budget cuts in St. Charles County government is likely to end Jim Cooper’s longtime role as a county lobbyist in Jefferson City.

County Executive Steve Ehlmann eliminated fees for Cooper’s services from the 2009 budget he recently submitted to…

Kaplan, left, and Bosley Jr.

The alleged mastermind of an illegal gambling ring is causing a stir in the St. Charles County jail, and he’s got with him a familiar face at St. Louis City Hall — former mayor Freeman…