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09.30.2009 12:15 pm

Tea party rally set for Friday in St. Charles

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Onder

The “tea party” movement and its message of fiscal restraint and opposition to big government comes to St. Charles’ Frontier Park Friday with a rally from 5 to 7 p.m.

Among various speakers will be former state Rep. Bob Onder, R-Lake…

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07.23.2009 4:57 pm

Francis Howl! Perfect game gets St. Charles native call from Obama

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Buehrle is embraced by teammates

Buehrle is embraced by teammates

Why were all of those guys huddled around the television at your office this afternoon?

They were watching Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle — a St. Charles native and 1997 graduate of Francis Howell North — pitch…

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03.11.2009 5:30 pm

Joseph McCulloch tapped for St. Charles County convention post

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Former St. Charles County Councilman Joseph McCulloch has been appointed by Gov. Jay Nixon to the county’s Convention and Sports Facilities Authority.

J. McCulloch

J. McCulloch

If his appointment is confirmed by the Missouri Senate, McCulloch will fill the seat formerly held by ex-St. Charles City Councilman…

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01.04.2009 11:05 pm

Journalists favored Nixon with donations? Maybe. Maybe not

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Nixon

Nixon

The Springfield News-Leader’s Chad Livengood had an interesting package over the weekend that focused on the groups who had poured campaign money into the successful gubernatorial bid of soon-to-be-ex Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon.

Two of the governor-elect’s biggest supporters were…

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11.26.2008 11:45 am

Former Mo. state representative sought in kidnapping plot

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gerald Cox, a former Democratic lawmaker from St. Charles, is wanted by police after being charged in a kidnapping plot in Maryland Heights.

Cox served in the State House from 1979-1980, and again in 1983-84. Since leaving politics, he has…

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11.04.2008 8:11 am

A win-win?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As the sun rose on a spectacular fall day, some voters found reason for cheer.

“America’s in a win-win situation,” Rebecca Yarbrough, 27, told the P-D’s Valerie Hahn outside the polling place in New Town at St. Charles, where Republican candidate…

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11.04.2008 7:11 am

Packing them in

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Voters wait in line outside St. Vincent's Church early Tuesday morning. Max Gersh | Post-Dispatch

Voters wait in line outside St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Max Gersh| Post-Dispatch

At St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, just south of downtown in the Lasalle Park neighborhood, the P-D’s Lisa Eisenhauer spied dozens of voters waiting in the…

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10.27.2008 12:10 pm

Akin ad warns of “creeping socialism”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin used the same line — “creeping socialism” — at the John McCain rally in St. Charles last week as he does in this campaign ad. The Republican congressman, seeking his fifth term, faces…

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10.23.2008 5:58 pm

Video: Kit Bond on McCain and the presidential contest

I caught up with Sen. Kit Bond, a fervent supporter of Sen. John McCain, before McCain’s rally earlier this week.

This video would have been posted this sooner were it not for technical difficulties.

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10.21.2008 10:45 pm

Palin plans return to Missouri with Friday stop in Springfield

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Palins at the Chaifetz Arena in her last visit to Missouri

Palin at the Chaifetz Arena in her last visit to Missouri

Republican veep nominee Sarah Palinwill make her visit to Missouri since squaring off against her Democratic counterpart Joe Biden in the Oct. 2 debate at Washington University.

The John McCain campaign…

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