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The St. Peters Board of Aldermen has passed a resolution supporting the St. Charles County’s efforts to set up a prescription drug monitoring program [PDMP] and urging the Missouri General Assembly to do the same statewide. The board voted 7-0 with one aldermen absent at their Sept. 22 meeting to approve the resolution.  Alderman Rocky Reitmeyer [Ward 1] was absent. ...

Supporters of the Megan Meier Foundation recently marked the completion of its newly expanded resource center with a ribbon-cutting. Originally founded in 2007 with the mission of raising awareness to prevent bullying, cyberbullying and suicide, the Megan Meier Foundation is located at 515 Jefferson St. in St. Charles and now provides an art room, music therapy, group discussions and counseling ...

“I decided to do this because my parents used the Ronald McDonald House when I was a baby, and I wanted to do something for them.”

St. Peters police are looking for the female driver of a red SUV who struck a teenager on a bicycle on Sunday, Sept. 18 along Mid-Rivers Mall Drive and left the scene. The 13-year-old boy was taken to a hospital with a non-life threatening arm injury. Two other friends also on bicycles several feet behind the victim were able to ...

Chris Watts has been named president of Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital and Progress West Hospital, effective in early November. Watts joined BJC HealthCare in 2005 and has served in a variety of leadership roles at the health care organization over the past decade. As president of Barnes-Jewish St. Peters and Progress West hospitals, Watts will provide oversight for the two ...

The Dardenne Prairie Board of Aldermen has asked the St. Charles County Council to delay a final decision on a controversial rehabilitation facility to allow nearby city residents more time to research its impact. The board voted unanimously on Sept. 21 to forward a resolution to the council asking them to table a decision on Sept. 26 on a conditional ...

There is no point denying or sugar-coating the plain fact that the voters this election year face a choice between two of the worst candidates in living memory. A professor at Morgan State University summarized the situation by saying that the upcoming debates may enable voters to decide which is the "less insufferable" candidate to be President of the United States.

PLACES Megan Meier Foundation Executive Director Tina Meier celebrates with the foundation’s staff, clients and representatives of the Greater St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce at its newly expanded St. Charles headquarters.] Supporters of the Megan Meier Foundation recently marked the completion of its newly expanded resource center with a ribbon-cutting. Originally founded in 2007 with the mission of raising ...

Even through the general election is still more than six weeks away, St. Charles County’s lead election official expects a heavy voter turnout, possibly approaching a record. “We are getting very, very high participation,” said Rich Chrismer, the county’s election authority director.  Chrismer said Sept. 19 that he is expecting 83 percent to 87 percent turnout with more than 284,000 ...

Two of Francis Howell High’s recent graduates, Grant Morey and Elise Kaminski, were among 800 students to win scholarships, given out by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.