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Do you like history? Live music? Street food? Artisan crafts? If so, you need to head to the Festival of the Little Hills in historic Saint Charles. A summer staple since 1971, the annual Festival runs Friday, Aug. 16 through Sunday, Aug. 18 but with one notable change. The Festival will be held on Riverside Drive, in the 300 to 500 blocks, between S. Main Street and Frontier Park, which remains closed as a result of earlier flooding. 

Big Sports Properties is the lead developer of a new sports complex/resort at the site of the former St. Louis Mills outlet mall. The 160-acre POWERplex facility intends to host more than 180 major sports tournaments and special events per year.

Letter to the Editor from the Aug. 7 issue.

Williams' editorial from the Aug. 7 issue.

When it was time to rebid transportation, Francis Howell School District decided to bring transportation in-house. To accomplish that goal, they purchased 170 new buses [89% of the fleet] and 21 used buses [11% of the fleet]. The used buses are models from 2015 and 2017.

On Wednesday, July 29, County Executive Steve Ehlmann gave an oral report on the state of the county. 

On July 29, the St. Charles County Council passed Substitute Bill 4743, which establishes and encodes regulations governing Marijuana Land Use and Safety Regulations.

During the week of Aug. 12, St. Charles County will pick up household debris, major appliances and vegetation from flood-damaged homes and businesses in unincorporated St. Charles County and West Alton.

The city is seeking nonprofits who want to create holiday scenes to be displayed as part of the annual Celebration of Lights in Fort Zumwalt Park.

St. Charles Community College [SCC] has received grant funding from the U.S. Department of Labor to support its participation in the Missouri Apprenticeships in Manufacturing Program [MoAMP], a statewide initiative to improve the ability to deliver innovative pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training programs.