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The St. Charles County Council approved a conditional use permit allowing a restaurant on a 17. 9-acre tract at the southwestern corner of the intersection of Terry Court and Terry Road.

Farm roads with limited shoulders in rural St. Charles County were not designed to handle high traffic volumes and high speeds. And traffic and speeds are on the rise on two-lane rural roads as new homes are rising from what were farmers fields in parts of the county. That concerns farmers who still live there and new residents.

Dardenne Prairie Mayor David Zucker and city aldermen may be exploring whether to hire a city administrator in the coming months. But first, as Alderman Justin Ungerbroeck [Ward 2] said, they want to “define the swim lanes properly” to ensure that the person hired is likely to swim rather than sink.

On the morning of Jan. 4, O'Fallon residents filled the city council chambers at O'Fallon Municipal Center [City Hall] to hear Mayor Bill Hennessy deliver the 2019 State of the City address.

Resolutions are great as long as they last past January. However, according to Dr. Graham Colditz, of Siteman Cancer Center, “those goals often focus on big, sweeping changes, such as losing 40 pounds or training for a marathon.”

Heading into the Gateway Athletic Conference Tournament last weekend, the Holt wrestling team was a bit short-handed. But when the Indians hit the mats at Warrenton High, Colton Hawks and his teammates made sure they would come home with the big prize.

The closure is needed so that Norfolk-Southern can reconstruct its railway crossing to accommodate lane and trail improvements as part of the city of St. Peters’ Mid Rivers Mall Drive Widening transportation project.

"We're finding that people making investments in our area are seeing that they are getting a good return on their investments,” Mayor Len Pagano said.

Francis Howell North guard Isabelle Delarue played with the Lady Knights last year as a freshman and, like most freshman, she had growing pains and a learning curve.

A service for Kasten, her mother and children is scheduled from 3-8 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 6 at Collier's Funeral Home, 3400 N. Lindbergh Boulevard. A GoFundMe page has been established to help pay for the funerals.