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A site plan has been approved clearing the way for construction of a massive 500,000-square foot “spec” building – equal to nine football fields under roof – in the Premier 370 Business Park on the Mississippi River flood plain in St. Peters.

Due to construction work at the entrance of a new business, Executive Centre Parkway just east of St. Peters Centre Boulevard will be closed intermittently on Thursday, March 5 and Friday, March 6. This same area of Executive Centre Parkway also will experience some lane closures between Monday and Thursday, March 9-12.

When President Obama keeps talking about "violent extremists" in the abstract, you might wonder whether Presbyterians are running amok.

  There was little fanfare or buzz about the Francis Howell North hockey club for most of the 2014-15 season. The Knights entered the playoffs as a lowly 12 seed after an up and down regular season that went 9-8-4 and were not expected to contend for the Wickenheiser Cup Championship. After battling past Lutheran South and Timberland in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the playoffs, Howell North completed their season on the edge with a 3-1 win over Fox in the Wickenheiser Cup Championship game at Scottrade Center Tuesday (Mar. 3). The championship was the first ever for ...

There may be some poetic justice in the recent revelation that Hillary Clinton, who has made big noises about a "pay gap" between women and men, paid the women on her Senate staff just 72 percent of what she paid the men. The Obama White House staff likewise has a pay gap between women and men, as of course does the economy as a whole.

Attorneys are negotiating a possible settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit against St. Charles County Elections Director Rich Chrismer and a former female employee. But Chrismer said he had not seen any settlement agreement of the suit.

Missouri State Auditor and governor candidate Tom Schweich, a St. Louis County native, died on Feb. 26 at the age of 54.

St. Peters officials say a developer plans to build a 500,000-square foot “spec” building – equal to nine football fields under roof – in Premier 370 Business Park on the Mississippi River flood plain.

St. Charles Community College will host the 18th annual High School Math Tournament in cooperation with Great Plains Math League starting at 8 a.m. on March 7.

BEST IN SHOW Tiger Docks, of O’Fallon, received a “Best Dock & Lifts Display” award at the National Marine Manufacturers Association/Progressive Boat & Sportshow held at Bartle Hall in Kansas City in late January. It was the third time Tiger Docks has earned the  coveted recognition in the past four years. PEOPLE BJC Medical Group expanded to include 59 new providers in 2014 including four new providers in St. Charles County. Dr. Milton Ochieng (gastroenterology), Laura Benack, RN (radiation oncology), Lisa Scott, FNP (family medicine), Dr. Jennifer Nguyen (internal medicine/pediatrics) are now on staff at Progress West Hospital or Barnes-Jewish ...