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Sharon Duggan-Jinga, a Fort Zumwalt West English language arts teacher, and her advanced speech students won the Greatest Save Teen Public Service Announcement [GSTPSA] contest for the second consecutive year.

On May 18, at the start of a student awards assembly and with students, parents and staff packed into the gymnasium, Cobb was showered with gifts – an iPad, flowers, cake and gift certificates – and a startling surprise.

A 10-cent increase, phased-in over a period of time, to the state’s 17-cent-per-gallon motor fuel tax is vital to addressing major road projects in the state – including a traffic “bottleneck” on Interstate 70 in Wentzville that threatens traffic flow not only for the county but the entire St. Louis region. 

Organized by the St. Charles County Ambulance District [SCCAD], the Mass Casualty Incident [MCI] exercise provided training for county paramedics and firefighters dealing with a chlorine leak.

On Thursday, June 21, United Way of Greater St. Louis – West Region will host a panel discussion about opioid addiction in our region and nation and the local community’s response.

Route N between Schaper and Ellerman Oak drives will be closed through mid-August to allow crews to replace the bridge over Sam’s Creek. 

St. Charles County Police Chief David Todd has been selected by the Missouri Police Chief’s Association to represent its membership on Missouri’s Homeland Security Advisory Council [HSAC].

On May 21, the County Council agreed to another delay of a final vote on a proposed subdivision in the heavily forested area near the Missouri Bluffs Golf Club near Interstate 64.

On May 21, the St. Charles County Council chamber was standing room only with more than 230 people, well beyond the room’s posted 180-persons seating capacity, in attendance for the vote on a proposed trash transfer station. 

The Dardenne Prairie Board of Aldermen talked about but stopped short of changing the city code to lower the square footage of one-story, single-family homes.