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O’Fallon was not able to conduct the Heritage & Freedom Fest scheduled for July 2-4, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rescheduled event, dubbed Heritage & Freedom Fest 2.0 and planned for Sept. 6, 2020, also had to be canceled. But with a vaccine rolling out, there’s hope that the annual Independence Day celebration will be able to resume in 2021.

It’s been 30 years since Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and on Jan. 17, area veterans gathered to remember those who served in the conflict.

Payne Family Homes has chosen the new Inverness home community as the site of its 2021 St. Jude Home.

Letter to the editor from the Jan. 27 issue.

St. Charles Economic Development Director Mike Klinghammer, a former member of the County Council, extolled the plan’s benefits, including environmental restoration, economic development, new riverfront attractions and links to existing attractions.

Restaurants with drive-throughs continue to be planned and opened in O'Fallon.

O'Fallon has appointed Philip Dupuis as police chief, after he served three months as interim chief. The planned search process was not completed and not everyone is happy.

O'Fallon Mayor Bill Hennessy said the city thrived in 2020 in spite of the pandemic, thanks to its health care workers, education professionals, residents, businesses, police, first responders and city staff.

Weldon Spring plans to improve a dangerous 90-degree curve on Sammelmann Road.

O'Fallon has begun planning for Heritage & Freedom Fest 2021, pandemic conditions permitting.