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The city’s Board of Aldermen failed to get the four votes needed at its Sept. 19 meeting to approve an ordinance that would permit a resident to use his crossbow to hunt deer on his property.

Public hearings on the rezoning and development of a portion of the so-called Bopp property will be conducted before the city’s planning and zoning commission on Oct. 10 and before the Board of Aldermen on Oct. 17. Both hearings will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held at City Hall, 2032 Hanley Road.

A city of St. Peters contractor will conduct smoke testing of the sanitary sewer lines in an area west of Mid Rivers Mall Drive along I-70 that includes Old Town, Oct. 1-Nov. 9.

The only numbers Fort Zumwalt East senior Ben Watson cares about this fall is wins. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound quarterback and defensive back owns several school records, putting up big numbers offensively for the Lions as a junior. He also set some school records. “For myself, I would say I don’t care what I do this fall as far as statistics go,” Watson said. “I read somewhere that a freshman wants playing time, a sophomore gets playing time, a junior wants colleges to notice and a senior wants to win football games. “I want our team to go above and beyond to ...

At 8 a.m. on Oct. 4 at the Maryland Heights Community Center, the Missouri Department of Transportation will hold a general discussion on the current condition of the state transportation system. The meeting is open to the public.

St. Charles County police responded to a report of property damage at the Our Lady of the Rivers Shrine in Portage Des Sioux on Wednesday, Sept. 26.

UPS has announced that it expects to hire more than 900 seasonal employees in the St. Louis area to support the anticipated increase in package volume that will begin in November and continue through January 2019.

Louisville and St. Louis share a sports passion. If you guessed baseball, try again.

In celebration of National Women’s Small Business Month in October, Small Business Majority is hosting a series of in-person presentations, workshops and networking opportunities for women entrepreneurs, including one in St. Charles County.

St. Peters Alderman Michael Shea [Ward 3] has resigned from the city’s Board of Aldermen citing health reasons.