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Duello Road to Reopen at Orf Intersection, Closing Between Orf and Route N
The St. Charles County Highway Department will re-open the intersection of Duello Road at Orf Road Tuesday, July 2. The Duello road closure will be shifting to the south to Route N and will close Brookfield Crossing Drive at Duello Road. Grading and road building activities are expected to continue for three months before the road is reopened to traffic.
Groundbreaking conducted for new law enforcement training center
On Monday, June 24, on a 98-degree afternoon, O’Fallon and St. Charles City hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new regional law enforcement facility to be constructed on an 87-acre site at 2400 Hwy. 79. St. Charles County Council member, Mike Elam (District 3) was the event’s master of ceremonies.
St. Charles County dog park closes indefinitely after blue-green algae found in water
DEFIANCE, Mo. — The dog park in Defiance's Broemmelsiek Park has closed indefinitely after blue-green algae was found in the water, St. Charles County Parks announced on Monday. According to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, harmful algal blooms (HABs) caused by blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, produce...
Tex-Mex restaurant chain plots next opening in St. Louis area
O'FALLON, Mo. — Construction on the newest location from a St. Louis-based Tex-Mex restaurant chain, part of a $13 million redevelopment of a former big-box site in St. Charles County, could get underway in the next month, the developer said. The fourth Rosalita’s Cantina will be located at 1421...
State-of-the-art police training facility is coming to St. Charles County
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — The groundbreaking on the Center for Advanced Skills Training in Law Enforcement will happen Monday afternoon. The new center is said to have every component of training officers need to be ready to serve the community. The groundbreaking is set to begin at 3 p.m., and the center will be located at this address: 2400 Hwy 79, O'Fallon, MO 63366.
1 dead, 5 injured in overnight shooting in downtown St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - One person was killed and five others injured in a shooting early Sunday in Downtown. Authorities say the homicide victim is a man in his mid-20s, who has not yet been positively identified. A second victim, described as an 18-year-old man from South County, is listed in critical condition.
City of St. Charles, O’Fallon, break ground on $28.5 million law enforcement training center
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A partnership between the two largest cities in St. Charles County is bringing a $28.5 million state-of-the-art training facility to O’Fallon. St. Charles City and the O’Fallon will split the cost of the facility, with the hopes of receiving an $8 million...
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