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His employer sells to data centers St. Charles park petition signatures to be reevaluated after first review was 'rushed' St. Charles County judge removed for talking politics in court, but not for Elvis costume O'Fallon kids starved, locked up in 'one of the worst child abuse cases' police have seen St. Charles teen to stay in jail. Man's stabbing death 'derailed our entire family' View the first full week of 2026 through the Post-Dispatch photographers' lenses. Edited by Jenna Jones. Jenna Jones | Post-Dispatch 0 Comments Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Ethan Colbert | Post-Dispatch St. Charles County reporter Author email Follow Ethan Colbert | Post-Dispatch Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. 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'Eminently qualified' retired judge to temporarily replace ousted St. Charles County judge Judge Elizabeth Swann, a Republican, served multiple terms as a judge in St. Charles County before retiring in 2022
St. Charles man stole more than $400K from his employer. He faces 20 years in federal prison. The man said he believed he had embezzled more than $400,000 by the time his yearslong scheme was discovered in February 2025.
41 bronze vases stolen from St. Charles cemetery The police said the vases were stolen sometime on Thursday from St. Charles Memorial Gardens Cemetery, where more than 20,000 people are buried
Man who killed his girlfriend's brother, shot two others will spend life in prison "Mr. Harper showed the cold-hearted person that he is when he carried out this execution," St. Charles County Prosecutor Joseph McCulloch said.
Lions Club farmers market is leaving St. Charles, fed up with city taking its cash St. Charles collected 25% of the farmers market registration fee last year, resulting in more than $16,000 being taken from the Lions Club's c…
Developer wants to build 240 apartments along St. Charles' riverfront. City may block it. The developer wants to demolish the 57,000-square-foot warehouse known as Building 90 and build a five-story apartment building.
St. Charles man stabbed to death by teen fighting with mom, new charges say The new documents name the teen for the first time, and say the fight came after the teen 'verbally accosted' his mom.
