St. Charles

As St. Charles petitioners vie to add rules that would require a public vote for the sale of any city-owned parks, the very same rules in St. Louis face challenges as the city moves to sell a troubled park.

The move comes in response to the government shutdown, which could be coming to an end later this week but will still have ripple effects.

The National Head Start Association released new data this month that shows over 3,700 students from low-income families could lose access to child care. Over 1,100 staff members could lose their jobs.

As officials in Missouri and St. Louis try to attract data center proposals from companies, pushback grows in communities where the projects are planned. One expert says the economic benefit isn’t crystal clear.

Nicki Jacobsmeyer’s fourth book combines Halloween and history for an adventure through downtown St. Charles.

The Missouri Equity Education Partnership, the St. Charles County NAACP and other groups say the Francis Howell School District needs to address a longstanding pattern of racism and enact new policies and procedures.

A group of St. Charles residents started the process to recall Dan Borgmeyer on Wednesday. He says their accusations are unfounded.

Once the group receives its petition documents, it has six months to collect about 10,000 signatures for the recall to get on a ballot.

In a new memo, a St. Louis official proposed a temporary ban on new data centers, much like one that was recently enacted in St. Charles.

St. Charles officials signed nondisclosure agreements as they considered a proposed data center project in their city. The agreements were with a company with links to Google.