Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Dock May Be Opened For Overlook & Fishing

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A suggestion brought forward by Councilman Bob Kneemiller may soon become a reality. At a previous city council meeting the Mayor was trying...
Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Defendant In Murder Trial Attacked In St. Charles Court Room

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Gregory Wadlow, 60, on trial for the murder of his wife, Kelly Wadlow was attacked in a St. Charles Country Circuit Courtroom Tuesday, June ...

Man Charged In Shooting Of His Wife

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Dale J. Range, 47 of Gettysburg Landing in the Heritage subdivision, has been charged with felony domestic assault and armed criminal action...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

FCN Front Page - May of 2008 Volume 4

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City Council Gives $1 Million $20,000 Settlement To Sellenschuetter and his MJ Developers

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By Tony Brockmeyer At a recent executive (closed) meeting of the St. Charles City Council they approved a stettlement of $1 Milion $20,000 t...

Law Suit Flied In Dispute Over Home In New Town Subdivision

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(click on image to enlarge) By Tony Brockmeyer Joseph D. and Vicky E. Riley have filed a lawsuit in St. Charles County Circuit Court agains...

St. Charles County Circuit Court Presiding Judge Ted House Addresses Boys State Participtants

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St. Charles County Circuit Court Presiding Judge Ted House Addresses Boys State Participtants The Honorable Presiding Judge of St. Charles C...

RAMBLING WITH The Editor Tony Brockmeyer

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Our publisher taught me something worthwhile the other day. Did you ever pull into a service station and forget what side of the car your fu...

THE CITY DESK - Rory Riddler

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They Want To Build It Where? Proposed Community Center Site Robs The City’s Economic Future It’s not easy for me to throw cold water on the ...

THE PEOPLE SPEAK - Letters To The Editor

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Copy of a letter sent to St. Charles City Council members. I took my case to the council after I was gassed - again - near my house on North...

CASE IN POINT by Joe Koester

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Honest bread is very well, it’s butter that makes the temptation. -Douglas William Jerrold You may have heard about a statewide petition d...

The View From The Cheap Seats by Jerry Hafferkamp

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It has raised its ugly head again. Although the population of Missouri has rejected it, the purveyors of poverty feel that with the Republic...

TONY VIVIANO A MAN WHO CAN SELL A SONG

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Tony Viviano is a man who can sell a song. He can sing with true feeling, as he was taught by the best in the business, Tony Bennett. He was...

Comments & Commentary by Charles Hill

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Petty politics still exists in St. Charles city hall. The Mayor has made it her business to stop business on Main Street. Many of us mercha...

Kratzer's Corner by Mel Kratzer

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Is There A Better Place to Put the New Post Office?   In about two years the Fifth Street St. Charles Post Office will be attempted to be “r...

Show Me Aquatics has changed plans again! DEAL OR BAD DEAL!

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Show Me Aquatics has changed plans again! DEAL OR BAD DEAL! The St. Charles City Council approved a bill calling for an August election fo...

City Purchases Property For Fire Station $47,000 More Than Appraised Value - Less Than Mile From County Station

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(Click on image to enlaage) On A Motion by Councilman Klinghammer The City Council Approved taking Property By Eminent Domain If Property Ow...

First Capitol News Sports - Mike McMurran Sports Editor

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FIRST CAPITOL NEWS PHOTOS BY BOB BARTON (click on image to enlarge) Top photo First Capitol News Photographer Bob Barton with World Boxing P...
Saturday, February 09, 2008

Front Page First Capitol News February 9 - 22, 2008

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(Click on image to enlarge) You can read the main stories of the February 9 - 22, 2008 issue of the First Capitol News by scrolling down or...

Bass Pro Must Have Trailer-Pods Removed From Lot By March 7

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By Phyllis Schaltenbrand More than 80 pods (trailers sitting on the ground without wheels) must be removed by Bass Pro from their parking lo...

Censorship & Intolerance Still Alive In St. Charles 20 Years Later?

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Pictured above is a scene from the Heart of the Beholder movie with actors and actresses reinacting the protesters who were at Ken Tipton’s ...

RAMBLING WITH The Editor Tony Brockmeyer

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The Mayor’s right hand man, in this case woman, is under fire by the St. Charles City Council. Karen McDermott, Finance Director, is the tar...

THE PEOPLE SPEAK - Letters To The Editor

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To the Editor, In a letter to a local newspaper, Stephanie Bollinger complained that the criticism of her father, St. Charles school board p...

THE CITY DESK - Rory Riddler

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Is This Really How The World’s Greatest Democracy Picks A President? Super Tuesday is all over but the shouting. The Republican field for P...

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(Click on image to enlarge) Jeff and Terri Wilson, owners of Ozella’s Pizza located at 630 North Kingshighway in St. Charles, holding the Oz...

Here’s The Story About Koch Road Controversy

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By Jacob Bittle There is seldom a signal reason behind the decisions elected officials make. First there is the publicized reason which is...