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Crystal City has become the fourth city in Jefferson County to pass legislation that requires a prescription for products containing pseudoephedrine — the main ingredient used to make methamphetamine. The council voted 5-2 to approve the ordinance at its Aug. 8 meeting. Ward 4 Council Member Ken Duncan and Debbie McKenna from Ward 3 voted against the bill and Ted Knatcal of Ward 1 was absent from the meeting.

The Festus City Council announced last week that it has upheld the decision to fire former city administrator Terry Draper. Draper was fired on May 4, following a more than two hour executive session by the City Council. A public hearing was held at Festus City Hall June 27 regarding Draper’s firing, but neither Draper nor his attorney, Chet Pleban, attended, as Pleban had a prior commitment.

The latest lawsuit involving a proposed mining operation pits Thayer Land Development Co. against Pea Ridge Mining. According to the complaint, Thayer provided $9.2 million in funding and Alberici Constructors Inc. performed construction work, but the defendants did not live up to their end of an agreement signed by the entities.

Arnold city leaders would gladly welcome a new medical facility by Jefferson Regional Medical Center at the old Reuther Ford site at 1989 Richardson Road. Although the 60-day option to purchase the property at the site expired, Steve Reuther believes hospital officials ...

Although the costs may increase, the top three priorities for building projects in Jefferson County remain the same. County Executive Ken Waller presented the Five-Year Capital and Strategic Plan for 2011-2016 to the County Council at the meeting July 25.

The Democrats are already gearing up for a comeback in 2012. They are strategizing on how best to retain or gain seats after Republicans swept into office last year. In Jefferson County, six of the seven county council members elected were Republican, as well as the county executive.

The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval for proposals to develop a daycare center in Cedar Hill and for the expansion of a construction company in High Ridge, but rejected a rezoning request that would have allowed a kennel/dog grooming business just outside Hillsboro.

Members of the Jefferson County Missouri Veterans’ Wall of Honor hope to raise enough funds through a golf tournament to repair the memorial that was erected in the lobby of the county’s Administration Center. The Wall of Honor is a computer-driven video display that was created in 2005 with private funds to honor not only those killed in action but every veteran who has ever lived in Jefferson County.

The city of Pevely hopes that approval of the tax issue on the Aug. 2 ballot will allow city employees to join the state’s Missouri Local Government Employees Retirement System. The non-profit public pension system provides retirement, disability and survivor benefits to Missouri’s local government employees.

Redistricting in Jefferson County could shift about 2 percent of the total population to new districts. The 2010 Census showed an overall increase in population of the county to 218,733, up from 198,099 in 2000.

A woman who stole $168,000 not only sealed her own fate, but her company’s as well. Lisa Rae Price, 43, of Herculaneum, was sentenced in the United States Eastern District Court to 18 months in prison for the embezzlement of more than $168,000 from her employer — Paradise Fiberglass Pools.