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County residents served by the Central County Fire and Rescue Fire Protection District (CCFR) will see a significant hike on their 2009 tax bills. The hike will make CCFR’s total 2009 tax levy higher than all of the county’s other ...

Tagged with: Central County Fire and Rescue Fire Protection District Rich Chrismer Russ Mason SAFE-T tax levy

Last Tuesday’s “Kitchen Table Talk” left people with lots of unanswered questions about how the federal stimulus money will impact them, so The Business Record asked U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s office if she could answer a couple questions she couldn’t ...

Tagged with: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Claire McCaskill Small Business Administration

A couple hundred residents gathered in the gymnasium at St. Charles County Community College Tuesday looking to the government for answers. However, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill only got to 10 questions submitted by the audience during the hour-long forum. Dozens ...

Tagged with: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Claire McCaskill economy St. Charles County Community College stimulus

County voters Tuesday invested in their countywide 911 dispatching service by approving a half-cent sales tax to fund the service and upgrades. A total of 55.9 percent voted in favor of the sales tax, and 44 percent voted no. Only ...

Tagged with: 911 Arnold Crystal City Jefferson County Mark Powell Phil Amato Ron Counts sales tax Sugar Creek Hills

Computer technology, the Internet and cellular phones are tools commonly used to commit crimes, and a group of specially trained law enforcement officials are working to translate seized records into evidence to prosecute criminals. The Regional Computer Crimes Education and ...

Tagged with: cybercrimes J.B. Lasater Kenneth Nix police department Regional Computer Crimes Education and Enforcement Grou

When Michelle Nelson came to St. Charles County to establish her marketing business in August 2007, she had one contact here and only $350 to her name. But through tireless networking and participation in an online bartering exchange group, she ...

Tagged with: barter Cindy Podwojski Jack Sims JC Car Care Kim Griffin marketing Michelle Nelson National Commercial Exchange Richard Harris Soy Delightful Candles Vette's Restaurant & Bar

Computer technology, the Internet and cellular phones are tools commonly used to commit crimes, and a group of specially trained law enforcement officials are working to translate seized records into evidence to prosecute criminals. The Regional Computer Crimes Education and ...

Tagged with: cybercrimes Jack Banas Regional Computer Crimes Education and Enforcement Grou St. Charles

Computer technology, the Internet and cellular phones are used as tools to commit crimes, butcan also be used as evidence to prosecute criminals. The Regional Computer Crimes Education and Enforcement Group (RCCEEG) conducts forensic analysis on seized computers and other ...

Tagged with: clayton cybercrimes Forrest Wegge Jefferson County Kenneth Nix police prosecutors Regional Computer Crimes Education and Enforcement Grou St. Charles

A St. Louis woman will get to keep her Jefferson County property though it was sold at a tax sale to another person, according to a ruling handed down Tuesday by the Missouri Supreme Court. The court heard arguments on ...

Tagged with: Beth Mahn Collector of Revenue James Schlereth Jane Tillman Hardy Jefferson County Michael A. Wolff Missouri Supreme Court Notice tax sale

Santa wasn’t exactly good to anyone, but some local communities fared better than others, according to the final fourth quarter sales tax figures. One thing is clear, O’Fallon and Wentzville got coal. Those communities posted 10 and 9 percent decreases ...

The county council is set to vote tonight on a bill that would allow officials to investigate complaints against construction firms doing business in the county that are allegedly employing unauthorized aliens. Those complaints would be turned over to the ...