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St. Clair Parks and Recreation Board members remain excited about the new events that will be part of this year’s Freedom Fest, which is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, June 21-22, at Orchard Park.

St. Clair residents recently received a letter from the city saying that its water system recently “violated a drinking water standard.” However, officials are certain there is no cause for alarm.

The Franklin County Building Department issued six permits for single-family homes in May, which is one less than May of last year.

Police are searching for a man suspected in the burglary of a Union convenience store and several homes, who led officers on an extensive foot pursuit Thursday.

A tip from a citizen helped lead to the arrest of a man who allegedly was involved in a robbery in Sullivan on Thursday.

A Franklin County man who posed as a federal agent and staged armed police raids in and around Gerald has completed his five-year federal prison term.

A Pacific man accused of spying on two young girls as they undressed in a changing room at Six Flags has been granted probation in the case.

The first forward steps were taken this month to bring a 100,000-square-foot warehouse to the city.

Local officials are struggling to come up with money to fund a study of the Highway 47 corridor between Washington and St. Clair.

Former St. Clair Fire Protection District Chief and Treasurer Eric Hinson was sentenced to 35 months in prison on Thursday morning after he pleaded guilty earlier this year to one felony count of fraud and five felony counts of tax evasion.

Student lunch prices will increase by a dime in both the St. Clair R-XIII and Lonedell R-XIV school districts when regular classes resume in August after Superintendents Mike Murphy and Fred VanBibber recommended the price hikes.

Police are searching for a man suspected in the burglary of a Union convenience store and several homes, who led officers on an extensive foot pursuit Thursday.

The East Central College Board of Trustees approved the hiring of three new staff members to fill two vacant and one new position at the Monday, June 10, board meeting.

Franklin County officials met with Cochran Engineering last week to go over plans to remodel a building into the new county health department.

L. B. Eckelkamp Jr., chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Bank of Washington, announces the addition of Tom Hohman and the recent promotion of Krista Aholt.

After rejecting a motion, 4-2, for placing no smoking signs near park playgrounds, the Pacific Board of Aldermen unanimously approved placing ash cans in all of the city’s park and recreation areas.

The East Central College Board of Trustees unanimously approved to renew existing leases for three off-campus locations for the coming school year.

Pacific Mayor Herb Adams is asking aldermen to approve a line item budget of $12,000 for a study of the city’s cemetery records.

Pacific Mayor Herbert Adams has blasted Brush Creek Sewer District officials in letters sent to citizens.

Aldermen gave preliminary approval of the 2013-2014 budget at the June 4 board meeting by completing the first reading of the new spending plan.

Franklin County has still not hired a new food inspector following a lack of food establishment inspections by the county health department.

The Independence Drive and Washington Avenue intersection is expected be closed within two weeks as crews prepare to build a new roundabout.

The Washington Board of Public Works will further study changing the water and sewer connection fees charged by the city and will not recommend taking over grinder pumps in proposed annexation areas.

UPDATED: Officers have located the St. Clair area boy and girl who went missing Wednesday night in the Piney Park area.