ST. CHARLES – First Avenue from Cedar to State avenues will be closed for repairs for the rest of the week, St. Charles city officials said Wednesday.

ST. CHARLES — Movement for the proposed mixed-use town center at the former St. Charles Mall site has idled at the city review stage for the past six months as developers revise their plans, officials said.

ST. CHARLES — A St. Charles holiday tradition threatened this year by fire plans to return this month after receiving help from the community.

ST. CHARLES – City police shot two sick raccoons within the past nine days, but authorities did not test the animals for rabies, spokesperson Paul McCurtain said.

ST. CHARLES – Police are looking for information on two women seen on Illinois Avenue driving an older model sport utility vehicle with several stickers on the tailgate, spokesperson Paul McCurtain said.

• Juan Jose Rosas, 25, of the 200 block of North 15th Street, St. Charles, was charged Nov. 9 with disorderly conduct.

ST. CHARLES — The St. Charles City Council approved Monday to rezone 30 acres of open farmland northeast of Charlestowne Mall into three parcels for business and residential purposes.

ST. CHARLES — The Downtown St. Charles Partnership has selected resident Jennifer Faivre as its new executive director.

ST. CHARLES – A 21-year-old man faces a felony aggravated battery charge after attacking another man Thursday in the 1500 block of Indiana Street, the St. Charles Police Department said.

ST. CHARLES — The St. Charles Police Department will conduct Click It or Ticket, a traffic safety campaign, during the next two weeks.

ST. CHARLES — Firefighter and paramedic David Chmelar slept under an 86-decibel alarm bell at two St. Charles fire stations for three years. The noise was a shock to his system, he said.

ST. CHARLES – Sheriff Pat Perez recognized three local women Thursday for their efforts in helping those struggling financially and troops overseas.

ST. CHARLES — Authorities have confirmed that the man who raised residents' suspicions last week by claiming he worked for a cable TV company was not an impostor, said Paul McCurtain, spokesperson for the St. Charles Police Department.

ST. CHARLES – A jury convicted a St. Charles man Tuesday of selling drugs two years ago near a Batavia church.

ST. CHARLES — District 303 is the last school system in the Tri-Cities to stop giving letter grades on elementary school students' report cards.

• Eduardo Precoma, 42, of the 1700 block of Wessel Court, St. Charles, was charged Oct. 25 with improper lane use and driving under the influence of alcohol.

ST. CHARLES — Cpl. Phil Akins, 23, and Cpl. Nicholas Milbourn, 24, first met when they played together on a youth football team. They didn't keep in touch and graduated from different schools — Akins, from St. Charles East in 2004; Milbourn, from St. Charles North in 2003.

ST. CHARLES — Mayor Donald DeWitte and City Administrator Brian Townsend announced Monday they have selected Kane County employee Chris Aiston as the city's economic development director at an annual salary of $115,000.

ST. CHARLES — An East Side couple called authorities Wednesday after becoming suspicious of a man who entered their home by claiming he worked for a cable TV company, St. Charles police said.

ST. CHARLES — Existing homeowners could see a property tax increase of less than 1 percent under District 303's proposed 2009 total tax levy, said Brad Cauffman, assistant superintendent for business services.

Alan Seidel, 54, of St. Charles, was on his way to the St. Charles Library to pick up some CDs when Chronicle reporter Brenda Schory asked him 10 questions.

ST. CHARLES – A St. Charles man was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison for dealing cocaine near a church.

ST. CHARLES – South Sixth Street resident Dan Vasil and his neighbors have an unwelcome guest.

ST. CHARLES – Residents will no longer have the spring cleanup program to rid their homes of unwanted items.

ST. CHARLES – The largest so-called "no-refusal" drunken driving sting to date resulted in a lower percentage of offenders refusing to submit to testing, State's Attorney John Barsanti said Tuesday.

Karen Heftman, 44, of St. Charles was going into the St. Charles Public Library to pick up movies and books when Chronicle reporter Brenda Schory asked her 10 questions.

ST. CHARLES – Armenta Lirios in Honduras is about as far away from St. Charles as you can get.

ST. CHARLES – State’s Attorney John Barsanti reminds residents that his fourth “No-Refusal Weekend” will occur during the Halloween weekend.

ST. CHARLES – Tony Perry of St. Charles vowed to wait in line in order for his two children to receive H1N1 shots Monday.

ST. CHARLES – A St. Charles East High School student – off of school because it was closed Wednesday through Friday – faces charges after police said he caused a crash Thursday night on Route 64 that sent two others to a hospital.

Megan Stewart, 25, of St. Charles, an employee at Supercuts in Geneva, was between haircuts when Chronicle reporter Brenda Schory asked her 10 questions.

ST. CHARLES – School district officials have decided to reopen St. Charles East High School on Monday after the number of students who are still ill continues to go down.

ST. CHARLES – St. Charles East High School will resume classes on Monday, Oct. 26.  East High closed on Wednesday, Oct. 21, because of a higher-than-normal rate of student absences that made it difficult for normal school operations.