Wentzville Mayor to Participate in Anti-Heroin Rally

Wentzville Mayor Nick Guccione will be among the participants along Wentzville Parkway holding signs and banners.

(The following press release was submitted by the City of Wentzville.) The St. Louis area Stop the Heroin Rally Group will bring their anti-heroin message to Wentzville on Saturday, November 3. From noon until 3:00 p.m. that day, rally participants will be lined up along Wentzville Parkway, running north from near the intersection of Wentzville Parkway and Pearce Boulevard, wearing T-shirts and carrying signs and banners designed to bring awareness to the growing epidemic of heroin use among young people. Ed McCann, the  organizer of this grass-roots group, said at this time they have about 150 people signed up to attend the rally, but that people don’t have to sign up to be part of the rally. “They can just show up that day and join us …

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What Should Go Here: New Strip Mall Along Wentzville Parkway

Each week, we highlight a vacant commercial space and ask: What business would you like to see move into this area?

We want Wentzville Patch to be a place where you can not only find out what's going on around town, but a place where you can share your thoughts and ideas with neighbors. Our newest feature—Visions for Vacancies—aims to help residents take an active role in planning and building their community. Each week, we'll highlight a vacant commercial space and ask what you would like to see move into this area? If you know of an area you'd like to see highlighted, tell us in the comments. This week, we are taking a look at the new strip mall along Wentzville Parkway right in front of Target. The storefronts seem ideal for a restaurant—Jimmy Johns and Starbucks are right near by—and a dentist's office already has claim to one of the spots.  If it …

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Planning & Zoning to Consider Panda Express, Thai Restaurant

The Panda Express restaurant on Wentzville Parkway would include a drive-through.

Wentzville's Planning and Zoning Commission will consider a request for a conditional use permit and site plan for a Panda Express on Wentzville Parkway at their May 3 meeting. The proposed Wentzville location, between Applebee's and White Castle in the Wentzville Crossroads Marketplace, would include a drive-through. The first Panda Express opened in 1983 in California as an offshoot of the Panda Inn Chinese restaurant. According to the Panda Express website, the restaurant's menu of "gourmet Chinese food" also now offers "Wok Smart" entrees with 250 calories or fewer. In other business, P&Z will hold a public hearing for a liquor license for liquor sales by-the-drink for a Thai Kitchen restaurant at 1201 Wentzville Parkway, #103. The …

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Wentzville Parkway/Pearce Boulevard Construction to Begin in March

Improvement project to be finished by November.

Construction crews will begin working on the Wentzville Parkway/Pearce Boulevard intersection by mid-March in hopes of completing the project in time for the new Sam's Club opening in late-October, Wentzville officials say. The city plans to spend $1.8 million to improve the intersection, which is already one of the most trafficked in Wentzville and gets congested at peak driving times. Add in the new Sam's Club and a developing hotel, which is in the works near the intersection, and the area could become a huge traffic snarl for a majority of the day. Wentzville Director of Public Works Scott Smith said additional left turn lanes will be added to all four legs of the intersection and two new right turn lanes will be added to the east and …

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Four Injured in Three Car Accident

Crash was on Interstate 70 at Wentzville Parkway.

Four people were injured in a three-vehicle accident Nov. 26 on Interstate 70 at Wentzville Parkway. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 8:25 a.m. A 2001 Infiniti I-30, driven by Cortney B. Miller, 23, Dittmer, struck the rear of a 2007 Lexus ES350, driven by Gregory D. Noe, 53, Chesterfield. Both vehicles traveled off the left side of the road, through the median cables and onto the eastbound lanes. The Infiniti came to rest on the inside shoulder. A 2007 Jeep Liberty, driven by Ashley S. Lehman, 30, Troy, struck the Lexus. The Lexus then continued across the eastbould lanes and came to rest off the side of I-70. Miller sustained moderate injuries. She was taken to Mercy Medical Center by St. Charles …

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Foristell Man Hurt in Crash That Shut Down I-70

The interstate was shut down for two hours on Saturday.

A Foristell man was injured Saturday in a one-vehicle accident on Interstate 70 at Wentzville Parkway. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident happened at 2:44 p.m. Nov. 26. A 2000 Suzuki Grand Vitara driven by James H. Bisgard, 68, Foristell, slid off the left side of the road and into the median cables. Bisgard sustained minor injuries in the crash. He was taken to St. Joseph West Hospital by St. Charles County Ambulance. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the report.

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Crash Near Wentzville Shuts Down I-70

The crash just west of Wentzville Parkway shut down the interstate for two hours.

Two Injured in Crash Saturday at I-70, Wentzville Parkway

Four vehicles were involved in crash.

Two people were injured Saturday in a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 at Wentzville Parkway. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred at 7:35 p.m. A 2011 Freightliner Cascadia, driven by Cheryl A. Brooks, 51, McEwen, TN, and a 1993 Ford Probe were heading westbound on Interstate 70. The Ford, driven by Tyler R. Kunst, 19, Overland, MO, attempted to change lanes which caused the Freightliner to strike the Ford. Kunst's Ford traveled off the left side of the road and through the median cables. The vehicle struck a metal sign before entering the eastbound lanes of I-70. The Ford was then struck on the side by a 2001 Toyota Corolla, driven by Adele J. Carey, 63, St. Louis. A 2009 Chevrolet Equinox, driven by …

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Woman Killed Sunday in Accident at I-70, Wentzville Parkway

New Mexico resident was a passenger in vehicle.

A New Mexico woman was killed in a one-vehicle accident Sunday on Interstate 70 at Wentzville Parkway. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol the accident occurred at 2:40 p.m. A 2001 Chevrolet Suburban was heading eastbound on I-70 when the driver, Terry Taylor, 46, of Espanola, N.M., suffered a "medical condition." The Suburban traveled off the left side of the road, returned to the highway and then went off the right side of the road. The vehicle then struck a fence and overturned, the report stated. Rebecca L. Taylor, 53, also of Espanola, was taken to St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake Saint Louis, where she was later pronounced dead. Terry Taylor sustained serious injuries. He was flown by helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Creve …

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