Week in Review: Massive Restaurant Fire, Smoking Ban Back in Play and Mom Hits Son With Fire Poker

Too busy last week to stay up to date on all the news happening in and around St. Charles County? Not to worry. Patch has your back.

In case you missed them, here were some of the top headlines from the four St. Charles County Patch sites — St. Charles Patch, St. Peters Patch, O'Fallon Patch and Wentzville Patch — over the last few days:

• O’Fallon Police say . The victim’s son witnessed the event and called 911.
• A . Flames and smoke could be seen around the city. The , officials said.
• St. Charles County Council . County Executive Steve Ehlmann said he planned to sign it. Now it's up to voters.
• Missouri delegates at the GOP Convention in Tampa said . This came after .
• Meanwhile, St. Charles County Republican leaders have declared their  while .
• Zach Blakemore, from O'Fallon, suffers from a rare neurological disease that confines him to an electric wheelchair. But his .
• A Lake Saint Louis guardsman was one of the soldiers from a St. Louis-based Missouri National Guard Unit that .
• of former Timberland football player Montee Ball, who was attacked in the early morning hours of Aug. 1 in Madison, WI.
• A St. Charles mom .
• A St. Peters man .
• Police are still searching for a man who on Highway K with an undisclosed amount of money Thursday afternoon.
• The  was also robbed.
• A new  in St. Charles.
• The Fort Zumwalt School District is hoping to .
• The  after a ribbon cutting.
• A .
• An O'Fallon man was .
• An O'Fallon police officer, Thomas Kenyon, stopped a violent, out of control man who allegedly assaulted and severely injured a young woman, then attacked him as he arrived on the scene in April. He was . Another O'Fallon police officer was honored last week for quick thinking and action that earlier this summer
• An O'Fallon man , police said.
• 2nd Street Bike Stop Cafe in St. Charles is .
• A .