ST. CHARLES COUNTY

ST. CHARLES COUNTY — The top prosecutor here is warning that the county courthouse is too small to handle the growing county's caseload while the judicial system is still dealing with a backlog created during the pandemic.

St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney Joe McCulloch said the six-story courthouse built in the early 1990s at the corner of Jefferson and North Second Street is "bursting at the seams."

That is part of the reason the St. Charles County Council is poised to vote on a deal that would see the county take ownership of St. Charles City Hall at 200 N. Main Street in exchange for the county assisting the city with extending Main Street north toward St. Charles' new City Centre Complex and a road project in the Riverpointe development.

That deal, if appr

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