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Year In Review: Check Out the Most Popular Stories on St. Peters Patch

The year 2012 is just about in the books, let's look back at the most-read stories on St. Peters Patch.

Today is the last day of 2012 so let's look back.

It was a busy year in St. Peters and on St. Peters Patch. Crime stories were among the most popular with readers, but not always. Snow that never really came was a huge story on the site. 

Let's take some time to look back on the five most popular stories from the last 12 months. 

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January

  1. Walgreens Says Many Express Scripts Customers Are Staying Put
  2. Blues Players Draw a Crowd at Rec-Plex
  3. St. Charles County Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  4. The Vote That Won't Count: Missouri Republican Primary Co-Opted by Caucus

February

  1. Westboro Baptist Church No-Shows at Zumwalt East Protest
  2. Presidential Poll: Has Ron Paul Hit His Ceiling?
  3. Poll Shows Tight Race Between McCaskill and Challengers
  4. National School Lunch Program Changes
  5. St. Peters Police Blotter: Stolen Laptop and Damaged Lawn Edition

March

  1. Vote Now for St. Charles County Athlete of the Week
  2. St. Peters Police Arrest Four Men in Credit Card Theft Ring
  3. Sneak Peek: Spencer Road Library Prepares for Grand Opening
  4. St. Peters Man Dies in Traffic Incident in Pike County
  5. Menards Hopes to Open Store in St. Peters In Spring 2013

April

  1. Vote Now: Choose the Top Baseball Player of the Week
  2.  and St. Peters Woman Seriously Injured in Fatal Crash on Highway 364
  3. St. Peters April 3 Municipal Election Results
  4. St. Charles County DWI Checkpoints Produce 15 Arrests

May

  1. Update: Police Identify Man Dead After Single-Car Crash in St. Peters
  2. Cougars for Cannabis Club Stirs Debate on Campus
  3. St. Peters Alderman Gus Elliott Under Investigation by Special Prosecutor
  4. Meth Bust Follows Request for Camera to Film Government Agents

June

  1. Police: St. Peters Woman Sold Cocaine to Undercover Cop While Kids Sat in Car
  2. Owner of Cosmetic Laser Center Arrested for Sexual Assault
  3. St. Peters Woman Charged with Assault in Four-Car Crash

July

  1. St. Peters Resident Killed in Wrong-Way Crash on Interstate 64
  2. Police: Man Tried to Shoot 'One or All' of Group of Teenagers Near St. Peters

August

  1. Updated: Police: Teen Had 5-Foot-Tall Marijuana Plants Growing in His Room
  2. St. Peters Man Charged With Dragging Wife by Hair

September

  • Deputies Find Meth Lab in Backseat Backpack
  • Three Seriously Injured in Drunk Driving Accident in St. Peters
  • High-Speed Police Chase Ends When Man Throws Himself Out of Moving Car With 19-Year-Old Passenger Still Inside

October

  • Man Charged After Assaulting Girlfriend Along I-370
  • St. Peters Police Blotter: Couple Goes on Stealing Spree at Mid Rivers Mall
  • Update: Florissant Man Killed in St. Peters Crash
  • Report: 7 Zumwalt East Students Suspended After Sex Act on a Bus

November

  1. Walmart Black Friday Deals: Get a Sneak Peek on Patch
  2. Black Friday Shopping in St. Louis to Start Earlier Than Ever in 2012
  3. Drug Task Force Finds Eight Pounds of Marijuana in Woman's Home
  4. Men Busted Riding in Stolen SUV in St. Peters by Undercover Officer

December

  1. St. Peters Police Blotter: Verbal Fight at Bar Turns Violent
  2. Man Indicted On Stealing Mower From Jehovah's Witnesses
  3. St. Peters Police Blotter: Employee Arrested for Stealing $800 from Cash Register
  4. St. Peters Driver Seriously Injured in Fatal Head-On Crash


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