Since November 2022, Ameren and St. Charles had been negotiating on access to the wellfield to allow Ameren to monitor and sample work under EPA oversight.
"It is a sad commentary that we are having to certify and prosecute defendants who are 15," St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph McCulloch said.
"She put her head like right in my lap and just looked at me like, โOh my God, thank you. Youโre really here for me,'" Stray Rescue's Donna Lochmann said.