The race for the White House makes a stop in St. Charles County on Monday. 

More than a week ahead of the Missouri primary on Tuesday, Feb. 7, former Pennsylvania Senator, and current Republican presidential hopeful, Rick Santorum will become the first candidate to visit Missouri. Santorum is headed to St. Charles Community College in Cottleville, MO, to make a "major address focusing on jobs, the economy, and American competitiveness." 

Santorum's speech will take place at the Daniel J. Conoyer Social Sciences Building Auditorium.

The event, the first of two on the day for Santorum, is slated to kick off at 2:30 p.m.

Those wishing to read the live Patch blog can log on to St. Charles Patch at 2 p.m. and the event should start shortly afterwards. There will be opportunity for readers to comment live. The event will be blogged live by Patch staff.

Now onto other news from the neighborhood:

• The weather should be fair tomorrow with a high of 64 expected and gusting winds, according to weather.gov.

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote about Art About Town, a St. Charles class you can take while bringing your own wine, alcohol or drinks. The story is about the trend of taking art classes as a night out. Learn more about the classes in St. Charles at the Art About Town website.

• Five Acres Animal Shelter rescued many puppies during the weekend from an overcrowded shelter, according to the shelter's Facebook page. The group was looking for donations of puppy food and newspapers. 

• St. Charles Patch is looking for people who are interested in blogging about home and gardening. To learn more about our local voices section, please email editor Kalen Ponche at kalen.ponche@patch.com

• Also, did you know we have a traffic and gas page? If you need to fill up your gas tank in the morning, you can find the cheapest prices nearby using the Traffic & Gas feature on Patch