The animal control division of the St. Charles Police Department will hold an adoption event next Saturday in DuSable Dog Park in St. Charles.

The “Dogtober” pet adoption event will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m Saturday at the 2.5-acre…

O’Fallon Police Officer Keith Lewis of the K-9 unit puts Rex through his paces on the obstacle course in Wentzville. (P-D file photo June 2007)

Rex, a top-rated O’Fallon, Mo., K-9 who won regional trials in 2004, 2005 and 2007, has…

Annette Jansen, (silhouetted at left) watches a video tribute to her husband Grant Jansen, a St. Charles police officer killed last year in a car crash. (Photo by Joel Currier / P-D)

St. Charles Police Officer Grant Jansen, who was killed…

A public memorial tribute is planned on the one-year anniversary of the death of St. Charles police officer Grant Jansen.

At 7 p.m. Sept. 10, a ceremony will be held in Frontier Park in St. Charles. It will be called “Light…

Assistant Chief Rich Oney (left) and Captain Dave Lewis of the St. Charles Fire Department talk at the scene of a fire Wednesday. (Joel Currier / P-D)

ST. CHARLES - Police and firefighters are investigating a fire at a home business…

A fire seriously damaged a home Wednesday evening in the 2900 block of Edinburgh Court in St. Charles, but firefighters were able to retrieve two cats who were trapped in the burning home.

Capt. Dan Casey, of the St. Charles Fire…

If you’ve lost your job due to the recession, and your pet is looking shaggy because of it, a pet grooming business in Wentzville has a deal for you.

Starting at 6 a.m. Saturday, Diggin’ Dawgs, 929 Main Plaza Drive (across from…

The St. Charles city police department and the Red Cross will hold a blood drive in honor of Officer Grant Jansen, who was killed last year in a car accident on his way home from work.

Officer Grant Jansen and Czar,…

A suspected stove fire destroyed a St. Charles County apartment Monday afternoon but all tenants, including children, escaped unhurt, fire officials said.

The fire started shortly before 2 p.m. in the kitchen of a two-story apartment building in the 100 block…

Annette Jansen, wife of deceased St. Charles K9 police officer Grant Jansen, will receive an award next month from Missouri Concerns of Police Survivors (MO COPS), a nonprofit supporting families of police who die in the line of duty.

Annette Jansen, a…