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11.13.2009 12:55 am

Would a new arena in O’Fallon, Mo., boost attendance at St. Louis Bandits games?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Today’s newspaper was tight on space, so my story on the proposed “multipurpose arena” in O’Fallon, Mo., had to be trimmed down. The bold text below is what was cut. You may find it interesting and pertinent as the Bandits ponder…

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10.09.2009 1:26 am

St. Charles County firefighters honored at memorial service

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

From left, Bryan Meyers, Capt. Craig Tihen and Andy Zeisset, all firefighters with the Cottleville Fire Protection District, listen to "Taps" during a memorial service honoring firefighters Thursday evening.
From left, Bryan Meyers, Capt. Craig Tihen and Andy Zeisset, all firefighters with the Cottleville Fire Protection District, listen to the playing of “Taps” during a service honoring firefighters Thursday evening. (Photos by Joel Currier / P-D)

ST. CHARLES - Firefighters…

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09.13.2009 3:18 pm

Acclaimed O’Fallon police dog Rex retires

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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)

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…

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09.13.2009 10:57 am

Cottleville police best in St. Louis area in DWI enforcement

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sunday’s Post-Dispatch has a special report by staff reporters Jeremy Kohler and Joe Mahr about some of the major obstacles to cracking down on repeat drunken drivers.

Part of their report was a statistical analysis and ranking of the St. Louis…

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09.11.2009 12:50 am

St. Charles Police officer Grant Jansen remembered

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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)

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…

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09.09.2009 10:38 am

UPDATE: ‘Pink Heals Tour’ to roll through Lake Saint Louis and Wentzville

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

UPDATE: Wentzville firefighters are taking the Pink Heals Tour “up” a notch. Starting Sept. 14 (Monday) several firefighters will begin camping out on the roof of the BJC Siteman Cancer in St. Peters until at least 1,000 people register for…

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09.02.2009 11:46 am

Cops: Man brings tot to Ameristar Casino, drops boy, attacks man

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Evan Hassan Wormley

Evan Hassan Wormley

A bizarre tale from St. Charles Police Detective Derek Piasecki:

4:30 a.m. Tuesday:

Evan Hassan Wormley walks into the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles with his 2-year-old son.

Wormley, 21, of the 4500 block of Evans Avenue in St. Louis is…

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08.25.2009 1:41 pm

New Melle woman dies in July 8 crash involving bulldozer

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Judith Ulery (Courtesy of Pitman Funeral Home)

Judith Ulery (Courtesy of Pitman Funeral Home)

The St. Louis Crime Beat blog has an update on Judith Ulery, 63, of New Melle. She and her mother were crushed by a bulldozer that fell off a truck’s flatbed on July 8.

Ulery has…

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08.25.2009 12:31 pm

Memorial tribute planned for St. Charles police officer Grant Jansen

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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…

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08.23.2009 4:00 am

Afghan battle that killed O’Fallon, Mo., soldier raises questions

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Chas Beat readers:

Gunnar Zwillikng

Gunnar Zwillikng

Please take 10 minutes to read Post-Dispatch reporter Phillip O’Connor’s compelling story about an investigation into an Afghan battle that killed nine U.S. soldiers, including an O’Fallon, Mo., man last year.

Here’s another story from last year about…

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