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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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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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05.07.2009 4:00 am

Fallen police officers honored at St. Charles memorial service

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Annette Jansen, right, hugs St. Charles police officer Al Howe after a candlelight memorial service Wednesday in St. Charles (Photo by Joel Currier / P-D)

Annette Jansen, right, hugs St. Charles police officer Al Howe after a candlelight memorial service Wednesday in St. Charles (Photo by Joel Currier / P-D)

St. Charles Police Officer Grant Jansen is gone forever, but his memory will live on in…

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04.13.2009 2:38 pm

UPDATE: St. Charles man’s condition improving after St. Patrick’s Day crash

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jared Vierling, 22, who was severely injured in a five-vehicle crash on St. Patrick’s Day, was moved out of the intensive care unit at St. Louis University Hospital over the weekend and is now listed in serious condition, a hospital…

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04.12.2009 1:32 pm

O’Fallon teen who killed father is back in jail

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Casey Doss

Casey Doss

Casey Doss is back behind bars.

Last week, Doss, 19, was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a car accident. Police said Casey ran off Westwood Drive and hit some trees in an April 9 crash that injured…

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03.31.2009 3:36 pm

Memorial service to mark anniversary of Army colonel’s death

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Army Col. Stephen K. Scott

Army Col. Stephen K. Scott

Nearly a year ago, as Army Col. Stephen K. Scott’s body lay in a flag-draped casket at the First Baptist Church of Harvester, tearful mourners called him their hero.

On Saturday, his family and friends will honor…

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02.08.2009 11:56 am

Memorial service to honor St. Charles soldier killed in Iraq

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A memorial service honoring Lance Cpl. Drew W. Weaver will be held in St. Charles on the 1-year anniversary of his death.

Weaver, 20, was killed during a combat operation in Iraq’s Anbar province. His relatives have said Weaver was shot…

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01.06.2009 6:30 am

St. Charles police to hold blood drive honoring fallen officer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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, his police dog.

Officer Grant Jansen and Czar,…

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12.16.2008 2:41 pm

Firefighters to be honored for rescuing St. Charles County woman

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Three firefighters will receive medals of valor Tuesday night for helping save a woman during a September apartment fire that killed a 61-year-old man.

Three members of Central County Fire and Rescue–Joseph DeCosty, Raymond Hemenway and Jason Graff–pulled a woman from…

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