Yesterday, P-D reporter Denise Hollinshed and photojournalist Robert Cohen covered an awards ceremony honoring local police officers in downtown St. Louis.

Among the winners of the “Medal of Valor” were O’Fallon, Mo., officers Michael Doerge Sr. and Charles Niel. Read Denise’s story…

Police this afternoon identified a man killed early Saturday in a fiery head-on crash with a tractor trailer as Kyle Lauders, 20, of O’Fallon, Mo.

Investigators suspect Lauders had been drinking alcohol before the 3 a.m. crash on westbound Highway 40…

Of the more than 300 registered sex offenders in St. Charles County, 70 broke a year-old state law aimed at barring “Halloween-related contact” with children on Halloween night.

Sheriff’s Lt. Craig McGuire said authorities from the sheriff’s department, St. Charles city,…

The St. Charles Elks Lodge #690 has awarded three police officers and a firefighter for their service.

The winners, who received plaques at a recent steak dinner celebration, all were nominated by their departments to receive the awards.

Lodge member John Still,…

Two law enforcement officers and a firefighter from St. Charles will receive awards for their service at at an upcoming ceremony hosted by a St. Charles chapter of the American Legion.

Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Drews, St. Charles Police Officer Ray Juengst…

Officers from the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department, St. Peters Police Department and O’Fallon Police Department will man a “blood only, no-refusal” DWI checkpoint sometime Saturday.

O'Fallon, Mo., officer Larry Blunt administers a field sobriety test at a checkpoint in St. Charles…

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…

Rain, rain, go away.

That’s the sentiment around the O’Fallon, Mo., Police Department, where hundreds of case records are heading to the shredder after being damaged by flooding.

Major Kyle Kelley says recent rains have caused some flooding in the basement where…

A DWI checkpoint Saturday in St. Charles County netted six arrests out of 2,020 vehicles stopped, authorities say.

According to Sheriff’s Lt. Craig McGuire:

The checkpoint was from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Highway 94 and Highway D. That’s the same…

Rebecca Prost

An O’Fallon, Mo., woman is accused of sneaking through the open garage door to steal a wallet from a purse, police say.

Rebecca Prost, 19, of the first block of Staunton Way, has been charged with first-degree burglary.

Shortly before 5…