Anthony J. Wamser, 23, formerly of St. Charles, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for abusing his twin sons when they were six months old.

Anthony J. Wamser

Wamser pleaded guilty in August on two counts of felony child abuse.…

Today is the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the Chas Beat blog.
During that time we’ve published 841 posts and received 3,696 comments. Chas Beat is consistently among the top news blogs at the paper and we are grateful the…

John T. Haidul, 40, formerly of St. Louis County, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for a 2007 bank robbery in St. Charles.

John T. Haidul

A jury found Haidul guilty in August. Police said he used a note to…

Heavy rain in the past week led to a sewer main collapse in Warrenton, city officials said.

Robert Hamlin, the city’s public works director, said water washed away soil around an 18-inch clay tile sewer main near Hickory Lick Creek, probably…

About a week ago, we wrote about a Lincoln County mother who was accused of beating her 15-month-old son and fracturing his skull. This week, the child’s baby sitter called sheriff’s department investigators and said she was responsible for the…

Reporting by Joel Currier

Officers from the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department and the St. Peters Police Department conducted a no-refusal, blood-only DWI checkpoint at Highway 94 and Highway D on Saturday. They stopped 982 vehicles between 4 p.m. and 10…

A St. Charles County divorce trial that has drawn the attention of home-school advocates is expected to end on Sept. 21. Meanwhile, as classes start, the children of Lisa Payne-Naeger and Jeff Naeger will continue to be home-schooled.

Payne-Naeger has home-schooled…

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…

St. Charles County Elections Director Rich Chrismer’s prediction was right. He said less than 10 percent of the county’s voters would cast ballots in Tuesday’s special election.

The unofficial results show 12,867 people took the time to darken one oval. There were 235,448…

Those of you who follow crime news will want to check out the Post-Dispatch’s latest blog: The Crime Beat.

It debuted yesterday afternoon, and reporters who cover crime and courts throughout the region will be contributing stories and blurbs from their…