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St. Louis Zoo Reopened Monday

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Ferguson Twilight Run is Saturday May 17

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Trinity, Hazelwood Central Volleyball Are Top District Seeds

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 By Jim Wieners Trinity Catholic and Hazelwood Central Girls Volleyball teams are each seeded first in seperate District Five Tournaments and those District winners will have to go to winners…

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Hazelwood Central Re-Sweeps Suburban 12 North, Districts Next

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By Jim Wieners Over a year ago (2014) there was a realignment of the St. Louis Suburban High School Conferences and Hazelwood Central was one of six high schools that…

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Florissant Hearing Held On Rezoning Changes Necessary at Surrey Plaza

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Prop S Funds are for Streets Only By Carol Arnett The first of two public hearings held at Monday night’s Florissant City Council meeting concerned a request to rezone properties…

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Florissant Hearing Held On Rezoning Changes Necessary at Surrey Plaza

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Prop S Funds are for Streets Only    By Carol Arnett The first of two public hearings held at Monday night’s Florissant City Council meeting concerned a request to rezone…

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‘Bridge of Spies’ Evokes the Past

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by Sandra Olmsted The killer team of Director Steven Spielberg. Star Tom Hanks, aging nicely into “mature” roles, screenwriters Matt Charman and the Coen Brothers, Ethan and Joel, and cinematographer…

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FFSD Awards Educational Tech Grants

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The Ferguson-Florissant School District has awarded  educational technology grants to McCluer North High School, McCluer High School and the Little Creek Nature Area.  The district’s Technology Services department sponsors the…

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Fall Festival in Florissant

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    Sponsors, vendors and fairgoers enjoyed beautiful weather this year at the Florissant Fall Festival. Along the 11 blocks of rue St. Francois fairgoers enjoyed food, activities, crafts, competitions,…

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Patrick Stinnett is Florissant 2015 Veteran of the Year

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Patrick Stinnett, former city council member, has been named the Florissant Veteran of the Year. He will be in the forefront riding in the annual city’s Veteran’s Day Parade on…

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Close Encounters Of The Oddest Kind

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A Boomer’s Journal By Tom Anselm Did you ever have one of those moments when you wish you would have spoken up about something, but didn’t, and later thought of…

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Perfect Weather, Usual Big Crowd At Florissant Old Town Fall Festival

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Story and Photos By Erica R. Van Buren The 80-degree temperature was just what the doctor ordered to kick off this year’s Fall Festival in Old Town Florissant on Sunday,…

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