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Cold Water School host Wellness Fair

Walmart, Cold Water School Teamup for Wellnss Festival at the...

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MOVIE REVIEWS: Smurff 2 & Fruitvale Station

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The Smurf’s 2: Turns Paris Blue            by Sandra Olmsted Those delightfully blue creatures are back, and they’re taking Paris by storm. While Smurfette (voice of Katy Perry) mopes because…

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Tom Anselm gives perspective on area history of school transfers

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Boomer’s Journal: School Transfer or Not? That is the Question Back in the early 1980s, school boards and administrators and lawmakers thought they had the answer to failing schools and…

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Randy Gardner column Aug. 1

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I’ve Said it in the Past, But Rams Looking Really Good This Training Camp Every year at about this time, I always say that the Rams are looking really good…

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Hazelwood and Ferguson-Florissant Schools start Aug. 12

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Hazelwood Board Gets Updated In Improvement Grant, Focus Schools              By Jeremey Thomas The Hazelwood school board recent meeting was short, but contained a few detailed oriented presentations on issues…

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Ferguson-Florissant Back to School Fair Aug. 10

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The Ferguson-Florissant School District will host a back-to-school fair for students and their families from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 10 at the District’s Administration Center, located…

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Hazelwood Back to School Fair Aug.. 3

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Seventh annual HSD Back-to-School Fair to be held at St. Louis Outlet Mall, August 3   The Hazelwood School District and PTA Council will hold the seventh annual Back-to-School Fair…

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Hazelwood Central H.S. Student Pulls Unconscious Man from Pool

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     When Travorus Barnes, a sophomore at Hazelwood Central High School, took a lifeguard training class at HCHS, he never thought he would have to use the skills he…

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I-270’s Future discussed at July 30 meeting

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Public Feedback Sought at Meeting on I-270 North   The Missouri Department of Transportation is hosting an open house style public meeting to start the next phase of planning for…

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North County District CYC Playoffs in Florissant begin

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Mayor Thomas P. Schneider has announced that the City of Florissant and the North County CYC District is hosting the 2013 Archdiocese City/County Youth Baseball Playoffs that began on Saturday,…

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It’s All Good Once You’re Seated at This New Italian Restaurant in Clayton

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The Dining Divas By Lisa Kampeter First impressions can also be lasting impressions, but I’m one to believe in second chances.  So I decided to give Pastaria in Clayton a…

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