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‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’: Generic Popcorn Spiller

by Sandra Olmsted Although the first installment in this franchise benefitted from having Guillermo del Toro insert his delicious adroitness for monsters into the original, in this new film, director…

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FFSD BOARD AND TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION SIGNS HISTORIC BARGAINING AGREEMENT

FFSD Board Approves First Ever Collective Bargaining Agreement The Ferguson-Florissant Board of Education has approved a Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Ferguson-Florissant School District (FFSD) and the Ferguson-Florissant School District…

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‘A Wrinkle in Time’: Not Since ‘Narnia’

by Sandra Olmsted Director Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle’s once thought to be “unfilmable” novel, covers much of same ground as the Narnia franchise and…

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Spring Training Games Means Season Not To Far Away For Cardinals

By Randy Gardner Spring training! It’s hard to believe that opening day is just a few weeks away. Are you excited about that? When that happens it is almost like…

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Hazelwood Central Beats Webster, Vashon; Wins Class 5, District 2

By Jim Wieners Hazelwood Central Boys Basketball is trying to make a statement after sweeping the Suburban XII Conference North Division and winning four tournaments including Class Five, District Two.…

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Hazelwood Central, IWA Rolled To Girls District Basketball Titles

By Jim Wieners Hazelwood Central High School and Incarnate Word Academy easily rolled their way to district titles in Girls Basketball. Hazelwood Central won Class Five, District Two at McCluer…

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Sports Complex decision soon

St. Louis Outlet Mall Site in Line For Nation’s Largest Sports Complex   BIG SPORTS’ POWERplex artist rendering of the landscape for a new outdoor/indoor sports complex, which when completed,…

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A BOOMER’S JOURNAL: When Will This Crazy Killing End?

by Tom Anselm “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”…

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The Windy Zeitgeist of Oscar Picking

by Sandra Olmsted Predicting the Oscars is like throwing darts into the future without any inkling of how the winds of zeitgeist will be blowing by the final day that…

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