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Tony Award for the Muny; New seasons Opens June 16 with “Bring It On”

The Muny Will Receive the 2025 Regional Theatre Tony Award...

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Weekend shows for RIVERDANCE 30 Continue May 3 & 4

2025 RIVERDANCE 30 Graces The Fabulous Fox this weekend       ...

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The Valley of Flowers Festival is back and blooming brighter...

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Keep Kids in School to Avoid Crime

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:October 15, 2020
  • Post category:Columnists/Crime/Education/School News

Crime Causation Has Many Reasons; Keeping Students in School is the Top Priority By Rance Thomas What can be done to reduce the increasing crime rate in the United States?…

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54th Street Grill Closing; Chase Bank Coming

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:September 29, 2020
  • Post category:Business News/Columnists/Dining Out/Features/Florissant/Hazelwood/Missouri

Chase Bank Coming to 54th Street Grill Site By Carol Arnett The Florissant City Council met remotely Monday for the council meeting once again and held one public hearing and…

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The Covid-Coaster

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:September 29, 2020
  • Post category:BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/ILLINOIS/Missouri

A Hitchhikers Guide to COVID: When Will We Get the Whole Story? So here we are, you and I and the world, nearly seven months since the weirdest illness in…

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Dining Divas

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:September 3, 2020
  • Post category:Alton, IL/BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Dining Out/Entertainment / Travel/Features/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/ILLINOIS/Missouri

The Dining Divas Discover a Little Normalcy at Hacienda The pandemic sucks. I don’t think anyone would be offended by that statement. It really does. Aside from the obvious health…

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A Boomer’s Journal

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:September 3, 2020
  • Post category:BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Entertainment / Travel/Features/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/ILLINOIS/Missouri

PART II: Beginnings and Journeys, We Always Get Through It In the last installment for this space, talked about the history of how we got to where we are today.…

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MSHSAA Board Approves Possible ‘20-‘21 Alternate Sports Schedules

  • Post author:independentnws
  • Post published:August 18, 2020
  • Post category:Columnists/FloValley Sports/Missouri/Sports

MSHSAA Board Approves Possible ‘20-‘21 Alternate Sports Schedules By Jim Wieners Because of the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, and health restrictions from organizations like the St. Louis Sports Medicine COVID-19 Task…

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Beginnings of Our American Journeys, Etc. Part I

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  • Post published:August 18, 2020
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Beginnings of Our American Journeys, Etc. Part I I was musing recently about how the United States got to where it is today. About the divisions we suffer, and the…

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Dining Divas Head to Ft. Zumwalt Park

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  • Post published:August 18, 2020
  • Post category:Columnists/Dining Out/Entertainment / Travel/Missouri

The Dining Divas Make the Best of Dining Out During the Pandemic It’s hard to be the Dining Divas during a pandemic when you’re avoiding restaurants and large gatherings. But…

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The New Abnormal School Day

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  • Post published:July 24, 2020
  • Post category:BlackJack / Spanish Lake/Columnists/Education/Entertainment / Travel/Ferguson/Florissant/Hazelwood/School News

School Days, School Dazed...What’s Going On? By Tom Anselm About this time most years, the television, radio and mailboxes are flooded with ads for sales, sales and more sales. It…

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  • Post published:June 1, 2020
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TALES OF THE QUARANTINE: Parts I and II By Tom Anselm I am sure that many people have stories to tell of their over two-month-sojourn in the Land of Lock-up.…

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