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Movie review: “Nights in Rodanthe”

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT As the barometric pressure drops ahead of a tropical storm poised to batter a bed and breakfast inn on an island off the North Carolina coast, the…

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Rachel Morgan of Hazelwood North Middle School is the Pre-Teen Missouri Titleholder

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RACHEL MORGAN, a sixth-grader at Hazelwood North Middle School, poses with her father, the Reverend C.E. Morgan and all of the Pre-Teen America and Pre-Teen Missouri trophies and other awards…

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Is Jim Haslett The Right Coach to Take Over The Troubled Rams?

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BY RANDY GARDNER What a two-day event it was on Sunday and Monday as the Rams got it handed to them once again, and this time though, the loss causing…

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Hazelwood Teachers Receive Emerson Teaching Awards

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Hazelwood School District educators Michelle Chitwood and Kara Wilkenson are recipients of the 2008 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards. Chitwood teaches first grade at Armstrong Elementary School and Wilkenson teaches…

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Prep Softball Begins Road to St. Joe, Next Week with District Tournaments

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BY JIM WIENERS Beginning this year the Missouri State High School Activities Association Softball Championships will be held at Heritage Park Softball Complex, in St. Joseph, Mo. St. Joseph will…

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Four Road Football Games Next For 5-0 Hazelwood West Starting This Friday

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BY JIM WIENERS Enjoying their first-ever 5-0 start in football Hazelwood West, who played the last four games at home, will be playing the next four weeks on the road…

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Miss Hazelwood 2008 is Tiffany Jarvis

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BOB LINDSEY PHOTOS TIFFANY JARVIS (second from left) was crowned Miss Hazelwood at the city's annual Harvestfest held Sept. 13 at White Birch Park. Tiffany was a member of Girl…

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High Diver

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One of the gymnasts from Gateway Kids World goes up for what looks like a high dive during the Harvestfest on Sept. 13.

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Residents Urged to File Flood Damage Claims

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Florissant residents who had water in their homes from sanitary sewers backing up have 30 days to file a claim with Metropolitan Sewer District. Mayor Robert Lowery met recently with…

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Crime Concerns in Florissant Acknowledged, Being Addressed

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BY CAROL ARNETT Crime was on the minds of several residents who came to last week’s council meeting to ask what steps the city plans to address the recent rise…

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