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Inferno in Theaters Now

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Inferno: Smoke But No Fire   By Sandra Olmsted In Inferno, director Ron Howard opens with a chase up a famous European landmark that ends in the death of Bertrand…

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2016 World Series Full of Nostalgia

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Lots of Mind Games in a Great World Series By Randy Gardner By the time most of you read this, the World Series will be over. I waited until Tuesday…

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Two Undefeated Teams Play At Central Nov. 5

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Undefeated Hazelwood Central Advance to District 6 Finals When Hazelwood Central High School Hawks went undefeated in 2013 in the regular season, many of their now star players were only…

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NCI Honors 30 Young Up-and-Comers

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30 Professionals in their 30s Honored By North County Inc. These 30 Young People are Making a Difference in North County Area North County Inc. honored this year's top North…

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Boomer’s Journal It is These Moments That We Remember By Tom Anselm It happened on this same day, Oct. 27, five years ago. Game 6 of the World Series. St. Louis…

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Tim Lowery Honored by IACP

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Chief Lowery Appointed to Executive Board of The International Association of Chiefs of Police Chief Lowery Florissant Police Chief Timothy Lowery has been installed as the general chair of the…

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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back–By the Book By Sandra Olmsted   Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, the second installment in the franchise based on Lee Child's books, hits all the…

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Dunkin Donut Delayed

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  Amendment to Zoning Code Needed For New Child Day Care Center in Florissant                            By Carol Arnett The Florissant City Council had four public hearings scheduled at the meeting…

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Republic Services Expand Service in Hazelwood

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Hazelwood’s New Contract with Republic Offers Improved Bulk Waste Service With the new contract negotiated between the City of Hazelwood and Republic Services, local residents are coming out ahead with…

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1 Mile Fun Run and 5K at Shrine

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3rd Annual ‘Race to the Shrine’ on Oct. 22 Mayor Schneider and Ward 3 Councilman Joe Eagan announced the 3rd Annual “Race to the Shrine” which will be held on…

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