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Remember Memorial Day and all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for Our Freedom

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St. Louis Zoo Reopened Monday

Extensive tree damage at St. Louis Zoo after Storm, Still...

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Ferguson Twilight Run is Saturday May 17

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Pond and Water Garden on June 21,22

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Boy Hood is experimental movie over a 12 year period

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Boyhood: Cumulative Effect by Sandra Olmsted Growing up is the cumulative effect of natural, health body processes and the experience the world writes on an individual, and that’s what writer/director…

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National Night Out is Tuesday, Aug. 5

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Florissant Police to Participate in 2014 National Night Out   The “31st Annual National Night Out” (NNO) campaign has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 5, 2014. National Night Out is…

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Is Rams Training Camp As Important to Fans As it Once Was

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By Randy Gardner Is it just me or does the Rams starting training camp not seem to have the importance that it once did? The Rams camp started last Friday,…

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2 Propositions on City of Hazelwood Ballot on Aug. 5th

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7% Utility Tax Plus 1/4-Cent Sales Tax Vote in Hazelwood on Aug. 5th Ballot The City of Hazelwood will have two ballots issue in next Tuesday’s (Aug. 5) Primary elections…

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Aug., 5th Elections: Tax Levy on Ballot in Ferguson Florissant District

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F-F School District Seeks 50-Cent Tax Levy on Aug. 5    Mayor, Chamber and Key Businesspersons Supporting levy   In the upcoming Aug. 5th elections, the Ferguson-Florissant School District will…

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Prep Sports Practices Begin Aug. 4…football kickoff Aug. 22

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  Football Kicks Off Aug. 22-23 By Jim Wieners It is here; sooner than expected, High School Sports in Missouri begin preparing for the fall season Monday Aug. 4 (Illinois…

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County Executive Candidates Voice Residents’ Concerns at Public Forum

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               By Pat Lindsey The one and only pre-primary public forum during which St. Louis County Executive candidates could respond to questions from county…

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Aug. 5th Primary issues, candidates in North County

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Candidates, issues in Florissant, Hazelwood U.S. Representative - Congressional - District 1 Vote For: 1 (2 year term) * denotes incumbent Democratic:            * Lacy Clay 885 Lionsgate Dr., St Louis…

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Diving Divas visits Mid-town restaurant

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It’s the Dining Divas with a Twist at Hamburger Mary’s It was definitely a Dining Divas to remember. That’s the best way to describe it. I guess when I chose…

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3 Mid-Summer Movies worth a Look…from Sandy Olmstead

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  Get On Up, story of James Brown by Sandra Olmsted      Director Tate Taylor delicately traces both the sources of James Brown’s musical influences and the reasons for his…

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