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independentnwsMay 5, 2025

Cold Water School host Wellness Fair

Walmart, Cold Water School Teamup for Wellnss Festival at the...

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“The Heidi Chronicles” coming to town

NJT Presents the Pulitzer Prize-Winning ‘The Heidi Chronicles’ May 29-June...

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

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Candidate Filing Opens Dec. 15 for Hazelwood City Council Election

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  Hazelwood will hold an election Tuesday, April 5, for the City Council seats in Wards 1, 3, 5 and 7, each for a 3-year term. The Ward 4 seat…

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Good Food Makes Up for Loud Crowd For Dining Divas at Katie’s

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The Dining Divas By Lisa Kampeter I got excited when we picked the location for our most recent Dining Divas. I’d heard great things about Katie’s Pizza and Pasta in…

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McCluer North Boys Hoops 3-Peat At Borgia, Who Road Blocks North Tech

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By Jim Wieners St. Francis Borgia Regional High School in Washington, Mo., has been hosting a Boys Basketball Thanksgiving Tournament for 63 years, which is longer than any Florissant Valley…

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Basketball Tournament Play

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Hazelwood Central Girls Hoops Start 3-2, Splits O'Fallon (Ill.) Blue-Gold By Jim Wieners It’s not often that a High School Basketball team plays six games in November but that is…

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Sports Can Seem Trivial Compared to Those Battling Cancer

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By Randy Gardner After 20 years of writing my column, I think that everyone pretty much knows that I write about what I am feeling at the moment that I…

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Films creating Oscar Buzz

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  The Oscar Race is On! List of top Films of 2015            by Sandra Olmsted When Chris Rook takes the stage on Feb. 28, 2016, how many of the…

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Friends build ramp for Mike Korte

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Community Gets Involved to Build Wheelchair Ramp Photos and Text By Pamela Lee When Patricia Korte posted on Facebook asking for advice on getting a wheelchair ramp built for her…

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New Charges Filed against Driver

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Funeral Fund For 6-Year-old Crash Victim Set Up By Her Mom A traffic accident on southbound North Lindbergh claimed the life of 6-year-old Dezirae Thayer at about 9 p.m. Thanksgiving…

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Rain stops just in time for parade Sunday

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Northern Lights Parade Returns To Ferguson After postponing the annual Northern Lights Parade last year along S. Florissant Road in Ferguson, the parade was back in full holiday mode Sunday.…

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Florissant City Council

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Mexican Restaurant Hearing Postponed; Hearing For Day Care Plan Move is Continued By Carol Arnett The Florissant City Council once again postponed a public hearing regarding a request for a…

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