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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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Red Cross Blood Donations needed

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Red Cross calls for blood and platelet donations after severe winter weather impacts collections As severe winter weather begins to subside, the American Red Cross is asking all eligible blood…

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No New Year’s Resolution Again This Year, But Some ‘Frivolous Pursuits’

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A Boomer's Journal By Tom Anselm The new year is upon us, ready or not.  And for many, it offers a natural opportunity to make new starts. Everywhere you look, …

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Nothing Like Football To Help Cabin Fever

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By Randy Gardner Sometimes it is hard to find things to write about that have not already been pounded into the ground by everyone but as we start the New…

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August: Osage County: No Fun in Their Dysfunction

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By Sandra Olmsted If George (Richard Burton) and Martha (Elizabeth Taylor) from director Mike Nichols’ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolff? (1966) had had children, this would have been their family…

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Lone Survivor Gives Away Too Much

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By Sandra Olmsted Peter Berg’s Lone Survivor biggest problem is revealing who the lone survivor of the failed military operation will be at the beginning of the film. War films…

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McCluer North Wresting Fifth Again In All-St. Louis Suburban Meet

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By Jim Wieners For the third time in the four-year history of the All-St. Louis Suburban Conferences Wrestling Championships McCluer North takes fifth place. Last weekend at Hazelwood Central, the…

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Basketball Tourneys: Central, Tech Boys Repeat; IWA Girls 6-Peat Viz

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By Jim Wieners   For the second year in a row in Boys High School Basketball Hazelwood Central won the Meramec Holiday Basketball Tournament while just before Christmas North Technical…

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9th Annual Loop Ice Carnival Jan. 17-18 Is Family and Couples Friendly Event

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The 9th Annual Delmar Loop Ice Carnival will begin its weekend of festivities with a Snow Ball on Friday., Jan. 17 at the Moonrise Hotel and will conclude with several…

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Florissant Texting Ban Has Been Law In City Since 2009

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By Carol Arnett The city of Manchester, Mo, was in the news recently when lawmakers there proposed a ban on texting while driving. Florissant has had this ban in effect…

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Florissant Starts Program to Help Police Find Missing Individuals

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Florissant Police Chief Timothy J. Lowery announced that the Florissant Police Department has partnered with Project Lifesaver to be the first law enforcement agency in eastern Missouri to have the…

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