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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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Booth Rentals Still Being Accepted for Fall Festival

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The sixteenth annual Florissant Old Town Fall Festival will take place on Sunday, Oct. 13. As many as 35,000 people have attended in past years. Festival hours are from 11…

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Hazelwood Hires Matthew Zimmerman as City Manager, Will Start Oct. 30

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The City of Hazelwood has announced the hiring of Matthew Zimmerman as City Manager. Zimmerman is expected to start work in Hazelwood on Oct. 30. Former City Manager Ed Carlstrom…

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IWA Hosts District Tennis; Crescent Farms Hosts Golf

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By Jim Wieners Most area High School Girls Tennis Teams will be competing in Class Two, District Five, hosted by Incarnate Word Academy, beginning Oct. 7 while all area Girls…

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Midseason 4-0 Battle Pits Hawks Offense Against Ritenour Defense

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  • Post published:September 25, 2013
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By Jim Wieners High School Football reaches the midseason mark this weekend and going 4-0 heading to the fifth week of the season happens more often than not for Hazelwood…

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Block Party Season in Here

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This past weekend Mayor Schneider attended three block parties, one of which was an outdoor wedding reception.  This year has been a great year for block parties. Having a block…

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Sen. Walsh Offers Web Site On the Affordable Care Act

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State Sen. Gina Walsh, D-Bellefontaine Neighbors, has launched a website devoted to information on health care reform under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on her official Senate Web page. The…

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Florissant Flu Shot Day

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Seasonal Flu Shots and Pneumonia Shots will be given at the James J. Eagan Center on Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 9 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.   TIP HealthCare will administer the…

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Family Historian Makes Donation to The Knobbe House Photo Collection

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Stan Busken of Liberty, Mo., recently donated to Hazelwood three large photos for the Knobbe House in historic Brookes Park. Busken is the great-grandson of Joseph S. Knobbe, Sr., who…

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Free to Breathe Run/Walk Sept. 28 Funds Vital Lung Cancer Programs

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Local residents are fueling the national movement to double lung cancer survival at the fourth annual Free to Breathe St. Louis 5K and 1-Mile Walk on Sept. 28 at Creve Coeur…

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Hazelwood Supt. Tobias Receives UMSL Distinguished Alumni Award

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Superintendent Grayling Tobias was honored as a 2013 University of Missouri-St. Louis Distinguished Alumni at the UMSL Founders Dinner  on Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, 100 Carondelet…

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