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Jackie Joyner-Kersee Celebrates Jennings Achievements; New Turf Track Installed

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Jennings School District Still Accredited   Jennings School District is accredited.  A story on the Jennigns District in the Aug. 29th issue of The Independent News mistakenly stated that the district…

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First Heat-Related Death Reported in County

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A 65-year-old Ferguson woman, whose home air conditioner was  not working, is the first confirmed heat-related death in Saint Louis County this summer, according to the medical examiner.  The body…

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New Ferguson Restaurant is What Dreams Are Made Of

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The Dining Divas By Lisa Kampeter Cathy’s Kitchen is Trip Around the U.S. Usually, it’s all about us, the Dining Divas.  This month, it wasn’t about any of us.  This month,…

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Pre-season Almost Over, Time to See the Real Rams

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By Randy Gardner Three weeks have come and gone and every week I sit in front of the television waiting for the Rams to put a check mark in the…

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CVS Pharmacy Seeks Florissant Site, But Faces Some Hurdles

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By Carol Arnett CVS Pharmacy would like to open a store in Florissant, but some council members have a problem with the location the company has chosen. Craig Forgey, representing…

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Story, Headline Still Painted Same Old Negative Brush About North County

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A Boomer’s Journal By Tom Anselm Well, folks, you may have seen the recent front-page story and negative bold headline about North  County's housing problems that ran in the Sunday,…

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Week 2 Road Trips Include Central-DeSmet, East-Kirkwood Rematches

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By Jim Wieners With The Independent News not publishing next week there are top matches for week two that can not be ignored. On Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. Hazelwood…

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Hawks, East, LHSN, Stars Host Football Openers on Saturday

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Late Summer Heat Changes some Game Times By Jim Wieners High School Football 2013 is scheduled to begin Friday night Aug. 30, but for the majority of teams in North…

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Community Responds to Un-favorable Story, Headline

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Response to the St. Louis Post Dispatch front page story on Aug., 18 with the headline “North County Suburbia in Crisis” has been a firestorm  from citizens, community leaders and…

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The World’s End: Old Friends Unite For Hometown Pub Crawl and Nostalgia

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by Sandra Olmsted Writer-Director Edgar Wright's The World's End combines the nostalgia of attempting to “go home again” as Thomas Wolfe warns no one can and science fiction’s dystopia and…

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