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Black Jack holds city-wide Garage Sale at various locations

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“The Heidi Chronicles” plays at the J’s Wool Studio Theatre

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Florissant Friday Fun Days Return June 6

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Can the Kurt Warner Story Be Repeated?

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By Randy Gardner Can I start by saying, here we go again? By that, I mean the Rams are the unluckiest team in the league; they cannot catch a break.…

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It’s Easy to Take the Heat With Fun Family Members in Florida

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A Boomer's Journal By Tom Anselm It has been quite warm lately in our town, both politically and atmospherically. The first so much so that frankly it is just too…

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Four -Class Boys Soccer Plays Mainly 4 -Team Districts

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By Jim Wieners Beginning this school year High School Soccer is a four class sport and this year 226 high schools will be playing Boys Soccer. So the largest 192…

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District Football Rematches: East Visits Webster Grove, McCluer North Hosts Kirkwood

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By Jim Wieners On Nov. 6, 2013, in the second round of Class Five, District Two Football playoffs McCluer North was shut out at Kirkwood 34-0 in Jim Schottmueller’s final…

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Film Gets a Big Opening Lift From The Wehrenberg Chain

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(Complete, lengthy interview with Belleville Director Dan Steadman) By Sandra Olmsted Director Dan Steadman reveals his thoughts on writing, directing, and editing and discusses micro-budget, independent filmmaking and why he…

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The November Man: Brosnan Stars in Nostalgic Spy Thriller

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By Sandra Olmsted Director Roger Donaldson's The November Man closely follows the formula cold-war-era spy thriller, which will be new to younger audiences and familiar to older ones. Coaxed out…

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The Ferguson Florissant School District Was Prepared For the New School Year

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The start of the school year may have been delayed for Ferguson-Florissant students, but staff and administration were at work after the Board of Education made the decision to postpone…

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‘Brew in the Lou’ on Oct. 18

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The St. Louis-based Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA) and 103.3 KLOU present “Brew in the Lou” on Sat., Oct. 18 from 1 – 5 p.m. at Koburg Hall at Concordia…

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Ringo Starr and His All Star Band will Play the Fox Oct. 3

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Ringo Starr and His All Star Band will Play the Fox Friday, October 3 at 8pm. Tickets went go on sale June 13 online or over the phone through MetroTix,…

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Rosemary Davison Celebrates 96th Birthday

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Close friends and admirers were on hand to help celebrate Rosemary Straub Davison’s 96th birthday last week. Davison is a cherished Florissant citizen and distinguished historian whose historic structure preservation…

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