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McCurdy students blend art, math in winning poster contest entries

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MC CURDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL students, from left, Giselle Diaz, Theresa Pecoraro, John Schupp, III, and Austin Simpson pose in front of their winning artwork from the Missouri Council of Teachers…

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North County Festival, June 28

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North County Community Festival sponsored by the City of Black Jack and Jamestown Mall in conjunction with the St. Louis County Police Deaprtment will be held on Saturday, June 28,…

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Council Okays Sansone For Redevelopment of Cross Keys Apartment

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BY CAROL ARNETT The Florissant City Council has approved an ordinance naming the Sansone Group as the preferred developer for the Cross Keys Apartment Redevelopment Area, over objections by the…

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12 Eagle Scouts from Hazelwood District Cap Their Scouting Careers

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Eagle Scout honors mean many things to a Boy Scout – pride, relief, an avenue to possible scholarship opportunities and evidence of a job well done. In the Hazelwood School…

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Movie review: “Get Smart”

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT When you’ve got the current big cheese of comedy, Steve Carell, as your leading man and consulting work from comedy writing legends Buck Henry and Mel Brooks,…

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Movie review: “The Happening”

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Terrorism takes a back seat to the natural world fighting back against the destruction brought by human exploitation of the environment in M. Night Shyamalan’s sniggeringly dull…

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Will Florissant Trio Become the Next Nashville Star?

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PEARL HEART: Angela, Courtney and Amy Krechel from Florissant are contestants in the Top 10 on Nashville Star on NBC, hosted by Billy Ray Cyrus, The show airs live on…

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Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park will offer limited access this summer

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Visitors to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park near Lesterville can once again swim in the shut-ins this summer, as announced by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The shut-ins area of…

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F-F School Board Earns State Leadership ’08 Team Award

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The Ferguson-Florissant School District Board of Education has earned the Missouri School Boards’ Association’s Education Leadership Team Award for 2008. Just four of the 524 school boards across Missouri were…

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Dining Divas at Rivival (former site of King Louie’s)

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BY LISA KAMPETER Dinner outside at the beginning of June sounds like a good idea even in St. Louis. It still falls under the time period of "spring" so why…

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