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Black Jack holds city-wide Garage Sale at various locations

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Hazelwood Gets New ‘Safe Trade Zone’ for Residents

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Hazelwood Police Introduce ‘Safe Trade Zone’ For Buying and Selling To minimize risk and vulnerabilities With more people using Facebook groups and Craigslist to buy, sell, and trade property online,…

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Gov. Nixon Awards Boeing Flag of Freedom

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Boeing Awarded Flag of Freedom from Gov. Nixon for Show-Me Heroes Program Gov. Jay Nixon joined Leanne Caret, president and CEO, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, in St. Louis to…

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Relax with 2016 Summer Olympics

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Watching Olympics is Awesome; Putting Them On is Unbelievable By Randy Gardner It is hard to believe that the Olympics only happen once every four years. In that time you…

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Incredible Girl Fights Rare Disease

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Florissant Girl Beats All Odds of Survival; Throws Out First Pitch at Busch Stadium By Nichole Richardson Eleni Scott, of Florissant, is getting ready to celebrate her fifth birthday on…

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Variety Was Key to Muny Season

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‘Aida’ Closes Muny's 98th Season On a High Note of Love and Peace by Pat Lindsey The final show of The Muny season is always bittersweet because it signifies that…

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HS Softball and Soccer Openers

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McCluer North Boys Soccer, Girls Softball Opens With Tournaments By Jim Wieners Tournaments will open the 2016 Fall season for McCluer North Boys Soccer and Girls Softball teams. McCluer North…

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Dog Days of Summer Movie Recap by Sandra Olmsted Although, according to the calendar and the path of the sun, summer continues until Sept. 21, the return of the students…

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2016 High School Football Season Openers

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Hazelwood Central, East, McCluer North Have Repeat Football Openers By Jim Wieners It seems very familiar for Hazelwood Central, Hazelwood East and McCluer North to open the 2016 High School…

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MoDot’s TIP Plan

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A Boomer’s Journal

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  The New Technology in Schools–Is it a Plus?   By Tom Anselm Books, pencils, pens. Red Chief manila-paper tablets. Blackboards and chalk dust. Teacher lectures, notetaking. Listening. The Zaner-Bloser method…

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