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Hearings Held on New Florissant Valley FPD Firehouse; Credit Union

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BY CAROL ARNETT The Florissant City Council held two public hearings at their meeting this week. In the first, American Eagle Credit Union requested a rezoning for a proposed new…

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Mayor calms fears in city after recent shooting incident

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BY CAROL ARNETT Mayor Robert Lowery addressed concerns about the recent shooting in the city at Monday night's council meeting after some residents asked the mayor or council to comment.…

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Police seek information on shooter & vehicle

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While a 15-year-old Florissant girl is still recovering from a gunshot wound suffered during a robbery last week, efforts continue to find the shooter. A composite drawing of the potential…

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Dining Divas: Araka

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Rarely do I come right out and say "you have to go," but now, I’m saying it. You have to go to Araka in Clayton, a new restaurant in Carondelet…

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Duck Race

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FLORISSANT JAYCEES had their ducks all in a row at the starting gate on Sunday for the annual Duck Race. Over 800 ducks were sold at $5 each with all…

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Hazelwood moves forward on plans for business/industrial park

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BY JEANETTE EBERLIN-RIZZELLO A proposed 215-acre business industrial park in the western part of Hazelwood is apparently on its way but city officials are waiting for more information and details…

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Hazelwood North Middle student ties for #1 in Pre-Teen America Program

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RACHEL MORGAN, 11, with her father, the Rev. C. E. Morgan with her ribbon and trophy after tying for first in the 2008 Pre-Teen America National Scholarship and Recognition program.…

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Movie review: Brideshead Revisited

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT One telling item in the director’s notes accompanying the DVD release of the original filmed version of Brideshead Revisited sums up what is so dismally wrong about…

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Movie review: Step Brothers

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Packed with good-natured vulgarity and juvenile stupidity, the new comedy Step Brothers is like some perverted "Leave It to Beaver" episode. This free-wheeling parody of blended families…

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Rams Are Right To fine Jackson while he’s not at training camp

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BY RANDY GARDNER Football time has come as the Rams are in their first week of camp in Mequon, Wisconsin, at Concordia University. Things did not start off well as…

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