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Florissant Man Tells His Experience as Part of Honor Flight For WW II Vets

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HONOR FLIGHT MEMBERS with RICH SCHAMBERG'S goup had a group photo taken at the Marine Corp Memorial Iwo Jima statue. Rich was the only one from Florissant as most of…

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Florissant Moving Closer to a Single Trash Hauler Service

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BY CAROL ARNETT The City of Florissant is moving closer to having only one trash hauler service the city. The city council met with Charles Barcom of Meridian Waste at…

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Sunday’s Loss A Real Disappointment, But We Can be Happy For Warner

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BY RANDY GARDNER I sit here again this week in a world of pity, as the Rams made me eat my words. I said that they were on a roll…

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St. Catherine Food Drive

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Residents and staff members Anna Grady (left) at St. Catherine Retirement Community held a food drive for the TEAM Food Pantry, managed by Ed and Bobbi Meyer (right).

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Movie Review: “The Changeling”

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT A woman turns to the police for help finding her missing son, only to find that what she has always seen as men with the authority— the…

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Soroptimist Fashion Show

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GRACE ZYKAN modeling a Dillard's fashion at the Soroptimist annual fashion show. (Photo courtesy of Karen McKay.)

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Hazelwood’s Chris Wright Named Missouri Superintendent of the Year

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The Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA) named Hazelwood School District Supt. Chris L. Wright the Missouri Superintendent of the Year. The announcement was made during the recent Missouri School…

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Hazelwood Central Arts Faculty in Exclusive Exhibit at Eagan Center

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The visual arts faculty of Hazelwood Central High School will be featured in an art exhibit, "Anthology," at the James J. Eagan Civic Center beginning Nov. 5. The exhibit will…

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Grand Opening Nov. 6 For Hazelwood School District Learning Center

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Hazelwood District parents, students and community members are invited to the grand opening of the Hazelwood School District Learning Center on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m., at the HSD…

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MSHSAA Notebook: IWA Volleyball ‘Going to Kansas City’

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BY JIM WIENERS Incarnate Word Academy Girls Volleyball will be making their 22nd trip to the Missouri State High School Activities Association Championships but this Friday-Saturday the 11-time state champion…

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