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A roundup of St. Louis news headlines from cities north of Highway 40.
Patch rounds up the latest St. Louis area headlines:  Residents Oppose Closing Spring, Cunningham Avenues A Touch of Hollywood Magic in Florissant Creve Coeur Reacts Now That Restaurant Proposal Has Been Filed New Buses Hit the Streets in Wentzville School District
Patch rounds up the latest St. Louis area headlines:  Centene Gives $1 Million Toward Special Olympics Campaign Wabash Days: Parade, Carnival, Square Dancing MICDS to Build New Science, Math Center With Generous $21.5-Million Gift   
Did you miss local headlines this week? No worries. You can still check out headlines from last week with the Aug. 19 PatchCast for St. Louis and St. Charles counties: Group Gives More Than $83,000 for Fontbonne Projects Three Ladue Sisters Log Nearly 5,000 Miles on Their Bikes This Summer Creve Coeur Sees Trio of Corporate Protests Monday Five-Mile Trail Run Benefits Galloping for Girls Chaz45 Band Closes Hazelwood's Free Summer Concert Series
Did you miss local headlines this week? No worries.  You can still check out headlines from last week with the Aug. 12 PatchCast for St. Louis and St. Charles counties: Creve Coeur to be U.S. Home for Biotech Firm from India St. Charles Celebrates Missouri's Statehood Day Police Investigate Three Center of Clayton Locker Break-ins Hope Sinks for Lake Saint Louis World Record Attempt Griffith Elementary Students, Faculty Return Home    
Did you miss your Patch-fix last week? Not to worry! You can still check out headlines from last week with the Aug. 5 PatchCast for St. Louis and St. Charles counties: 4-Year-Old Dials 911, Helps Trapped Relative Ladue School District has 21 New Certified Teachers This Coming School Year Wentzville Fire Fighters Extricate Child from Gun Safe Joe Eagan Perseveres in Florissant Council Election Pattonville Band Sweats the Details
July 29 PatchCast headlines for St. Louis and St. Charles counties: A British Automotive Maker Set To Move To Hazelwood St. Charles County Fair: Blue Ribbons and Apple Pie and Projects at the Fair Dooley on Smoking Ban: 'We're Going to Review It' Japanese and American Cultures Mesh at Villa Duchesne This Week Pattonville Grad Strode Puts Harvard on Hold To Chase Tennis Dreams
The July 22 PatchCast has this week's headlines: VIDEO: Chickens Issue Yields Comments on Sustainability, Rats North County Native Brings Practice to Clayton Part 2 of 2: Florissant Man Falls to Food Challenge Grand Opening of Pottery Barn Kids and Pottery Barn Teen at Plaza Frontenac Re-Enactors Participate in the Battle of Wentzville
This is the PatchCast for the week of July 10. Enjoy.  Here are the top stories from Patch sites across St. Louis and St. Charles counties: Video: Mayor Describes Economic Survival; Big Bend Goals Union Workers Rally Against Missouri American Water in Creve Coeur Mister Guy Ladies Store in Ladue Goes to the Dogs O'Fallon Church's Stars Helping Storm Victims Event Raises More Than $12,000
Here are the top stories from throughout the St. Louis area Patch sites: Lake Saint Louis Water Ski Show Draws Crowd Florissant Might Start Running on Dunkin' Donuts Ladue, Frontenac, Olivette Feature Five Best Picks for Breakfast Group for Visually Impaired Youth Raises $3.5M, Looks Ahead Salt River Road Project Phase One Complete, Roads Now Open
Here are this week's major stories. Click on the link to see the full article. Salt River Road Project Phase One Complete, Roads Now Open Area Swimmers Dazzle at Clayton Shaw Park Swim Meet Book 'Em! City's Top Cop and Assistant Open a Literary Chapter in Their Career Meeting Highlights: Aldermen Discuss Police Station Development St. Charles Patch Blogger:Fighting Back  
Here are this week's major stories. Click on the link to see the full article. St. Charles Churches Grow Friendship in Community Garden Lake Saint Louis Walmart Celebrates Grand Re-Opening Lack of a full council causes the Ladue City Council to wait until next month’s meeting to introduce bill on Gates O'Fallon Little League Team Makes Big Impact for Joplin A Welcomed Goodbye: Hazelwood's Fire Chief Retires
Here are this week's major stories. Click on the link to see the full article. Wentzville Business Owners Indicted for Fraud, Stealing Stop! Go! Creve Coeur Pedestrian Lights Are Up On Olive Project Theater Group ACT II Credits Its Success to Volunteers, Community Controversial Call Costs American National in 6-5 Loss to the Blazers Failed Geek Trivia Night Spawns Successful Game Day
Here are this week's major stories. Click on the link to see the full article. Hospital's Air-Conditioning Units Frustrate Yale Avenue Residents Play Time Will Be For Everyone at Brendan's Playground in O'Fallon Ferguson-Florissant Board Approves New Food Service Management Provider Run for Your Life 5K Results Collection for Joplin Donations Continues Until 8 O'Clock Tonight
Hello there. Welcome to the return of the PatchCast.  That's right, the PatchCast is back. This time, however, instead of it being a daily look at the St. Louis area, we'll take a weekly look.  This is the PatchCast for the week of May 9. Enjoy.  Here are the top stories from Patch sites in your area: Electric Cars and Old World Charm: Chamber Tours Cheshire Work Three Teens To Be Charged in Attempted Sexual Assault at Hazelwood West Middle School Ferguson-Florissant Board of Education Elects New Officers O'Fallon Offers Two Ways for Residents to Help Fund Playground Wentzville Community …
Here are the top stories from St. Louis Patch: Lococo House Finds a Way to Help Military Families Farmer's Market Makes Annual Return to O'Fallon for Another Season Rays and Sharks Cruise Caribbean Cove at the Saint Louis Zoo Clayton Community Theatre Goes 'Barefoot in the Park'
Here are the top stories from St. Louis Patch: The Child Center Plants Pinwheel Garden Zimmerman Sworn in as County Assessor in Clayton Adults Hunt for Easter Eggs, Leave with Prizes Students Switch from Chairs to Exercise Balls
Here are the top stories from St. Louis Patch: The Season of Sneezin' is Well Underway Oak Hill Students Learn Attention to Detail Crown Vision Center Marks 50 Years in St. Louis Area Police Searching for Suspects In Credit Card Theft Case
Here are the top stories from St. Louis Patch: Group Seeks to Empower Young Professionals With Networking and Leadership Opportunities MICDS Girls Soccer Wins Sixth in a Row Mayor Dielmann Getting Back In The Swing Of Things Following Heart Surgery Ticketing Troublesome Teens in the Loop, Paying to Park and Seniors at Heman Community Center Discussed at Public Budget Meeting
Here are the top stories from St. Louis Patch: Owner Says Destiny Wanted Diamond Shop in Clayton Ready for take-off: Hazelwood Weathered Ford Plant Loss, Economic Crises and is Ready to Soar Deal-of-the-Day Services are Greeted with Enthusiasm, Caution Gary Busey Fired on "Celebrity Apprentice"
Here are the top stories from St. Louis Patch: Whole Wheat Offerings Get Pattonville High’s Cafeteria Food High Marks Holt High School Jazz Band Performs Today at the Touhill Parkway Addresses Layoff Concerns Best Laid Plans: Aldermen Might Flock to Support Urban Chickens

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