Thursday, May 17, 2012
We want to hear your wishes to the class of 2012.
This weekend, the Florissant area high schools will be sending off another graduating class. McCluer South-Berkeley High School will be graduating more than 150 students from this year's class. The district will graduate this class Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in St. Charles Arena. If you have a student or know a student graduating, send them a special congratulations in our announcements section. It's free, and it will go directly into the next day's newsletter and be featured on our site. We'll be featuring each high school's graduates from the Ferguson-Florissant School District. Below you'll find the graduates of McCluer South-Berkeley High School.
State Senator Jane Cunningham was hospitalized overnight in Jefferson City after feeling light-headed Wednesday at the state capitol.
Missouri State Senator Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield) should be back at the State Capitol following a brief hospitalization overnight Wednesday. Senator Cunningham's Chief of Staff, Kit Crancer told Patch Thursday morning that "the Senator is doing well and will be released later today." According to the Twitter account for the Missouri State Senate, members in the chamber were updated on her health this morning and learned that she would return to the Capitol Thursday. Cunningham, who is not running for re-election after state legislative redistricting essentially left her without a race to run, became light headed Wednesday during debate on an education bill. The legislative session ends at 5 p.m. Friday.
The town hall meeting series comes to Florissant Friday morning.
Updated at 10 a.m. If you’re a fan of bacon and eggs in the morning, then a serving of "Beacon and Eggs" could start your Friday off the right way. The St. Louis Beacon and the Big 550 KTRS will be producing a live show from the James J. Eagan Center Theatre Friday from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Beacon and Eggs is a town hall style meeting held throughout different communities in the St. Louis area and sponsored by the St. Louis Beacon and the Big 550. This meeting will be a roundtable focusing on the retrospective of media in St. Louis and will feature former TV anchors Julius Hunter and Dick Ford. The Beacon and Eggs Discuss will take place from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The event is free and open to the public.
We want to hear your wishes to the class of 2012.
This weekend, the Florissant area high schools will be sending off another graduating class. McCluer High School will be graduating more than 330 students from this year's class. The district will graduate this class Sunday at 5:30 p.m. in St. Charles Arena. If you have a student or know a student graduating, send them a special congratulations in our announcements section. It's free, and it will go directly into the next day's newsletter and be featured on our site. We'll be featuring each high school's graduates from the Ferguson-Florissant School District. Check back later today for McCluer South-Berkeley's graduates. Below you'll find the graduates of McCluer High School. Reginald Louis Wyatt
The building has served a number of functions since its erection in the late 19th century.
Florissant’s first City Hall sits unnoticed to most people traveling up and down St. Francois Street. Tucked back from the streets edge at 619 St. Francois, the little white brick building was once the center of activity for the City of Florissant. The City Council authorized the construction of the building in the spring of 1876 to serve as the City Hall and Calaboose, or local jail. Throughout its more than 130 years, it has been used for a variety of purposes, adjusting to the needs of the town. The first time the building was altered was in 1919, when the Florissant volunteer fire department was formed. An addition to the east side of the building made room for the fire truck and other equipment. The city grew quickly after World War …
"Florissant Patch" rounds up expert tips and valuable resources for small business owners.
Welcome back to our series on how to start a small business in Florissant. This week, we're offering tips and resources for financing for your small business. Last week’s experts, Richard Shoaf and Chris Coleman, are back with more tips for potential small business owners. Bob Russell, the City of Florissant’s economic developer, also weighs in. Many people say that securing financing is one of the most difficult parts of getting a small business off the ground, and they’re right. But if you take the right steps to prepare, you can definitely minimize the amount of stress involved. One of the most common reasons that banks and other lending institutions turn down small business loan requests is that they consider the business too high-risk…
The St. Louis Rams have outlined a renovation plan for the Edward Jones Dome that is estimated to cost $700 million.
The Rams want us to buy them a new house. Just fixing up its current home—the Edward Jones Dome—won't do. Instead, the St. Louis football franchise expects an extreme makeover, to the tune of $700 million, as it is estimated by a company hired by the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission (CVC) to analyze the team's counter proposal to a the CVC's own plan to upgrade the Edward Jones Dome with a $124 million facelift. If someone doesn't cough up the $700 mil to redo the Dome, it is feared the team will take its football and go home to Los Angeles, where it came from before it was the St. Louis franchise. All of this wrangling was set in motion in 1995 when the team negotiated a 30-year lease with the CVC. It was stipulated that the …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Creve Coeur-area State Senator was reportedly feeling light-headed Wednesday.
The Associated Press is reporting that State Senator Jane Cunningham, (R-Chesterfield) was taken by her Chief of Staff to a Jefferson City hospital Wednesday after feeling light-headed during a debate on education. The AP says Cunningham was undergoing tests Wednesday night. Her Chief of Staff, Kit Crancer, told Patch late Wednesday that Cunningham had been admitted to Saint Mary's Hospital. "I expect that she'll be fine," he said via email. The state legislative session ends Friday. Sign up for the Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.
We're wanting to hear your wishes to the class of 2012.
This weekend, the Florissant area high schools will be sending off another graduating class. Hazelwood Central High School will be graduating more than 520 students from this year's class. According to the Hazelwood School District, the class of 2012 between all three high schools earned $12.9 million in scholarships and performed 104,892 hours of community service since their freshman year. If you have a student or know a student graduating, send them a special congratulations in our announcements section. It's free, and it will go directly into the next day's newsletter and be featured on our site. Below you'll find the list for the Hazelwood Central 2012 graduates.
Two Florissant restaurants have follow-up inspections scheduled but pass the test.
We’re changing up our restaurant inspections a tad bit. We've expanded our inspections to surrounding areas, including Creve Coeur, Maryland Heights and Hazelwood. Each week, Florissant Patch publishes information from the local restaurant inspections of St. Louis County Department of Health as well as their grade. Here are the latest restaurant inspections for the past 90 days: Commons Lane Elementary Address: 2700 Derhake, Florissant Date of Inspection: April 27 Type of Inspection: Routine Risk Factor: 2 Grade: 96-A Comments: Mildew found on plastic shield inside of ice machine; door sweep on back door needs repair; inspector noticed ceiling tiles in kitchen, store rooms and restrooms must be corrected to be nonabsorbent. *Follow-up …
Elizabeth O'Fallon
8:56 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Glad to hear the Senator is on the mend! more ›