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Crime: Mom Pleads Guilty to Murdering Baby; DWI Checkpoints Set For This Weekend
Patch recaps the week that was in North St. Louis County, including Florissant and Hazelwood, police and fire news.

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Patch recaps the week that was in North St. Louis County, including Florissant and Hazelwood, police and fire news.

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No injuries were reported in the incident.
A woman from Eureka had only bumps and bruises to show for a car accident that had her car flipping over and hitting the median wall. The crash also yielded a serious injury for a man from Leslie.
St. Charles 18 Cine's new Five Star Lounge will offer heated leather recliners, gourmet snacks and food, and a wait staff for movie goers. The lounge debuts at the theater on Friday.
St. Charles officials are asking for public input regarding a city-wide smoking ban that local lawmakers are considering over in the city council. The first meeting is to be held May 6.
A St. Charles man was found to have two pipe bomb-type devices along with writings that described acts of killing people in his house. Police got permission to search his house after he sold drugs to undercover cops.
Kyle Green, one of two men responsible for causing a meth lab explosion near Wentzville, was handed a 17-year prison sentence on Wednesday.
Bryce Steinhoff lost his bid to become a St. Charles City Council member by just four votes. By law, he's allowed to ask for a recount and that's exactly what he's doing.
A proposed bill that would hand out penalties to cities or counties that enforce smoking bans would take money away from those towns and pump it into the local public school district.
Patch brings you a roundup of which companies and organizations are hiring in and around Florissant and the surrounding areas.
Patch brings you a roundup of which companies and organizations are hiring in and around Hazelwood and the surrounding areas.
A Wildwood man is in the hospital after being seriously injured in a car accident along Interstate 64 Monday afternoon.
Prasino St. Charles opened to the public on Monday in the Streets of St. Charles development, located near the Interstate 70 and Fifth Street intersection.
Wentzville-native Montee Ball has been projected to be selected in the 2013 NFL Draft as high as No. 18 with the Dallas Cowboys. But most pundits think he's slated for a second round pick at best. The NFL Draft begins April 25.