• Candace JarrettPatch Staff Verified Patch Staff Badge

  • Hazelwood, MO

Email: candace.jarrett@patch.com

Phone: 314-341-5417

Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas

Grew Up: Hazelwood and Florissant, Missouri

Bio: I was born in Arkansas and grew up in Hazelwood, Missouri. I attended Armstrong Elementary and graduated from Hazelwood West High School.

I have always had an interest in news, history and story-telling and realized my junior year of high school that journalism was my career path.

Upon graduating in 2002, I entered the University of Missouri-Columbia and graduated in 2006 with a Journalism degree.

I have worked at newspapers, television and radio stations in Columbia, Missouri; Utica, New York; Myrtle Beach-Florence, South Carolina; and Jacksonville, Florida.

I was an account manager for a multicultural advertising and public relations agency before my return to the St. Louis area and news as a member of the Patch team.

Politics

I'm an objective individual that believes in listening to both sides of any issue.

Religion

I am a believer in God and know that all blessings come through him. I am Christian and was reared in the baptist denomination. I' am a member and have attended New Sunny Mount Missionary Baptist Church on the Northside of St. Louis since I was 4 years old.

Posting Activity

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Consumer Alert: Extra Strength Tylenol Recall

Johnson & Johnson announced June 28 that it is recalling another lot of Tylenol drugs. The reason for the recall is said to be user complaints that the medicines have moldy odor.

Consumer Alert: Extra Strength Tylenol Recall
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Hazelwood School District Approves 2011-12 Budget

Dwight Lindhorst, HSD's assistant superintendent of finance and facilities, said it's a balanced budget adding the district has a surplus despite major local and state funding cuts.

Hazelwood School District Approves 2011-12 Budget
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A United Front: Area Chamber Urges Lawmakers to Act on China Hub

The Northwest Chamber Chamber of Commerce, serving members in North County, sends a letter to the state requesting an extra session to consider tax credits to spur trade, and asks its members to do so also.

A United Front: Area Chamber Urges Lawmakers to Act on China Hub
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Hazelwood Heat Advisory

The entire Metro St. Louis area is under a heat advisory until Wednesday evening. Residents urged to stay inside as much as possible.

Hazelwood Heat Advisory