A reception for Mary Williams, owner of Sunny Wall Flowers, is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. today at the Leach Theatre Lobby at Castleman Hall on the campus of Missouri S&T.

A Phelps County Sheriff’s Department application for a $66,000 Stimulus-fund grant submitted to the Bureau of Justice Assistance was reviewed Tuesday by the Phelps County Commission.

It has been 74 years since the Rolla Lions Club was formed and started hosting its annual Rolla Lions Club Carnival.

As utility companies across the Midwest brace for the threat of surging rate increases as a result of Cap and Trade legislation, Rolla Municipal Utilities’ acting general manager on Monday said he does not foresee an electrical rate increase for local customers in the coming year.

A 24-year-old Rolla man has been charged with first-degree assault in the death of his stepfather.

Marcelus E. St. Clair, 24, of Rolla has been charged with first-degree assault after his stepfather, Steven Sheffield, 50, died after an altercation.

Leach Theatre will be bringing several favorite musicals to the stage this season and several of those will offer local performers their chance to join the performances.

A horde of civic leaders, fundraisers, residents and officials gathered to participate in Tuesday’s official ground-breaking ceremony at Presbyterian Manor in Rolla, which has a $1 million expansion and renovation planned for its facility.

Rolla’s car dealers escaped the chopping block when both General Motors and Chrysler terminated hundreds of franchises as they began the process of reorganizing and restructuring their companies through bankruptcy proceedings.

In addition to approving a positive yearly audit of the 2008 financial statements for Phelps County Regional Medical Center, the Board of Trustees also had the pleasure of approving financial statements detailing another record-breaking month of business during its monthly meeting on Wednesday.

At their monthly meeting Thursday, Phelps County officials discussed the most recent ongoing issues confronting county government, including declining sales tax revenues and the appointment of two people to the Board of Equalization.

City officials say Rolla’s sales tax revenues have stabilized this year at this point, rebounding from a sluggish second quarter that was attributed to the stagnant economy.

In its regularly scheduled monthly meeting, the Board of Trustees for Phelps County Regional Medical Center reviewed and approved on Wednesday an independent audit of the hospital’s financial statements for 2008.

In 2004, more than 200 school districts in Missouri, including Rolla Public Schools and Newburg, sued the state over what they felt was inadequate and inappropriate funding for schools.

The Phelps/Maries County Health Department issued a Hot-Weather Health Advisory that continues through today.