The Rotary Clubs of Rolla have announced that the 2008 Holiday Celebration Buffet and Entertainment is Sunday, Dec. 14.
This will be the ninth year for the annual fundraiser, which serves a bountiful buffet- style meal to approximately 1,100 area residents.

Executive Order 13423 in January 2006 required all federal buildings to become energy efficient.
Missouri S&T is looking to capitalize on this.
Angela Rolufs, the director of the Institute of Environmental Excellence, presented the Rolla Regional Economic Commission some of the university’s projects that she thinks will help them gain federal funding to create technology to increase energy efficiency.

During its final meeting of 2008, Rolla’s Public Library Board took both a glance back at the progress made, and a peek forward at the work still to do on the library’s building expansion project.

Meramec Regional Planning Commission honored St. James residents Robert and Mary Jane Tessaro with a volunteer service award during its 2008 Annual Dinner Nov. 12 at St. Robert Community Center in St. Robert.

A transient was arrested by a Phelps County deputy, with the assistance of two Rolla law-enforcement officers, shortly after a burglary occurred at a combination business and residence early Friday morning in the 10000 block of Highway E on the outskirts of Rolla.

The members of the Phelps County Child Advocacy Network have big plans for the Girl Power event this week.

Two drug dogs, one from the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department and one from the Rolla Police Department, led their handlers to believe a semi-tractor trailer contained illegal drugs after the driver of the rig was pulled over for a lane violation on Thursday.

Two men from Tucson, Ariz., were arrested Thursday and charged with drug trafficking in the first-degree after a Phelps County deputy discovered 69 pounds of marijuana in their pickup truck.

A contracted consultant for the Salvation Army queried the Phelps County Commission on Thursday in an effort to find ways to make the charitable organization more responsive to the needs of county residents.

On Monday, Nov. 17, Rolla Public Schools will be conducting a survey to gauge public opinion on a number of issues, including a potential bond issue and an increase in the levy.
“We hope that from this information, we can see what the chances are at the polls,” said Dr. Jerry Giger, the district's superintendent.

Phelps County was served with a petition on Wednesday from a Rolla man seeking $25,000 in punitive damages stemming from an incident involving a deputy who was attempting to serve a summons.
The suit was filed by Rolla resident Thomas J. Aaron, Sr., 74, who alleged he was injured in November, 2007, when PCSD Deputy Mark Wynn attempted to serve a summons to his fiancee, Ladonna J. Simmons.

Changes to the Rolla Public Schools history curriculum were approved Thursday night at the Rolla Board of Education meeting.
Tamara Kimball, assistant superintendent, presented the proposed changes from the Social Studies Department to the board.

The city’s finances were a top priority at an eight-hour session at city hall on Thursday.
Billed as a city council retreat, city council members, city department heads, and administrators discussed the current budgetary situation.
City officials are projecting the possibility of deficit spending in the next couple of years.
Council members who attended said they were determined to not reach that point.
“We are not going to deficit spending,” Councilman Louis Magdits said.

A monitoring well, presently being drilled and installed at Schuman Park, will test and measure any residual ground contamination that may be left over from a former dry-cleaning business, which was located across the street from the park 20 years ago.

The 2008 Missouri firearms deer season begins Saturday and there will be a big change in Phelps County that local hunters need to be aware of.
The state’s firearms deer season will begin Saturday, Nov. 15 and run through Nov. 25.
Legal shooting hours during the season are a half-hour before sunrise to a half-hour after sunset.