Voters in the St. James School District passed a $3.7 million bond issue for improvements to Lucy Wortham James Elementary School in Tuesday’s only election in Phelps County.

Several days after Newburg residents and firefighters dealt with heavy rains and flash flooding, the damage was still being surveyed.

Following in his father’s footsteps, Dr. V. E. ‘Bud’ Falkenhain, 72, of Rolla, is still helping people see the world.

He and his wife, Linda, of 49 years, have taken 45 trips to 23 different countries since 1977 and have seen almost 200,000 patients.

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will perform chip sealing on Route M, Phelps County, beginning Tuesday, Nov. 3.  Weather permitting, crews and equipment will be on the roadway between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will perform patching on Route 44, Phelps County, on the eastbound lanes, from the Route V overpass to the Route 68 overpass, beginning Monday, Nov. 2.  Weather permitting, crews and equipment will be on the roadway between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Newburg School Board members received a detailed report concerning the district’s performance on the Missouri Assessment Program scores Tuesday night.

What will be the future of the Senate Bill 40 Board, which provides services for developmentally disabled individuals was the first topic of discussion during the Phelps County Commission meeting Thursday.

Newburg schools received good news Tuesday night — a mostly positive report on last year’s financial audit.

Donald “Doc” Nash was found guilty of capital murder by a Crawford County jury at 7:15 p.m. at the Phelps County Courthouse in Rolla.

City officials in Rolla have a vision for its downtown: Make it the best place possible – a full-service, mixed-use destination that is known for its unique character, is welcoming, safe and accessible for citizens and visitors of all ages.

Two Connecticut residents have been sentenced on drug-related charges arising out of their arrests in Phelps County, Mo. on Feb. 27, 2009, Acting United States Attorney Michael W. Reap announced today. 

Witnesses for the defense took the stand Wednesday in a move to discredit the DNA evidence linking Donald “Doc” Nash to the murder of Judy Lynn Spencer, a 21-year-old Salem woman who was strangled and shot in the neck in 1982.

Bids for the next Phelps County health insurance plan will be coming in the next several weeks, as the county Commission begins the process of choosing a plan.

For six months, Rodney Bourne has been serving as Rolla Municipal Utilities’ Acting General Manager and on Monday evening the governing body that oversees the utility removed the interim title and made him its sixth general manager in its 64-year history.

The Rolla apartment manager named in a discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development denies the allegations.

Roger Harris, who manages the Forum Manor Apartments, has been charged by HUD with housing discrimination based on race, race association, sex, and retaliation.