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The VFW in St. James will host the first CARE event this Friday evening. CARE (Cancer Awareness Rally Events) is a local charity recently founded by Chad Picker of St. James after the passing of his father, Stanley Picker of St. James.
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Most Rolla residents surveyed by the ETC Institute this spring said they would be eager to back another attempt to permanently extend the recreation sales tax at a lower rate and use the money collected to pay for the operation of the parks and recreation department.
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A sentence hearing for a Rolla man found guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, will continue next month.
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The Solar House Team, a student design team at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is hosting a night of music and drinks on summer solstice at the Public House Brewing Co. to raise awareness about the team and its projects.
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Dr. Richard Dawes, an assistant professor of chemistry at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been selected to receive an Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the Office of Basic Energy Science.
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Eighteen-year-old Elias Huskey, of Cherokee, N.C., is getting a sense of the trials and tribulations his ancestors went through as he follows their path on the Trail of Tears.
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Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she is supporting a super political action committee encouraging Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in 2016.
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An Associated Press journalist and four newspaper industry leaders are the newest Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame inductees.
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The Center for Bone and Tissue Repair and Regeneration at Missouri University of Science and Technology will become the Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering on July 1.
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Rolla became a Purple Heart City, and Phelps County became a Purple Heart County Friday afternoon at a ceremony held at Veterans Memorial Park.
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A new center for steel manufacturing research at Missouri University of Science and Technology will be renamed to honor the legacy of the late Dr. Kent D. Peaslee, a metallurgical engineering professor who helped establish the center.
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Make sure hunter education requirements are met. If not, enroll early.
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NSA leaker Edward Snowden is defending his disclosure of top-secret U.S. spying programs in an online chat Monday with The Guardian and is attacking U.S. officials for calling him a traitor.
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Command Sgt. Maj. Butler Kendrick Jr. became the U.S. Army Engineer School's 17th regimental command sergeant major Thursday during a change-of-responsibility ceremony held on the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCoE) Plaza at Fort Leonard Wood.
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The City of Doolittle’s budget for fiscal year 2013-14, which takes effect July 1, looks similar to the 2012-13 budget, except for some minor changes.
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Results of the 2013 DirectionFinder Survey will be presented at tonight’s Rolla City Council meeting.Chris Tatham, of the ETC Institute, is scheduled to attend the meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers at Rolla City Hall. Tatham was scheduled to attend the last meeting in...
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Discussion of cleaning up a mess left by a sewer backup at a Doolittle resident's home led to a heated exchange among another town resident, an alderman and the mayor.
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A Doolittle woman this past week shared her concerns with Doolittle Police Chief Scott Jones and the Doolittle Board of Aldermen regarding how she was allegedly treated by a Doolittle police officer in May.
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Short on cash and needing to pay a bill? Missouri residents soon could turn to their hometown banks for a quick cash advance under legislation that could allow traditional financial institutions to compete with the payday lenders that proliferate across the state.
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A federal fugitive’s run from the law ended abruptly early Sunday morning after he was captured by the Pulaski County Sheriff Department’s PCERT (tactical) unit.
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Two Phelps County women were injured after being ejected from the ATV they were riding Friday night west of Edgar Springs.
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Rolla Municipal Utilities (RMU) will be replacing a water main on Rolla Street between Sixth and Third streets from Monday, June 17, through Friday, June 21. The road will be closed and detours will be in place.
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Ozark Actors Theatre (OAT) will present “Peter Pan The Musical” as the first show of season 26, which has a theme of Fairy Tales and Fables.
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The speed limit on U.S. Route 63 south of Vienna will be reduced from 65 mph to 60 mph effective Wednesday, June 19, as the result of a comprehensive speed and traffic study conducted in that area.
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Is Ward 2 Alderwoman Sherry Pierce a resident of the City of Doolittle?
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Rolla Technical Institute will offer a culinary arts program beginning in the fall of 2014, the Rolla Board of Education decided Thursday night.
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University of Missouri leaders are moving quickly from honoring Brady Deaton's looming retirement to looking for his replacement as Columbia campus chancellor.
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After a bomb threat, which turned out to be a hoax, was made at the Medical Office Building at Phelps County Regional Medical Center last week, Phelps County Courthouse officials want to review their emergency preparedness plans.
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A Doolittle man who threatened to kill Phelps County sheriff’s deputies was taken into custody Thursday after fleeing into the woods Tuesday night.
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Last week the Rolla Public Library partnered with the Missouri Geological Survey and Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to provide programming for families and youth at the library as part of the library’s summer reading program, “Dig Into Reading.”
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Phelps County’s sales tax receipts for this month are down compared to June 2012, according to the latest figures provided by County Treasurer Carol Green, who presented them to county commissioners Tuesday, June 11.
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More than 120 volunteers led by two dozen conservation scientists and multiple public and private sector groups will help with a Bio Blitz, an extensive inventory of flora and fauna, in the Mill Creek Watershed near Newburg this Saturday, June 15, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Japanese beetle grub worms are appearing throughout Missouri and will emerge by July 1, says an entomologist for University of Missouri Extension.
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Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation allowing older youths leaving Missouri's foster care system to return if it's in their best interest.
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Two children reported missing overnight in eastern Missouri have been found safe, authorities said Thursday.
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This Friday, June 14, marks the 238th birthday of the U.S. Army and to celebrate and recognize 40 years of professionalism and bravery of ready and resilient soldiers in the all-volunteer force, the Fort Leonard Wood team plans to host a division-style run, luncheon and streamer ceremony and retreat.
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According to the 2013-14 budget for the City of Newburg, which was adopted Tuesday evening, the city expects to take in far less revenue than what expenses are predicted to be.
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A Newburg alderwoman who has served for more than three years stepped down from her position Tuesday night during the board’s monthly meeting.
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Amanda McBee, a 2012 physics graduate of Missouri University of Science and Technology, recently received an Outstanding Beginning Teacher Award from the Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE).
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Brady Deaton, chancellor of the University of Missouri-Columbia, has announced his retirement.
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A pot left unattended on a stove led to a fire in the kitchen of an apartment building on Kingshighway Monday evening, according to the City of Rolla Fire and Rescue.
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A man who had been missing from a Rolla hotel since Tuesday morning was found safe in Jefferson City early Wednesday morning.
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The last time Congress passed a farm bill, Democrats had control of the House and the food stamp program was about half the size it is today.
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On Wednesday, June 5, Republican Jason Smith, who won the vacant seat in Missouri's Eighth District, was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives less than 18 hours after Missouri polling locations for the special June 4 election closed.
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A lightning arrester that failed at a substation on Sheron Avenue Monday night is to blame for a small fire and a power outage that affected the southeastern part of Rolla.
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The suspect or suspects responsible for a burglary last week at Ray’s Tire and Services Center in St. James is still at large, but police are following leads into the unusual case.
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A Cuba man was killed Monday evening after the tractor he was using for brush hogging overturned onto him.
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A Rolla man who was accused of strangling his mother to death last year pleaded guilty in court last week and was sentenced to 30 years in jail.
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When temperatures and heat indices soar, pet owners are advised to take special precautions to keep pets safe.
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A cloudless Friday morning set the perfect stage for the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence change-of-command ceremony.
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