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The 30th Annual Rolla Craft Festival will be staged from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday on Pine Street. Robin Rogers, in charge of booth reservations for the event sponsor Rolla Downtown Business Association, confirmed that more than 72 full-sized booths will be in the festival this year. “It will be a much bigger than it was last year,” Rogers said.

With October being Fire Safety Month, Rolla firefighters are taking lessons for life to area schools, and Tuesday students from Wyman Elementary School benefited. “The first full week of October is always Fire Prevention Week, but we’re taking the whole month to get to students in Rolla Schools,” said Ron Smith, Rolla Fire Departments Training Officer. “This is the time to educate ...

With only three weeks left before the November General Election, local candidates dipped their toes in an ever-swelling tide of politic discussion at a luncheon on Tuesday hosted by the Noon Kiwanis Club.

A used-car lot in St. James was torched late Sunday night in what authorities suspect was an intentionally set fire.

The Rolla Daily News is hosting a State and Local Candidates’ Forum from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, in the Multipurpose Room at the Phelps County Courthouse. In an effort to further promote a more informed Rolla and Phelps County electorate, 17 candidates have been invited to participate in the Candidate’s Forum.  Sixteen candidates have confirmed their attendance at the event.

A second Missouri University of Science & Technology student has died as a result of injuries sustained in a traffic accident Friday in Rolla. Joshua C. Roach, 23, a senior in business and management systems from Kansas City was pronounced dead around 4:30 p.m. Monday at University Hospital in Columbia.

If you are feeling apprehensive about Internet usage at your company and intimidated by all the lingo you are expected to know, you will want to attend the educational track at the Rolla Regional Business Conference presented by Web professional Michael Wehrenberg.  Wehrenberg is founder of Wehrenberg Design Company, and he will ease your mind when it comes to your business’ Web design.

“I don’t think life has the patience built into it that it used to,” reminisces woodworker Paul Rueff of Rolla during the Old Iron Works Days at Maramec Spring Park, just outside St. James. “In these days when something breaks the youngsters say, ‘Let’s buy a new one,’ the days of fixing and maintaining things has left us.” Rueff is just one of dozens of artisans recalling and recreating the ...

Staring at climbing rates its residents pay for electricity, St. James city leaders have scheduled a informational meeting next Monday, Oct. 20, to hear from the city’s Municipal Utility Board as it will soon make a recommendation upon which company may be its next energy supplier. St. James officials have called for the special meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at City Hall as it hears the ...

A lone cross-country runner pushing a baby stroller filled with food, water, a sleeping bag and spare shoes took a brief respite on Friday in Rolla before he continued on his philanthropic trek to the east coast. Phil Rosenstein, 38, started his journey in Santa Monica, Calif., on Aug. 13.  He was intending to run all the way to Chicago by way of Historic Route 66.  Somewhere along the way, he ...

Derek A. Medlock, 24, a senior in civil engineering at Missouri University of Science & Technology, was killed early Friday morning in a traffic accident on Forum Drive in Rolla. A second student, Joshua C. Roach, 23, suffered serious injuries in the accident. Officers from Missouri S&T University Police, the Rolla Police Department and Troop I of the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded ...

Rolla High School senior Ashley Cox was crowned Homecoming Queen at halftime during the Bulldogs’ football game Friday. Ashley shared the limelight with her father, David Cox. The Bulldogs defeated the Springfield Hillcrest Hornets 42-17 to go 6-1 in Ozark Conference action.

Charges of defrauding secured creditors against a man who operated an antique car business in Rolla were dismissed during a preliminary hearing Friday in 25th Judicial Circuit Court proceedings at Phelps County Courthouse.

Three Rolla juveniles were arrested Monday by Phelps County deputies in connection with a burglary and fire at the Rhea Saddle Club, located in the 11000 block of County Road 5320. According to a press release from the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD), one 13-year-old and two 14-year-old juveniles admitted breaking into the Rhea Saddle Club, stealing various items and setting fire to ...

After departing the “Change We Need Rally with Joe Biden” in Springfield on Friday, in a rally that drew 3,000 supporters, Vice Presidential Nominee Joe Biden sat down, took a breath and explained the details of Barack Obama’s plan to keep access to higher-education available for low-income students and families.

The weekend weather forecast is for sunny skies, so what better ways is there to spend a wonderful autumn weekend than attending Old Iron Works Days, a two-day event held Saturday and Sunday at beautiful Maramec Spring Park, which is located six miles southeast of St. James. Craftsmen will be demonstrating skills of the 1800s era.

Phelps County employees got a new lease on life Thursday — their health insurance coverage was renewed for another year. The Phelps County Commission, by approving a one-year renewal with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, locked in a 1 percent reduction of medical insurance costs and the likelihood of a large reimbursement of county-paid insurance premiums through a program of “refund ...

When Rolla City Council members approved the purchase of two new trucks for the Solid Waste Department, it comes at a time when the department is recycling more than ever and running most efficiently. On Monday, City Council members approved the purchase of both a 10-cubic-yard and a 20-cubic-yard truck. The 10-cubic-yard capacity truck will be used solely for recycling purposes; the ...

A five-year contract to operate the Phelps County Transfer Station and transport and dispose of city and county refuse for a reduced cost was awarded on Wednesday to a Cuba company by the Landfill Transfer Board. The five-member Landfill Board (PCLB) awarded the bid to Prairie Valley Landfill, at a cost of $38.56 a ton for public haulers and $43.56 a ton for all non-public customers for the ...