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Rolla Daily Digest Saturday, August 08, 2026

Ty's Take

Tom Hanks showing up in the news again with a gift to Clickety Clack is the kind of thing that happens when you run a typewriter shop in a college town with a good sense of humor about itself. But what sticks with you is the other story: Healing Hearts Center collecting hygiene items for middle schoolers who can't afford them. That's the real backbone of a place like this. We've got our quirks and our characters, the kind of town that gets noticed in Hollywood and shows up in national stories. But most of what matters happens quietly, in the work of people who know that a kid without soap or deodorant stops going to school, stops raising his hand, stops feeling like he belongs. That's where the actual character lives.

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Tom Hanks sends gift to Clickety Clack Typewriters

Among typewriter fans, Tom Hanks exists as a mythical figure. Beyond his celebrity as an award-winning actor, Hanks is the fandom’s public ambassador as author of the typewriter-themed book “Uncommon […]

Healing Hearts Center collecting hygiene items for middle school students

Healing Hearts Counseling Resource & Wellness Center is currently organizing a Back-to-School Hygiene Drive benefiting middle school students in Rolla, Salem and St. James. Current item drop-off locations include Mike’s […]

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