Rolla Daily Digest Saturday, September 12, 2026
Ty's Take
Twenty-three years later and you still remember where you were that morning, the way the sky looked, the phone calls that wouldn't go through. A lot of us in this town have connections back east, or kids who ended up in uniform because of what happened that day, and those stories don't fade. The Phelps County Focus is running a piece today asking folks to share their memories, and it's the kind of thing a small paper does best, the kind of thing that matters more now than it did last September or the one before that. Remembrance isn't just about marking the calendar. It's about making sure the people around you know they're not carrying it alone.
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Phelps County Focus
COMMENTARY Remembering Sept. 11, 2001
A former Rolla Daily News staff member recalls being in the newsroom on September 11, 2001, when reports came in of planes hitting the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The newsroom staff quickly realized from the second impact that the attacks were intentional rather than accidents, marking a...
Learn a year of gardening for free
Phelps County Master Gardeners and the Rolla Community Garden are launching a free educational series called "A Year in the Garden" this month to teach local residents gardening skills. The program is led by Master Gardeners affiliated with University Extension who provide research-based...
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