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Rolla Daily Digest Saturday, October 17, 2026

Ty's Take

Commodity Day doesn't make the statewide news, but any farmer or rancher in Phelps County knows what it means: a chance to connect with folks who buy what you're selling, to move product, to keep the machinery running another season. That our middle schoolers are showing up to help work it says something about how this community still runs. Kids in town aren't just passing through on their way somewhere else, not yet anyway. They're learning where the money comes from, what keeps the whole operation going, why their parents and neighbors spend half their lives thinking about commodity prices and weather windows. In a place like Rolla, that kind of education happens outside the classroom as much as in it.

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Weather Alerts

Frost Advisory

Frost Advisory issued October 17 at 12:00AM CDT until October 18 at 8:00AM CDT by NWS Paducah KY

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...All of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. * WHEN...From 9 PM CDT /10 PM EDT/ this evening to 8 AM CDT /9 AM EDT/ Sunday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetat...

Phelps County Focus

Middle school students help on Commodity Day

Middle school students volunteered at St. James Commodity Day Distribution this month, loading food baskets into vehicles for local families in need. Despite early sprinkles that gave way to warm weather, dozens of families moved through the distribution line efficiently thanks to the students'...

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