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Ty's Take There's something worth noticing in the way this week's good news all points the same direction. A botanist out here cataloging what grows in our corner of the Ozarks, a couple of locals getting their names on a plaque in Jefferson City,
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Ty's Take There's a sermon waiting to happen in that headline, and most of us sitting in the pews already know how it goes. We hear it every few years, usually when somebody local decides the world needs to know how important they are, and a
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Ty's Take The Celebration of Nations parade is still months off, but that's how it works in a town built on tradition. Missouri S&T's St. Pat's has been the heartbeat of this place since before most of us were born,
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Ty's Take Downtown traffic's going to feel the squeeze this weekend and into early next week as crews tear into that Sixth and Rolla intersection, which if you've spent any time navigating uptown knows it's already one of the tighter spots in
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Ty's Take When a funeral home loses its license, that's a failure at the most intimate level of community service. The state revocation in Phelps and Dent counties strikes at something people have to trust absolutely, whether they're planning ahead or standing in the
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Ty's Take The old mill on North Main has always been the kind of building that made you wonder what it was thinking about. For decades it sat there, brick and bones, holding whatever memory a textile operation holds after the looms go quiet. Now somebody's
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Ty's Take The Kaleidoscope Discovery Center's new Curiosity Hall opens its doors with a state championship already on the books, which says something about what Rolla's figured out when it comes to getting young people excited about learning. That kind of traffic, that kind
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Ty's Take There's something about old industrial buildings in Ozarks towns that won't stay dead. The Chymiak Mill sat quiet for years like most of them do, and now it's become a gathering place for artists and makers and people who actually
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Ty's Take Road work on Rolla and Sixth is never fun, but at least we know it's coming. The closures hit right as we're moving into the season when folks want to get out and do things, so plan ahead if you're
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Ty's Take Twenty-three years out and we still set aside the day to remember. That's not a criticism, it's the mark of a wound that doesn't fully close, and maybe shouldn't. Phelps County sent people to those wars, buried
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Ty's Take One of our own is heading to China next month to prove what we already know: that kids coming up through Rolla schools can compete and win on any stage that matters. A former Rolla High and Rolla Technical Institute student made the cut for the
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Ty's Take Sarah Lohmeier's new novel hits shelves this week, and if you grew up here in Rolla you already know the real story isn't just that she finished the thing. It's that she's one of ours who made it