For Great Pizza in Rolla, Follow the Students
For more than 50 years, Alex’s Pizza Palace has been serving Rolla locals as well as Missouri S&T students. Founded in 1964 by Alex Kallas and his wife, Froso, Alex’s Pizza Palace…
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This Joplin Group Gets Service Dogs For Veterans With PTSD
Sometimes the best medicine has four paws and a collar. Heartland Canines for Veterans is a Joplin-based not-for-profit organization that provides service dogs to veterans with…
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Here Are Our Favorite Places to Get Gooey Butter Cake in and Around St. Louis
Legends abound about the true origins of gooey butter cake, with one common denominator—like toasted ravioli, it is purported to be a mistake of glorious proportions.
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March 16, 1875
The W. J. Lewis a stern-wheeled mountain boat sank just north of the mouth of the Missouri.
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March 15, 1931
The final Missouri section of pavement was complete and Route 66 is opened between Rolla and Lebanon.
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February 24, 1859
The border war with Kansas was in full swing and the Missouri Legislature appropriated $30,000, almost a million dollars in today's money, to establish a military post on the…
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February 16, 1999
Police arrested several dozen people and maced many more when Fat Tuesday crowds got out of hand in St. Louis's Soulard Neighborhood.
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February 14, 1789
Colonel George Morgan and seventy colonists established the city of New Madrid on this date.
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February 10, 1856
The United States Supreme Court began hearing arguments in the landmark Dred Scott case.
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