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Rolla, Missouri Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi Rolla! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Phelps Health’s CEO is reshaping Rolla’s health care future
  • Remember when this Holocaust exhibit came through Missouri S&T in Rolla?
  • See how much new federal health funding is coming to Rolla

Also on today's calendar: Christmas Market and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the math teacher write "41596" on a napkin after lunch? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 53 and low of 31 degrees.
  • Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 54, low: 34.
  • Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 63 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Shenefield Recognized For Visionary Leadership (mohospitals.org) — Phelps Health president and CEO Jason Shenefield, based in Rolla, has been honored with the Missouri Hospital Association’s 2026 Visionary Leadership Award for strengthening local and statewide health care. His work includes expanding rural health initiatives, improving employee support, and elevating Phelps Health’s role in the Rolla community through innovation, collaboration, and better access to care.
   

• A Catholic university is helping tell the story of a Jewish community that lost its synagogue (stljewishlight.org) — A Quincy, Illinois university is hosting the national “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibit, which previously stopped at Missouri S&T in Rolla in 2022 with programs on survivors and liberators. The current display explores what Americans knew about Nazi persecution and how they responded, aiming to keep Holocaust history alive for students increasingly removed from firsthand witnesses.
   

• Smith Helps Secure More Than $12.5 Million to Modernize Rural Health Care in Missouri's 8th District (ozarkradionews.com) — Rolla’s Phelps County Regional Medical Center and Four Rivers Community Health Center will receive more than $2.3 million combined from a new $12.5 million rural health investment in Missouri’s 8th District. The funding, championed by Rep. Jason Smith and the Trump administration, will modernize facilities, expand maternal and behavioral health services, and upgrade diagnostic equipment across southeast and south-central Missouri.
   

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  • LongHorn Steakhouse posted a job opening for Bartender in Rolla. Apply here.
  • Phelps Health posted a job opening for Public Safety Officer | 0.5 PT in Rolla. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rolla here.

🗞 Nearby News

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Ok Rolla! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the math teacher write "41596" on a napkin after lunch?" — Because he wanted a piece of pi(e)! (Thank you Greg S. for sending it in!)
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