Rolla Safety Monitor

Rolla faces dangerously hot conditions tomorrow with highs in the middle 90s and heat indexes reaching the low 100s, plus isolated thunderstorms today...

A Rolla resident was arrested July 19 on aggravated DWI plus five other driving charges.

• George R. Barnham, 56, charged with driving while revoked,...

Major Traffic Incidents

• 🔥 Multi-Vehicle Crash on Highway 63: A pickup truck driven by a 16-year-old boy crossed the center line and struck a...

• Thursday crash: Truck crossed center line on Highway 63, struck semi then continued into two cars
• Hospitalized: Several Rolla residents and one...

A 16-year-old Rolla driver crossed the center line on U.S. 63 at Virgil Faulkner Drive Friday evening, sparking a four-vehicle chain-reaction crash....

George R. Branham, 56, of Rolla, was arrested July 18 at 10:26 PM in Phelps County on charges of aggravated DWI, driving while suspended (second...

A travel nurse faces multiple felony charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a patient at Phelps Health Hospital's ER in Rolla on June 5, with...

A Laclede County mother is urging long-haul truck drivers to install carbon monoxide detectors after losing her son to poisoning in his semi in 2022,...

Police stopped an Ash Grove man for speeding on I-44 near Rolla, uncovering 8.5 grams of methamphetamine and 5 grams of suspected fentanyl. The arrest...

An EF-0 tornado with 80-85 mph winds touched down near Homelife Plaza and tracked south before lifting near Soest Road.

• Path measured 0.7 miles...

Police Activity

• 🔥 Swatting Call Response: Rolla Police responded to a reported domestic disturbance involving a gun on Vichy Road Friday...

• School damage: Rolla Public Schools found tree limbs down and one tree on a fence at the track complex, with no buildings or buses affected.
• Siren...

A false report of a domestic disturbance with a firearm on Vichy Road triggered a major police response Friday morning.

• No real threat: Officers...

A driver survived after floodwaters swept his truck off a low-water bridge on County Road 8050 early Friday.

• Rescue success: Rolla Rural Fire...

Police Activity

• Trespassing Call: Police responded to a reported trespassing incident at a tavern on Main Avenue after a caller reported a man...

Severe storms threaten Rolla residents with damaging winds, hail, tornado risk, and flooding through Friday.

• Timing: Storms arrive 4PM Thursday-5AM...

Crash occurred at Highway E at the eastbound I-44 ramp on July 8 at 11:24 AM when a 2025 Peterbilt failed to stop at a stop sign and struck a...

Police responded to a trespassing call at a tavern on Main Avenue after a man refused to leave the front entrance. The incident occurred about 19 hours ago with no further details reported.

Power was restored in Rolla the same night as the July 4 storm, but downed trees blocking roads and other damage from the brief but intense weather continue to pose cleanup hazards for residents.

Carbon Monoxide Incident

• 🔥 Five Fatalities East of Rolla: Crews responded at 5:30 a.m. to a carbon monoxide report at a residential duplex east...