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Rocheport, Missouri

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Good Monday afternoon. Sunny and 87 — a good one for wandering Central Street. Stop in at Meriwether Cafe and Bike Shop, or say hello at Stockton Mercantile. Nothing on the town calendar today; circle Thursday for Locals Night. Worth knowing before you drive: delays on I-70 for bridge work, and delays on I-70 for paving — see the roads page for the full picture.

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  • The Daily Rundown — Monday, August 31, 2026

    Monday morning, here’s what’s worth knowing around Rocheport, New Franklin, and the counties. Around the Counties Columbia’s testing its license-plate cameras — and reporting zero arrests from them. The city’s…

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Missouri charter school commission returns $685,000 in surplus funds to sponsored schools

By Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent · Aug 31, 2026

Missouri’s largest charter-school sponsor entered August with nearly $3.3 million in its account, which is more than twice what it spent in the previous fiscal year. Now the Missouri Charter Public School Commission is sending some of that money back to the schools it oversees. At its August meeting, the commission approved $685,000 in rebates, […]

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Missouri activists want fewer cameras on citizens and more on politicians

By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent · Aug 31, 2026

Pulaski County Sheriff Stacy Ball thinks Flock cameras help his deputies fight crime. But he also thinks they’re not worth keeping. Ball recently announced his office was pulling the plug on Flock Safety, the network of cameras that photographs license plates and gives police a database they can search later — and which has come […]

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Kansas City’s habit of dismissing the voters who say no

By Patrick Tuohey, Missouri Independent · Aug 29, 2026

Kansas City leaders can seem contemptuous of the voters they answer to. The Royals stadium deal, pushed through without a public vote, is the latest example. That hostility goes back more than a decade — and former Mayor Sly James’ recent column is the latest reminder. James begins an Aug. 23 essay by chastising those […]

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Today’s Weather
Rocheport, MO
Temp 87°F
Sky Sunny
Wind SW 10 mph
87°F

Updated 29 minutes ago

River Gauge Boonville, MO
Stage 7.30 ft
Flow 44.2 kcfs
Flood Stage 21 ft
Trend Falling · -0.2 ft in 24 hr
No Flood
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Tonight’s Moon

Waning gibbous, 86% lit — new moon Friday, September 11.

Phase Waning Gibbous
Illumination 86%
Next full moon Saturday, September 26
Next new moon Friday, September 11

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Rocheport, MO — a historic river town of ~200 on the Missouri River bluffs. Home to Katy Trail trailhead, award-winning wineries, and a strong sense of community.

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