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Election night Results →
Election Night · Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026
Results are coming in
Polls closed at 7 p.m. Unofficial returns for Boone, Howard, Cooper and Callaway counties and the statewide questions, updated through the night from the Missouri Secretary of State.
What we are watching
- Statewide
- Amendments 3, 6, 7 and 8, and Proposition A
- Boone
- Prop L, the jail sales tax; Congress; Missouri House; county offices; judges
- Howard
- State and county races
- Cooper
- State and county races
- Callaway
- Presiding commissioner; state and federal races; judges
All results are unofficial until the counties certify them. The Rocheport Times does not call races.
Election 2026 · Tuesday, Nov. 3 · 3 days
Early voting is open now in all three counties. Where and when
Your ballot
Ballot questions
Rocheport Tunnel on the Katy Trail: History and Visiting
October 29, 2026
The Rocheport Tunnel is 243 feet of stone arch on the Katy Trail, the only tunnel on the old MKT line. History, how to get there and what to bring. Read the full story
Rocheport Wineries: Les Bourgeois and Rocheport Winery
October 29, 2026
Free Missouri Maps and Outdoor Goodies From the State
October 28, 2026
The Trail State: A New Documentary on the Katy Trail
October 21, 2026
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Grain Oct. 30 · Hogs Oct. 29 · Cattle Oct. 24. Source: USDA Market News.
- New Franklin Hearing Nov. 5 on Light Industrial Rezoning Oct 30 · Rocheport Times
- Boone County Commission to Consider Budget Amendment for Out-of-County Detainee Housing Oct 14 · Boone County · Boone County Government
- Rocheport Halloween Party 4 p.m., Welbern Park, Rocheport Sat Oct 31
- Saturday Dinner: Smoked BBQ Quarter Chicken, $20 5 p.m., The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn, 801 First St., Rocheport Sat Oct 31
- Boonville Lions Halloween Parade and Costume Contest Main Street, downtown Boonville Sat Oct 31
- Spooktacular Symphony: Halloween with the MOSY 11 a.m., Missouri Theatre, 203 S. Ninth St., Columbia Sat Oct 31
- Pasta Night: Cheese Tortellini with Prosciutto, peas ,pesto cream Sauce topped with Procuito 5 p.m., The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn, 801 First St., Rocheport Mon Nov 2
- Rocheport Board of Aldermen Meeting 6 p.m., Rocheport City Hall, 703 1st St., Rocheport Mon Nov 2
- Election Day 6 a.m., Your polling place, Cooper and Howard counties Tue Nov 3
- New Parent Winter Walk from Pataskala Coffee House 2 p.m., Pataskala Coffee House, 101 Central St., Rocheport Thu Nov 5
- Locals Night 4 p.m., Katy's Fork in the Trail, 202 Central St., Rocheport Thu Nov 5
- New Franklin Planning and Zoning Hearing on Light-Industrial Rezoning 6:30 p.m., New Franklin City Hall, 130 E. Broadway, New Franklin Thu Nov 5
- Friday Dinner: Citrus glazed salmon with coconut rice 5 p.m., The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn, 801 First St., Rocheport Fri Nov 6
- Loom & Latte: A Weaving Workshop at Pataskala Coffee House 2 p.m., Pataskala Coffee House, 101 Central St., Rocheport Sun Nov 8
- Pasta Night: Tuscan Chicken with sun-dried tomato sauce 5 p.m., The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn, 801 First St., Rocheport Mon Nov 9
- Missouri River Relief 25th Anniversary Commemoration 6 p.m., Riechmann Indoor Pavilion, Stephens Lake Park, 2001 E. Broadway, Columbia Tue Nov 10
- Locals Night 4 p.m., Katy's Fork in the Trail, 202 Central St., Rocheport Thu Nov 12
- New Franklin City Council Meeting 6 p.m., New Franklin City Hall, 130 E. Broadway, New Franklin Thu Nov 12
- Pack Matthews on Piano 7 p.m., The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn, 801 First St., Rocheport Fri Nov 13
- Nicole Atkins 8 p.m., Columbia Fri Nov 13
- Wild Kratts Family Screening with Missouri River Relief 10:30 a.m., Ragtag Cinema, 10 Hitt St., Columbia Sat Nov 14
- Fayette Rotary Trivia Night 6 p.m., St. Joseph's Catholic Church Fellowship Hall, Fayette Sat Nov 14
- Pasta Night: Beef Stroganoff 5 p.m., The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn, 801 First St., Rocheport Mon Nov 16
- Victor Wooten & The Wooten Brothers 8 p.m., Columbia Wed Nov 18
- Locals Night 4 p.m., Katy's Fork in the Trail, 202 Central St., Rocheport Thu Nov 19
- Jake Marshall on guitar and Vocals 7 p.m., The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn, 801 First St., Rocheport Fri Nov 20
- Wes Wingate on Piano 7 p.m., The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn, 801 First St., Rocheport Sat Nov 21
- Pasta Night: Chicken Parmesan 5 p.m., The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn, 801 First St., Rocheport Mon Nov 23
- Partnership Against Hunger Food Drive 6 a.m., Columbia Hy-Vee (West Broadway and Conley Road) and Rock Bridge Schnucks Tue Nov 24
- Wassail Walk noon, Participating merchants throughout the village, Rocheport Fri Nov 27
- Wassail Walk @ Pataskala Coffee House noon, Pataskala Coffee House, 101 Central St., Rocheport Fri Nov 27
- Wassail Walk @ Southern Provisions noon, Southern Provisions, 110 Central St., Rocheport Fri Nov 27
- Wassail Walk @ Katy’s Fork in the Trail noon, Katy's Fork in the Trail, 202 Central St., Rocheport Fri Nov 27
- Wassail Walk @ Art Off the Trail noon, Art Off the Trail, 203 Central St., Rocheport Fri Nov 27
New Bloomfield Community Raises $143K for Local Girl’s Care
October 28
New Bloomfield, a small Callaway County town along Route J, has spent the last two weeks showing up for one of its own: three-year-old Harper Kroeckel, who needs two medical trips to Italy to treat a rare condition no U.S. Read the full story
Fayette’s Central Methodist Wins $2 Million Grant
Central Methodist University in Fayette has won a five-year, $2 million federal grant to help first-year students settle in, stay enrolled and finish their…
Three Fayette Utility Leaders Win State Awards
Three people who keep Fayette’s city-owned utilities running have been honored by the Missouri Public Utility Alliance, the statewide group for city utilities.
Pilot Grove’s Tony Maddex Named State Wastewater Pro
Tony Maddex of Pilot Grove Public Works in Cooper County has been named Wastewater Specialist of the Year by the Missouri Rural Water Association.
Columbia Beekeeping Program Helps Veterans Heal
Columbia’s Jefferson Farm and Garden is home to a Missouri chapter of Heroes to Hives, a beekeeping program for military veterans.
Columbia’s VAC Seeks Holiday Sponsors for 1,000 Families
Columbia’s Voluntary Action Center is looking for people willing to sponsor a family this Christmas, part of a Holiday Program that reaches more than…
Sturgeon’s 1881 Church Moves to Boone History Village
A 145-year-old country church from Sturgeon, a small town in northern Boone County, has a new address: Nifong Park in Columbia, where it joins…
Veterans United’s Holiday Lights Show Returns to Columbia
Columbia’s Veterans United Home Loans is lighting up its headquarters driveway again this December, a year after saying the free show was done for…
Howard County Water District Gets $2.28M for Upgrades
Howard County Public Water Supply District No. 2 has been awarded $2.28 million in state financial assistance for improvements to its drinking water supply…
New Franklin Hearing Nov. 5 on Light Industrial Rezoning
New Franklin will hold a public hearing next Thursday on a request to rezone about 7.
Katy Station Developer Files Plans; Depot Must Move
Columbia’s 1909 Katy Station depot will have to move, and the group trying to save it is now scouting new sites along the Flat…
Fayette Flu Shots: Howard County Health Clinic Days
Flu shots are available in Fayette on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Howard County Public Health Department, 600 W. Davis St. Walk-ins are welcome.
Ameren Seeks OK for New Katy Substation Near Columbia
Ameren Missouri wants to build a new electric substation just southwest of Columbia, on land the utility already owns near the Katy Trail, as…
Katy Station Donations Matched Through Nov. 2
Save Katy Station says gifts to the 1909 Columbia depot are matched dollar for dollar through Nov.
Lane Closures on US 63 North of Columbia Start Nov. 4
Single-lane closures on US 63 north of Columbia begin Nov. 4 as MoDOT paints the Wagon Trail Road bridge; five more bridges follow into…
State Parks Near Rocheport: A Four-County Guide
Boone, Howard, Cooper and Callaway counties hold four Missouri state park units and a state historic site, led by the Katy Trail.
The Vacant Lot
By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · Part 1 of 4When it became generally known in Townsend Centre that the Townsends were going to move to the city, there was great excitement and dismay. For the Townsends to move was about equivalent to the town’s moving. The Townsend ancestors had founded the village a hundred years ago.
The Vacant Lot
By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · Part 2 of 4“Who?” cried Mrs. Townsend, rousing to indignation, for already she had assumed a proprietorship in the vacant lot. “Is it the folks in the next house?
The Vacant Lot
By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · Part 3 of 4That afternoon things went on as usual in the household until nearly four o’clock. Adrianna went downtown to do some shopping. Mrs.
The Vacant Lot
By Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · Part 4 of 4Mr. Townsend rushed out of the room. “I daresay it’ll be gone when he gets there,” began George, then he stared round the room.
A Secret Society
By Richard MiddletonNow that the Houndsditch affair has been laid aside by the man in the street and it is once more possible for a bearded Englishman to tread the pavements of London without reproach, I may perhaps venture to give some account of a secret society with which I have been intimately connected, without earning the reputation of a monger of sensations.
The Tragedy of Oliver Bowman
By E. F. Benson · Part 1 of 4Oliver Bowman was sitting opposite his sister after dinner, watching her cracking walnuts in her strong, firm hands. The wonder of it never failed: she put two walnuts in her palms, pressed her hands together as if in silent prayer, and then there was a great crash and pieces of walnut-shell flew about the table.
The Tragedy of Oliver Bowman
By E. F. Benson · Part 2 of 4To-night it seemed to him that the habits and instincts of years came about him in crowds, asking him to classify them and construct a definite theory about them for use in practical life, and suddenly, in a flash of illumination, he saw the cohering principle on which he had acted so long without consciously formulating it.
The Tragedy of Oliver Bowman
By E. F. Benson · Part 3 of 4Then, even while Oliver was hesitating between the Archduke Francis and Prince Ignatius, he would catch sight of a flower-seller by the fountain in Piccadilly Circus, and straightway he would be in the country of his petit point again, where lambs were white and lakes blue; or the sight of…
The Tragedy of Oliver Bowman
By E. F. Benson · Part 4 of 4After that miserable adventure he resolved to have no more to do with the serious or emotional side of life, and in the words of one of our modern bards “he held it best in living to take all things very lightly.
A Distinguished Guest
By Richard MiddletonI am willing to acknowledge that until lately, when I was privileged to entertain a cat under my roof for a fortnight, my knowledge of these noble beings was only academic.
- For Sale Les Creuset cookware (Oyster gray) & steamer – $250 Oct 15
Today’s Business Spotlight
Stockton Mercantile is an antiques, home decor and gift shop at 204 Central Street in Rocheport.
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- The Crossing STONE to FLAME in 5 moves. No. 12
- Four Corners Sixteen words, four groups.
- Letterpress Seven letters. How many words?
- The Weekly Quiz Five questions on the town and river.
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