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Good Thursday afternoon. Mostly Sunny and 86 — a fine day for a ride on the Katy Trail. The doors are open today at Meriwether Cafe and Bike Shop and Manitou Studio. Quiet calendar today — though Friday has Summer Music Series – A Frame Trio featuring Vocalist Liz Cordray coming. Two heads-ups out on the roads: delays on I-70 for bridge work, and delays on I-70 for paving — see the roads page for the full picture.
Your five-minute catch-up for Thursday, July 16. Here’s what matters on our stretch of the river today. Around the Counties A stomach bug going around Boone County has a name.…
If you or a neighbor are ever in a hard spot, it helps to know exactly where the door is. This week, Columbia’s Voluntary Action…
Missouri River Relief is turning 25 this year, and the group is marking it the way you’d hope: with the biggest cleanup effort it has…
If you’ve ever ridden the Katy Trail east past St. Charles County and wondered how far the trail-town-general-store tradition goes, the answer is: a good long way. Peers Store sits about 90 miles down the trail from us, in Warren County near Marthasville — closer…
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If you’ve eaten fresh pasta anywhere, you know there are always trimmings left over — odd ends of dough that don’t make…
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If you’ve been out on the Katy Trail or working in the garden this summer, you’ve probably already pulled a tick off…
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If you’ve driven the back roads between here and Rocheport’s stretch of the Katy Land Trust corridor, you know the old Treloar grain elevator —…
If you’ve heard talk of a new Boone County jail tax, mark your calendar for November instead of August — the county commission pushed the…
By Steph Quinn, Missouri Independent For much of the Republican primary race for Missouri’s 10th District state Senate seat, state Rep. Tricia Byrnes of Wentzville has sought to make the accelerating development of large-scale data centers a decisive campaign issue. The district, which comprises Callaway,…
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By Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent Recently appointed members of the Missouri State Board of Education’s probed the board’s power at its annual…
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By Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent The two Republican lawmakers competing to succeed Missouri Senate Majority Leader Tony Luetkemeyer seem to agree on…
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By Bram Sable-Smith, Missouri Independent ST. LOUIS — Missouri healthcare advocate Leslie Ortbals and her husband want to start a family, but she worries they…
By Annelise Hanshaw, Steph Quinn, Missouri Independent MARYVILLE — At a shrimp boil on a farm south of town July 1, Missouri Soybean Association President…
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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.
If you’ve ever wondered where the Boonslick region gets its name, the answer is a couple hours’ drive from Rocheport, on Missouri Highway 187 near…
If you’ve ever wondered why this whole stretch of the Missouri River — Rocheport included — gets called the Boonslick, or Boonslick Country, the answer…
If you are heading out on the Katy Trail this month, you are walking straight through tick country. Rocheport sits where the trail runs along…
Just west of Rocheport, the Katy Trail does something it does nowhere else along its 240 miles: it goes straight into the bluff. For a…
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