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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 · 6 days
Early voting is open now in all three counties. Where and when
Your ballot
Ballot questions
A map of more than fifty Missouri trails
The trail map covers the Katy Trail and more than fifty other trails and greenways across Missouri. Pick one from the list to see its whole route.
Weather, river & moon in full The gauge, charted Refreshed hourly. Weather from the National Weather Service, river from NOAA gauge BOZM7 at Boonville; the moon is arithmetic.
Grain Oct. 28 · Hogs Oct. 23 · Cattle Oct. 24. Source: USDA Market News.
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From Last Time
- Fall Colors Tram Tours on the Katy Trail Katy Trail, Rocheport Wed Oct 28
- Marques de Caceras Tasting 5:30 p.m., The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn, 801 First St., Rocheport Wed Oct 28
- Locals Night 4 p.m., Katy's Fork in the Trail, 202 Central St., Rocheport Thu Oct 29
- Friday Dinner: Smoked BBQ half chicken 5 p.m., The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn, 801 First St., Rocheport Fri Oct 30
- Noah Earl at the Tasting Room 6 p.m., Les Bourgeois Vineyards Tasting Room, Rocheport Fri Oct 30
- Pete Szkolka on Piano 7 p.m., The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn, 801 First St., Rocheport Fri Oct 30
- Rocheport Halloween Party 4 p.m., Welbern Park, Rocheport Sat Oct 31
- Boonville Lions Halloween Parade and Costume Contest Main Street, downtown Boonville Sat Oct 31
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…
Jefferson City Prop 1 Sales Tax: What Yes or No Would Mean
Voters in the Callaway County part of the City of Jefferson will see one local question on their Nov.
Callaway County Early Voting: Where, When, What to Bring
Callaway County voters can cast a ballot early, in person, at the county clerk’s office in Fulton through 5 p.m. Monday, Nov.
MDC Campers Near Rocheport Will Need a $5 Permit
Camping on Missouri Department of Conservation land will cost $5 starting in March 2027, including at three Howard County areas near Rocheport and Boonville…
Flat Plates Are Coming for Mid-Missouri Drivers
Drivers around Rocheport and across our coverage area will see flat plates replace raised-letter ones, with seven-digit numbers coming in February 2027.
Share the Harvest Expands; Mid-Missouri Hunters Can Donate
Hunters around Rocheport and across our coverage area can donate deer to feed hungry Missourians through an expanded Share the Harvest program this season.
Mid-Missouri Water Systems Can Get $20,000 Well Grants
Public water systems around Rocheport and across our coverage area can now apply for up to $20,000 to plug wells that threaten groundwater.
I-70 Near Boonville Shifts to Median Lanes Thursday
Westbound Interstate 70 traffic near Boonville moves into newly built median lanes starting about 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
I-70 at Cedar Creek: One Lane Closes Wednesday 6–10 a.m.
Westbound Interstate 70 drops to one lane at the Boone–Callaway county line near Cedar Creek from 6 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct.
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
The School House Bed & Breakfast is an inn at 504 3rd Street in Rocheport, in the town's former public school, a building on the National…
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- The Mini A five-by-five crossword.
- 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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- Katy Trail map Plan a ride or walk on the 240-mile trail, leg by leg at your pace.
- MR340 race map Follow the 340-mile Missouri River paddle race live in race week, or replay past years.
- Tonight’s Sky The planets, the Moon and the bright stars over Rocheport.