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Rocheport, Missouri

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Good Friday morning. Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms and 82 — porch weather — or a fine excuse to duck into the shops. Art Off the Trail and Katy's Fork in the Trail are both open today. In town today: Joe Devoy on Piano at The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn. A couple of road notes: delays on I-70 for paving, and delays on I-70 for bridge work — see the roads page for the full picture.

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  • The Daily Rundown — Wednesday, August 12, 2026

    Your five-minute catch-up for Wednesday, August 12. Here’s what matters on our stretch of the river today. Registered sex offender arrested after two nights in Rolling Hills Park. Boonville police…

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  • No Delay for Boone County Dog Breeder’s Trial as October Date Holds

    A Boone County judge has turned down a request to push back the trial of a Columbia dog breeder accused of one of the county’s most disturbing animal-abuse cases in recent memory. Melissa Sanders, 26, of Columbia, ran Magnum Opus German Shepherds, a breeding and…

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As Kansas City Council rushes towards a Royals stadium vote, key questions go unanswered

By Josh Merchant, Missouri Independent · Aug 14, 2026

Kansas City officials are looking to cut a ballpark deal within weeks that will define the city for decades. Publicly, at least, the details remain sparse. City officials are scrambling to finalize plans to help finance the Royals’ proposed $1.9 billion ballpark at Crown Center before the end of the month. If things had gone […]

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Missouri’s redistricting mess is a stress test for the rule of law

By Michael A. Wolff, Missouri Independent · Aug 14, 2026

While the nation faces various stress tests for the rule of law upon which our country was built, Missouri courts are facing their own stress test in the hot mess of our current congressional redistricting. Our Legislature redrew our congressional maps in 2025 at the insistence of President Donald Trump. The chief aim was to […]

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Planned Parenthood begins offering procedural abortions in the Missouri Ozarks

By Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent · Aug 13, 2026

Abortion access in Missouri continues to expand under the constitutional amendment voters approved in 2024 — less than three months before they’ll be asked to undo it. The latest expansion is in Springfield, where Planned Parenthood began offering in-clinic procedural abortions Thursday. Just a few weeks earlier the clinic began prescribing abortion medication, returning abortion […]

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The world’s longest river race runs past our bluffs each July. Every year’s standings — and watch the field run all 340 miles on the replay map.

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Dinning room closed for private event

The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn

Sunday, August 16, 2026

12:00 PM

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Today’s Weather
Rocheport, MO
Temp 82°F
Sky Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind SSW 5 mph
82°F

Updated 35 minutes ago

River Gauge Boonville, MO
Stage 7.48 ft
Flow 44.3 kcfs
Flood Stage 21 ft
Trend Falling · -0.3 ft in 24 hr
No Flood
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Tonight’s Moon

New moon, 2% lit — full moon Thursday, August 27.

Phase New Moon
Illumination 2%
Next full moon Thursday, August 27
Next new moon Friday, September 11

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About Rocheport

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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