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The Trail State: A New Documentary on the Katy Trail
October 21, 2026
The Trail State, a new feature documentary about the Katy Trail from the nonprofit Magnificent Missouri, has been screening around the state this fall, and its trailer is below. Read the full story
Rocheport Museum Set to Open in Spring 2027, Friends Say
October 21, 2026
Rocheport Live! Weekend: Who Plays Where and Other Events, Oct. 23-25
October 21, 2026
Rocheport Seeks Trash Bids as County Recycling Stays Shut
October 21, 2026
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. 27 · Hogs Oct. 23 · Cattle Oct. 24. Source: USDA Market News.
- Rocheport’s Annual Crush Festival: Grape Stomping at Les Bourgeois Vineyards Les Bourgeois Vineyards celebrates 40 years with the Crush Festival on September 28 — free admission, grape…
- Arrow Rock: A Whole Town Frozen in Frontier Time If you’ve ever driven the Katy Trail out past Rocheport and wondered what’s further up the…
- Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area: The Wetland Worth the Detour Off the Katy Trail If you’ve pedaled the Katy Trail west toward Columbia this month, you’ve probably noticed…
From Last Time
- Rocheport Historical Preservation Commission Meeting 6:30 p.m., Rocheport City Hall, 703 1st St., Rocheport Tue Oct 27
- Rocheport Planning and Zoning Meeting 6:45 p.m., Rocheport City Hall, 703 1st St., Rocheport Tue Oct 27
- 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
Three Fayette Utility Leaders Win State Awards
October 27
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. Curtis Hammons and Electric Superintendent Sonny Conrow received the alliance’s Honor Awards, and Alderman J.B. 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…
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.
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
Les Bourgeois Vineyards A-Frame
The A-Frame is the outdoor wine garden of Les Bourgeois Vineyards, at 14020 W.
March 1–31: Fri–Sun noon–8 p.m.; April 1–Oct. 31: Daily noon–9 p.m.; Nov. 1–30: Fri–Sun noon–8 p.m.
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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.