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Rocheport, Missouri

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Good Saturday afternoon. Mostly Sunny and 79 — a good one for wandering Central Street. Stop in at Stockton Mercantile, or say hello at The Rocheport Winery at Mount Nebo Inn. Today in town: Second Saturday Events in Rocheport. Worth knowing before you drive: delays on I-70 for bridge work, and delays on I-70 for paving — see the roads page for the full picture.

The Daily Rundown

  • The Daily Rundown — Friday, September 11, 2026

    Friday morning, here’s what’s worth knowing around Rocheport, New Franklin, and the counties. Around the Counties Boonville came through its fiscal year audit clean. The city’s FY 2025-26 audit turned…

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  • Boone County Welcomes a New Conservation Educator to the Classroom

    Boone County’s outdoor-education roster has a new name on it. J.R. Royston started September 1 as the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Conservation Educator for the county, according to an MDC newsroom announcement. Royston isn’t new to either classrooms or conservation work. He holds a bachelor’s…

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Missouri should make medical respite part of its health care infrastructure

By Callan Montgomery, Missouri Independent · Sep 12, 2026

Missouri’s healthcare system routinely pays for a hospital stay, a surgery or a course of treatment, then reaches the edge of its own plan when the patient has no home in which to recover. For a person experiencing homelessness, “discharge” can mean returning to a shelter, vehicle or street while managing a wound, infection, cancer […]

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Latest Missouri poll finds another razor thin margin ahead of November vote on abortion

By Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent · Sep 11, 2026

Just 10 days ago, Steven Rogers says he would have predicted Missourians were set to reinstate an abortion ban this November. Then the latest polling results landed in his inbox. Now the professor of political science at Saint Louis University says he’s not so sure. Of 900 likely Missouri voters surveyed in August by the […]

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Missouri Supreme Court finds Denny Hoskins ‘was in contempt’ over congressional maps

By Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent · Sep 10, 2026

The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt for directing local election officials to use an illegal congressional map, but ultimately ruled he remedied the contempt by reversing his directive. The unusual proceedings Thursday were the first of their kind in living memory. The judges brought a statewide elected […]

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MR340

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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Plan a ride before you go. The Katy and 40-plus Missouri trails — the route, the towns, and the camps — on one map you can fly along in 3-D.

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Today’s Weather
Rocheport, MO
Temp 79°F
Sky Mostly Sunny
Wind WNW 7 mph
79°F

Updated 56 minutes ago

River Gauge Boonville, MO
Stage 6.42 ft
Flow 38.9 kcfs
Flood Stage 21 ft
Trend Falling · -0.7 ft in 24 hr
No Flood
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Updated 19 minutes ago

Tonight’s Moon

New moon, 1% lit — full moon Saturday, September 26.

Phase New Moon
Illumination 1%
Next full moon Saturday, September 26
Next new moon Sunday, October 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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