Santa for a good cause: collecting Toys for Tots
Mrs. and Mrs. Santa Claus, aka Christy and Chuck Bloodgood, of Mendon, Ill. Chuck and Christy grew up in Hannibal, and attended prom...
‘Elka’ takes honors in the Bred By class, COGRC competition
The Central Oklahoma Golden Retriever Club, Golden Retriever Speciality. From left, Col. Jonathan Chase, AKC breeder, and past president...
1949 tornado bounced around like a rubber ball
Bob Blanton poses in front of the remains of his 1935 Ford, which was parked along Center Street when a tornado roared through Hannibal...
Historic church restoring time-honored windows
A Jacksonville Stained Glass Co. employee carefully carries the top portion of the west sanctuary window inside the Frankford, Mo., First...
Behind the scenes look at old Zimmerman's bakery
This is a photo of the oven in Zimmerman’s Bakery, as it was when Wayne Turner worked there during the 1950s. Frazers photo, 3004 St....
Rex Theatre played out its run on N. Main Street
The audience at the Rex Theatre, 111-113 N. Main Street, is pictured on opening night, April 14, 1912. Photo by Tomlinson, Hannibal, Mo....
Rockcliffe’s columns aloft to allow for porch repairs
The structural porch columns at Rockcliffe Mansion have been raised in order to allow the Mark Twain Construction Company of Boonville,...
Merna Gill: Getting to know Cuba’s people
In Cuba, Elvis started an after-school program to teach middle school students English, because it is a requirement to get into college....
In 1922, Agnes Treat was Twain pageant’s “Queen of Hannibal’
Agnes Treat portrayed the “Queen of Hannibal” at the Mark Twain Pageant, June 12-14, 1922, at the Park Theater, 119 N. Fifth. Frazer...
‘Golden Bachelor’ speaks about growing up in Hannibal
ABC's "The Golden Bachelor" stars Gerry Turner. Brian Bowen Smith/ABC MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Gerry Turner’s paternal grandparents, Everette...