Hannibal
HANNIBAL. Mo. — Kevin James has been named the district engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation’s northeast district. James, who has served as the assistant district engineer for the northeast district for the past 17 years, will step into the leadership role following district engineer Paula Gough’s retirement in February and will lead MoDOT…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A $10,000 grant from the Riedel Foundation will provide enough food to supply 40,000 meals to Hannibal residents in need. The food is distributed by The Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri and will stock the shelves at Douglass Community Services, Harvest Outreach and the Salvation Army. Based on the latest…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal School District announced several administrative appointments for the upcoming school year in a news release Thursday morning. Michele McCoy was named the district’s new director of curriculum and instruction. She previously served at Hannibal High School (HHS), first as dean of students then most recently as assistant principal. Blake Niemann…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Coyote Hill will be the host of its first pancake breakfast, sponsored by Benson Financial Group, from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 21, at First Christian Church. The event will feature delicious pancakes and sausage and raffle tickets for a variety of raffle baskets. It also will highlight the work the…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Susan Johnson led her final Board of Education meeting as superintendent of the Hannibal School District Wednesday night, capping a 34-year educational career in the district and over a decade as its superintendent. Following the meeting, Johnson described feeling a mix of emotions towards her retirement: fear, for a changing norm; excitement,…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Alliance Art Gallery is presenting in June several works by artist Preston Jackson, a world-renowned painter and sculptor. Jackson’s work explores themes of the human condition through the lens of histories and ecologies. The gallery exhibit will feature large canvases paintings of African animals, showcasing their strength, power and beauty as…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Clarity Healthcare mobile clinic is a special vehicle equipped to meet people in need of medical care. Clarity, a federally qualified health center, and Loaves and Fishes, an outreach program that serves hot meals to people in need, have partnered to contact more than 200 unhoused people since March 2024. Cindy Epperson,…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Robert Koehn, 3rd Ward Council Member, brought the issue of fireworks to the floor for the third time at Tuesday night’s Hannibal City Council meeting. “This was a subject that’s come up again … It’s come up twice for discussion and been tabled both times,” Koehn said. “We owe it to the…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The bridge rehabilitation project on the Interstate 72/U.S. 36 Mark Twain Memorial Bridge near Hannibal has been completed, and the bridge is now open and restored to one lane of traffic in each direction. Traffic will continue to be reduced to one lane on eastbound and westbound I-72/U.S. 36 over the bridge,…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Industrial Development Company (HIDC) has approved a $15,000 loan to Jones Machining Company LLC, a precision machine shop based in Palmyra, to help owner Leighton Jones buy additional materials and increase capacity for larger, more complex projects as the business scales to meet growing demand. Jones Machining’s loan was made…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Tree Board’s Tree of the Month for June is an oak tree at 3285 Palmyra Road at the home of Brian Osborn, who planted the tree 35 years ago after buying it in Shelbina. The Tree Board established a Tree of the Month Award to celebrate Hannibal’s beautiful urban forest…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Birthday Blessings is a non-profit organization with headquarters in West Plains. The organization has volunteer teams in Hannibal, Sedalia, Troy and Warsaw. Birthday Blessings provides children in foster care with resources to meet their physical and emotional needs. More than 20,000 children are in foster care in Missouri. Birthday Blessings assists local…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — American Legion riders will be participating in a pre-registered American Legion members ride, The American Legion Legacy Run, beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 28. American Legion Post 55 of Hannibal, is seeking sidewalk supporters to wave flags along the route to show support for the 100-150 riders who will be…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The vision of Harvest Outreach, which began in 2010, is to create a Christ-centered community where people and families facing hunger, addiction and hardship can find restoration, support and a path to lasting recovery. Harvest Outreach provides sober living residences for both women and men, as well as life coaching, job placement,…
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NORTHEAST, Mo. — A new collaborative initiative, Hogs for Hunger, is set to tackle food insecurity in northeast Missouri by supplying area food pantries with locally produced pork. This program is a partnership between Missouri Farmers Care, the Missouri Pork Association and United Way of the Mark Twain Area. Both Missouri Farmers Care and United…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The ninth annual Hannibal Parks & Recreation Department cardboard boat races will be held Saturday, June 28, at the Ronny Ferrel Hannibal Aquatic Center. Registration deadline for the races is Thursday, June 26. Check-in will be at 10 a.m. on June 28, with the first launch at 11 a.m. Youngsters team up…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Digital billboards at Broadway and Maple Avenue and Stardust Drive will showcase works by local artists throughout June as part of the Hannibal Arts Council’s 10th annual Art in the Open billboard contest. This annual public art initiative is a collaboration between the Hannibal Arts Council and Robinson Outdoor. Four winning entries…
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