Missouri
HANNIBAL, Mo. — This year’s campaign for the United Way of the Mark Twain Area focuses on the concept that “Everyone Can Help Someone.” Though the campaign is held to raise dollars to be invested in local nonprofit organizations, leadership with United Way wants to look beyond just money as something people can give. In…
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QUINCY — Arkansas-based Phillips Media Group (PMG), a media company that owns The Herald-Whig in Quincy and The Courier-Post in Hannibal, announced Friday, Aug. 30, that it has reached an agreement to sell 16 community newspapers in three states to Carpenter Media Group (CMG), which owns more than 125 community news publications throughout the United States. “It has…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A free class for anyone interested in learning about pickleball will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9, at the Huckleberry Park courts. Hannibal pickleball enthusiasts Bill Baker and Tom Batenhorst are offering this class to teach people how to play what is often called America’s fastest-growing sport.…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The CHART Teen Task Force is the latest Hannibal non-profit organization to receive a grant from the Riedel Foundation. CHART will use the $7,500 Riedel grant to put on a teen health fair and to fund sexuality education in the Hannibal school district. CHART has been the host of 27 teen health…
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SHELBY COUNTY, Mo. — Local food pantries will receive a boost this fall thanks to a grant from the Shelby County Endowment Fund with the Community Foundation Serving West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missorui. The Shelby County Endowment Fund was established in 2023 as a permanent source of charitable support for needs and opportunities in Shelby…
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Independent U.S. Senate candidate Jared Young won an endorsement Thursday from a Republican stalwart and former mentor of current Sen. Josh Hawley. Republican John Danforth, who served three terms in the U.S. Senate representing Missouri from 1976-1995, announced his endorsement of Young, a Webb City resident, in a written release. Young is a conservative and running…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S. Main, is the host of its 11th annual art history luncheon at noon on Friday, Sept. 6. The art history luncheon is a special event designed to fit into a workday lunch hour. The time is used to educate, enrich and engage through focusing on a…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The cause of a Tuesday afternoon fire in Hannibal has been ruled as electrical and determined to be accidental. The Hannibal Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 1904 Broadway at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday. Upon arrival at the scene, firefighters reported flames and smoke coming from a second-story window. All occupants were…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Regional is offering an “ABCs of Medicare 2025” event, presented by Managed Care Partners, designed to help Medicare beneficiaries navigate the complexities of Medicare and Medicare Advantage information. This free in-person educational session will begin at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Hannibal Regional Conference Center inside the Hannibal…
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PALMYRA, Mo. — The approval of a budget amendment and the setting of the tax rate for 2025 were among the topics of discussion at the Marion County Ambulance District board of directors meeting on Aug. 15. The board added a line item to the budget for the pension fund as requested by the recent…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A New London woman charged in a stabbing incident is in the Marion County Jail. The 10th Judicial District Court of Marion County issued a warrant on Monday, Aug. 26, for Olivia A. Malone, 18 of New London, charging her with first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. The…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Quincy Bicycle Club and the Goldinger family of Palmyra recently donated a gift of more than $5,000 to the Life.Light.Hope Fund at the Hannibal Regional Cary Cancer Center and Cancer Institute in memory of Charlotte Goldinger, a retired Palmyra school teacher and avid bicyclist who passed away from leukemia. The 10th…
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Marijuana companies face a hard deadline to meet Missouri’s new plain packaging requirements on Sept. 1 — more than a year after the rule was initially put in place. For decades, there’s been a global movement urging “plain packaging” on tobacco products — or packaging with limited colors and frills — after numerous studies found it makes…
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La BELLE, Mo. — Dr. Aaron Neisen, his wife Stephanie and Matthew Scoggin hope to change how people think about — and pay for — health care. The three Lewis County natives — Stephanie grew up in La Grange, Aaron grew up south of Lewistown and Matt grew up south of La Belle — recently…
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The dog days of summer are over. The weather has been great to be doing all types of garden work and harvesting all types of vegetables. I was asked when to harvest cantaloupe the other day. Look at the stem on the cantaloupe where it is attached to the vine. Put pressure on it. If…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Tree Board is celebrating its 25th year of Hannibal earning the Tree City USA designation. A Tree City USA proclamation at the Tuesday, Aug. 20, City Council meeting. Kristy Trevathan, president of the Hannibal Tree Board, said receiving the Tree City USA designation means Hannibal residents enjoy the benefits of…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Connie Benson first sat with a kindergarten student as a mentor from the Hannibal Alliance for Youth Support (HAYS) program through the Hannibal Public School District nearly 15 years ago. Benson, who has a background as a high school teacher, worried if she could connect with an elementary student. “On that first…
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