Missouri
BOWLING GREEN, Mo. — Options for Women will hold its 10th annual Walk For Life and BBQ on Saturday, May 11, at the Bowling Green City Park. Check-in and registration will begin at 10:30 a.m. with the actual walk beginning at 11 a.m. The BBQ will also be held at the park with eat-in or carry-out available from 11…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Kiwanis pancake day will be held from 7 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 30, in the Hannibal High School cafeteria, 4500 McMasters Avenue. The cost for the “all you can eat” breakfast of pancakes and sausage is $10 with children 8 and under eating free of charge. Proceeds from the…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Free Clinic held its annual volunteer appreciation luncheon March 1 in the Hannibal Regional Conference Center. In a press release, Sharon Webster, director of the Hannibal Free Clinic, said, “This is a way to say thank you to our volunteers and donors and to show them how much we appreciate…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Arts Council continues Art Adventures, its popular creative project series, with Fluorescent Friday at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 5, at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S. Main. The April Art Adventure is a creative project for K-5th grade students. Participation fees include all supplies, an instructor and step-by-step instructions.…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal Area Shooter’s Education Youth BB Gun League program had approximately 35 youngsters finish the season. An awards banquet held at the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center recognized the shooters. Program coordinator Jason Moore stated that the two main goals of the program are firearm safety and individual accomplishments. Trinity Tutor served as…
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QUINCY — Muddy River Riders Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, will hold its ninth annual Blessing of the Bikes from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at the Knights of Columbus grounds. This event is a fundraiser for the book bag program the club does every fall. The group distributes book bags full…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Tom and Becky coordinator Melissa Cummins announced Friday night the names of the 12 boys and 12 girls selected as semifinalists for the 2024-2025 Tom and Becky Program. Thirty-three Hannibal seventh-grade students presented speeches before a panel of nine judges at the Hannibal Middle School on Friday, March 15. The judges’ panel was comprised…
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CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College’s Kraus Lecture featuring distinguished speaker and C-SC alum Matt Waldron will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 18, in the Merrillat Recital Hall inside the Robert W. Brown Performing Arts Center. This event is free and open to the public. Waldron will share his insights and experiences in…
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QUINCY — In recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Blessing Health is providing free, take-home colorectal cancer screening kits to the public at locations in west central Illinois and northeast Missouri and by mail beginning Monday, March 18. Of the more than 153,000 people who are expected to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer this…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — A Hannibal man is in the Marion County Jail after his arrest on drug charges Thursday. The 10th Judicial District of Marion County issued a warrant for Isaac A. Sapp, 39, charging him with trafficking drugs. The charges stem from an investigation conducted by the Hannibal Police Department’s Anti-Crime Enforcement Squad, which led…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Arts Council will be the host a paper marbling workshop with John Bielik of Period Paper Artisan on Saturday, March 16 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S. Main. The paper marbling workshop is intended to be an introduction to Middle Eastern style of…
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St. Patty’s Day is nigh … if you’re in Hannibal and looking for an Irish pub, head to Ole Wolfhound in Hannibal. It’s like dropping by The Crown and Anchor on “Ted Lasso.” (OK, that’s England, not Ireland, but you get the point.) Brittany Boll has a rueben and a pint on this installment of…
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CANTON, Mo. — Two Culver-Stockton College alumni business owners, along with the owners of a local coffee shop, have partnered with the college to participate in the annual Come Dine with Us fundraiser for student scholarships on Monday, March 18. Participating businesses in the annual student scholarship fund fundraising event are Primo’s in Canton, Tiramisu…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The George H. Riedel Foundation has awarded a $10,000 grant to Faith Bridge for its Carry On Program in Hannibal, which helps children aging out of the foster care system. The goal of Carry On is to provide young adults with tangible goods and tools to help them become successful, contributing members…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Hannibal School Superintendent Susan Johnson said the district’s $3.3 million shortfall is a result of less-than-expected revenue and higher-than-expected expenditures on the preliminary budget, which was presented in July. The deficit was further brought to light through a resignation letter sent Thursday by Roy Webb to Hannibal School Board members. Webb reneged…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. – The Hannibal Public School District will ask district voters to decide on the April 2 ballot if they can borrow $30 million to construct, equip and furnish the Hannibal Innovation Campus. The vote will be decided just after a $3.3 million deficit was recently reported in the school district’s 2023-24 budget. The…
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QUINCY — Quincy University officials say they are ready to “welcome and provide financial assistance” to any transfer student from Fontbonne University after the 100-year-old Catholic academic institution announced Monday it will close in the fall of 2025 and sell the 16-acre campus to Washington University. After struggling with declining enrollments and budget deficits for years, “the…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Area String Orchestra will present its annual spring concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 18 in the Roland Fine Arts Center, 2800 Palmyra Road. The orchestra is seeking artists from grades K-12 throughout the region to submit artwork that will be projected during the performance of the piece “Carnival…
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