Lyle Hoskins wouldn’t have been fighting mad had the city council’s vote gone against implementing a smoking ban beginning July 1 for events at the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center. However, the head coach and trainer of the Hannibal Armory Boxing Club admitted Wednesday he is pleased with the council’s decision.

Was the Hannibal City Council’s decision to make the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center a smoke-free building for all events legal? One opponent of the council’s decision contends it wasn’t.

Jan. 1 brought more than the start of another year. At the Northeast Missouri Sheltered Workshop (NMSW) in Hannibal it officially marked the start of a new director - Pollyann Nicholson.

They’re just like family.
They eat together.
They tease each other.
They talk about hopes, desires, memories and problems.
But the only home they share is a concrete slab inside one of Hannibal’s oldest gathering spots.
For the last 35 years, music lovers have been getting together every Wednesday from noon to 3 p.m. at the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center.

Instant messaging. Twitter updates. Tantalizing scandals. Disaster warnings. Public service alerts. When do you need it? Right now!
Here in the midst of Mindset Immediate, I casually offer a statement, the words of which are such an anomaly I would never have conceived that they would come from my lips, let alone during this time-sensitive era.
I took the bus home from Chicago.

Julia Campbell never had to ask for help before.
   But when the 62-year-old Ralls County resident was laid off from her customer service job five weeks ago, reality set in.

Three hours of country music filled the air at the Hannibal High School auditorium Thursday night, where a nearly full house saw some 20 awards presented to the operators of country music shows - both past and present - in the Hannibal area.

You’ll find dozens of artists, plenty of fun and picturesque scenery this weekend if you join the 50 Miles of Art studio tour.

The day officially set aside for Americans to give thanks is still weeks away. On Monday, however, Freddie Burgess was quick to give thanks that a Sunday night fire at Buckhorn Rubber did not cause more damage.

Not only did Joyce Anderson witness the development of Mark Twain Lake, but she was an integral part of it.