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.

“Anyone interested in the field of cosmetology will become successful if they know how to treat people. This is the number one characteristic someone needs to help people look their best,” said Gina Kinion, owner of Advance Beauty College in Hannibal and two more beauty colleges.

Elva Light refers to her life as a “journey.” Rather than a high-speed trip to her destination as if on an interstate, the veteran educator’s career path has included numerous curves along the way en route to her current location, the Hannibal Christian Academy (HCA), where she serves as assistant principal.

Mother Nature smiled on the wall-to-wall crowd meandering along the four blocks of North Main Street Saturday and Sunday during the 33rd annual Autumn Historic Folklife Festival, sending down the first rays of warm sunshine Hannibal had felt for several days.

Laurie Flanigan shares photos of the Oct. 7 Powder Puff football games at Hannibal High School.

As a hazardous materials regional response team the Hannibal Fire Department is expected to carry a wide assortment of gear. The volume of equipment has grown so large that fitting it inside two 24-foot trailers has become a major problem. That concern should disappear when the HFD takes delivery of a new, larger trailer later this month.

The John Marshall Clemens law ledger that was given to the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in 2006 is a valuable historical book, because it contains detailed records of how a justice of the peace worked in the 1840s, according to Tim Jon Semmerling, Ph.D., author of an article about the ledger.

Mark Twain Cave is ushering in the Halloween season.