Shelby County residents escaped injuries or property damage from Tuesday's tornadoes.

Severe weather in Shelby County Tuesday morning forced students to take cover.

The Palmyra Police Department has announced it is joining with law enforcement agencies from May 19 through June 1 for an aggressive national “Click It or Ticket” mobilization to crack down on Missouri’s safety belt law violators and to reduce highway fatalities.

Troop B of the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Macon reported its 16-county area had 554 traffic accidents from January through April 30, which was six more than January through April 2007.

Earl Dean Cox wins raffle for 200 gallons of gasoline. Proceeds will benefit Hannibal High School's field turf program.

Students at Hannibal High School have new science options to explore.

At one time, Ralls County stretched to the Iowa border. The figurative boundaries will cover a lot wider area this summer. Thousands of people from around the nation are expected for the 150th anniversary of the historic Ralls County Courthouse July 22-27.

A Hannibal man was arrested after the Hannibal Police Department was called to investigate an assault in the 200 block of South Main Street at 12:27 a.m. Sunday.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that on Friday, May 9, at approximately 9:45 p.m., Troop B officers were called to assist the Adair County Sheriff’s Department with a reported shooting incident at 21809 Elmwood Trail in rural Adair County.

Although the Hannibal area missed the worst of Sunday morning’s storms, in which at least 16 people died in Southwestern Missouri and Oklahoma, strong winds uprooted many trees in Hannibal, and several fell across houses. No injuries were reported, according to the police. Ten or more people were killed in the area of Seneca,  according to the State Emergency Management Agency, and another six died when a tornado flattened the northeastern Oklahoma town of Picher.