Among those who have been spending a lot of time watching The Weather Channel this week is Bryan Hammock, who is chairman of this year’s fireworks show for the Hannibal Jaycees. As Saturday night’s show has drawn closer, Hammock admits he’s turned his TV off.

The recent wave of military call-ups is claiming more than three officers with the Hannibal Police Department. Also being lost is the service provided by the HPD’s canine, Jury.

Is the Fourth of July the busiest day of the year for the Hannibal Police Department?
“I don’t want to say it’s the busiest time, but it is one of the busiest times,” said Hannibal Police Chief Lyndell Davis. “In years past it used to be quite the handful, but with the cooperation of the Jaycees and other people organizing events it has become a lot more manageable. Does it require a lot of additional staffing? Definitely so.”

Arrival of Hannibal’s newest piece of fire fighting equipment is due to arrive within the next month. Delivery of the pumper, which was put on order last September, is on schedule, according to Chief Tim Carter.

The granddaddy of all Fourth of July events takes place in America’s Hometown this weekend.
 

With Tanyard Gardens and other National Tom Sawyer Days events just a foul ball away from Clemens Field, how well will the two blend together especially since the Cavemen have home games scheduled both Thursday, July 2, and Friday, July 3? Representatives of both the ballteam and NTSD see only good things resulting.

Over an hour after the one-vehicle accident truck driver Christopher Mudd of Barry, Ill., was involved in Tuesday morning, he was still shaking his head in disbelief that the truck he had been operating was its side before him on the I-72 interchange east of Hannibal.

To most people, $10,000 is a fair amount of money, except if you have a $15,000 goal with time running short. That’s the position the Hannibal Jaycees find themselves in just days ahead of their annual July 4 fireworks show.

For decades, Earl Johnson and his wife, Jerry, have been fixtures in the local dry cleaning market. Recently the family welcomed their son, Kevin, into the Concord Custom Cleaners business, which Earl Johnson purchased this spring.

The field is down to four parties that are vying to become the next owner of Sawyer’s Creek, located south of Hannibal on Missouri 79.