Lawmakers from the Hannibal region agree there was good and bad from the just-completed legislative session. (See related article about the legislature’s final-day activity.)

Now comes the cleanup.
Cities up and down the Mississippi River can count on spending time and money to pick up after nature’s wrath.

Professional musician Jeremy Levy has returned to Hannibal from California to visit his parents, Mike and Ileen Levy, and to join the Hannibal High School Jazz Band as it plays one of his compositions Monday night, May 19, at its spring concert.

A dinosaur of the jewelry business is making memories that last a lifetime.
AVA Goldworks of Hannibal has just added to an already-impressive wall of awards.
And the family-owned store has done it the old-fashioned way - through hard, tedious, hands-on work.

A total of 72 artists will participate in this year’s River Art Festival in downtown Hannibal on May 24 and 25, including 15 making their local festival debut. Entertainers always attract crowds of festival-goers, and a stage will be provided for their convenience this year. Michael Gaines, executive director of the Hannibal Acts Council, which sponsors the festival, explained, “we will have a stage again at (North) Main and Bird streets, because it was very successful at the (Autumn Historic) Folklife Festival last fall.”

A statue of Sam Clemens the riverboat pilot is in place on Hannibal’s riverfront, courtesy of the Fred Schwartz family of East Hannibal, Ill. The nearly six-foot tall bronze likeness faces toward the river, just as Clemens did when piloting steamboats prior to the start of the Civil War.

The River Road Trail, located along the eastern edge of Riverview Park, will be growing on its southern end by 1,000 feet. Chris Atkinson, director of the Hannibal Parks & Recreation Department, is pleased to be adding another segment to the city’s trail system.

On Nov. 29, 2001, the Missouri Department of Transportation presented the tract of land which formerly served as the approach to the old Mark Twain Memorial Bridge to the city of Hannibal. Today, that tract of land is known as the Cardiff Hill Overlook.

The High Noon Entertainment filming crew was at Rockcliffe Mansion last fall recording a segment of “If Walls Could Talk,” for HGTV. It is tentatively scheduled to air sometime after the first of the year, possibly July 14, according to Leslie Wilson, line producer of the company.

Visitors to Hannibal’s historic district have a new “must-find” destination to add to their itinerary - the Hannibal Convention and Visitors Bureau’s new satellite office. This new location is in the Breadeaux Pizza building, 200 N. Main St. The HCVB’s main office at 505 N. Third St. will still remain open to assist guests as well.