U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) announced Monday that he will be holding a new series of Constituent Service Days throughout the 9th District beginning on June 22 through June 25 to allow communities and individuals to share their concerns with members of his district staff.

Gov. Jay Nixon came to Hannibal Thursday to sign a new jobs bill into law. But will it have an impact in Northeast Missouri?

The day after he won election, then-governor-elect Jay Nixon called in Democrats and Republicans to begin addressing Missouri’s biggest needs. Out of that brainstorming session came the foundation for a jobs bill, which Nixon signed during a ceremony at Hannibal City Hall Thursday morning.

Four Hannibal Board of Public Works have been working in southern Missouri helping to restore power in Fredericktown, a community hard hit by severe weather which struck the area last week.
According to Don Willis, general manager of the Hannibal Board of Public Works, four personnel from Hannibal and two BPW trucks have been stationed in Fredericktown since May 9.

In the final hours of the budget process Thursday in the Missouri Capitol, $1.6 million was trimmed that had been designated to help Moberly Area Community College construct its new Hannibal campus.

It has been a long year-and-a-half for Neil Hugenberg.

Missouri’s income tax could become a thing of the past under the terms of a constitutional amendment that is working its way through the General Assembly in Jefferson City.

As he travels around Missouri, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond is hearing a similar message from small business owners in regard to President Barack Obama’s proposed budget.

Vandals with paintball guns have started using highway signs for target practice.

On Feb. 4, 2009, B. Stevens Plowman, president and CEO of F&M Bank, visited the Missouri State Capitol. While at the Capitol, Mr. Plowman visited with Rep. Rachel Bringer and was introduced as a guest of the House. CONTRIBUTED