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As the 20th century dawned upon Hannibal’s riverfront, the wavy glass panes in an old frame building reflected the earliest glints of morning light.
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HANNIBAL — Bouncing a baby on her knee, 21-year-old Jane looked across the table as a confident woman and mother.
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CLARKSVILLE, Mo. — Eagle lovers and nature buffs of all ages are invited to come to Clarksville on Saturday, Jan. 29 and Sunday, Jan. 30, for the annual Clarksville Eagle Days celebration.
A final decision whether to resume in-school learning next week in the Hannibal School District will be made over the weekend, according to Superintendent Susan Johnson.
HANNIBAL — It’s “game time” for teams vying for the honor of best chili at the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center for Chili Cookoff MMXXII
HANNIBAL — Local artist and educator Stephen Schisler recently completed a mural in Hannibal.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri has filed a request with the Missouri Public Service Commission asking the Commission to grant Ameren Missouri a variance fro…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Local students were named to the fall 2021 Dean’s List and President’s List at Southeast Missouri State University.
PALMYRA, Mo. — Palmyra City Council members approved a Phase One Cultural Resource Survey during their Thursday meeting, ensuring there is no cultural or ancestral significance to indigenous p…
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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer was killed and another critically wounded Friday night while answering a call about an argument between a woman and her adult son, officials said…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — On a warm spring day in Ukraine 26 years ago, three men smiled for cameras as they planted symbolic sunflower seedlings in freshly tilled earth where Soviet nuclear missiles …
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — After a difficult first year in office, Vice President Kamala Harris enjoyed a homecoming of sorts Friday, taking a helicopter tour in Southern California mountai…
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On the eve of her 100th birthday Saturday, Ruth Salton told her daughter she was going one way or another to Friday night Shabbat services at Congregation Beth Israel, just days after a gunman…
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Freezing rain, sleet and snow blew into coastal areas stretching from South Carolina to Virginia on Friday in a winter storm that forecasters say could snarl a region that'…
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey sued the Biden administration on Friday over its demand that the state stop sending millions in federal COVID-19 relief money to schools that don't have …
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Two former University of Michigan football stars who stand to receive as much as $500,000 each through the school's sexual abuse settlement with more than 1,000 students say the per-victim pay…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Meat Loaf, the heavyweight rock superstar loved by millions for his “Bat Out of Hell” album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as “Paradise By the Dashboard Light,” …
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COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — In the final moments of a 10-hour standoff with a gunman at a Texas synagogue, the remaining hostages and officials trying to negotiate their release took “near simul…
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A U.S Navy team of medical specialists is scheduled to arrive in the St. Louis region next week to help a hospital strained by an increase in COVID-19 cases, authorities announced Friday.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As the federal trial for three former Minneapolis officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights is set to begin Monday, some wonder whether Derek Chauvin –…
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With abortion access increasingly restricted across much of the South and Midwest, two Illinois clinics near St. Louis announced Friday that they set up a logistics center to help abortion see…
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A southeast Missouri woman has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $7.5 million in restitution in a Medicaid and Medicare fraud case.
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CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who stole a mortuary van with a body inside last year was sentenced Friday to six years in prison.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers were thinking of homeowners facing down burglars and people attacked on the street when they wrote a “stand your ground” law more than a decade ago allowin…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louie Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” died F…
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Starbucks workers at a store in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize on Thursday, the latest sign that the labor movement is stirring after decades of decline.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Three studies released Friday offered more evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who received booster shots.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis woman is jailed after she shot a worker at McDonald's after a dispute over a discount for french fries, St. Louis County authorities said Friday.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Former reality TV star Josh Duggar has asked a federal judge for a new trial or an acquittal, a little over a month after he was convicted of receiving and possessing…
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Roger Strukhoff was being treated for intestinal bleeding at a hospital outside Chicago this month when he suffered a mild heart attack.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer Jeff Frank doesn’t feel rich, but simply based on the skyrocketing value of his land in northwest Iowa, it’s an apt way to des…
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RAYTOWN, Mo. (AP) — Two people have been killed in an apparent murder-suicide in suburban Kansas City, police there said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — “Whom have I helped today?” That's the question Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells kids she asks herself every night before she goes to sleep.
HANNIBAL — In an effort to set right some incorrect information regarding a grant the city of Hannibal has been awarded, the city council has scheduled a public hearing next month.
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HANNIBAL — An official count of people who are homeless is set for Jan. 26 when the statewide Point in Time Count is conducted.
Beavers are reportedly back in a section of Bear Creek that is located on the eastern edge of Hannibal. Thus far the creatures have not caught the attention of city hall.
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HANNIBAL — The CHART (Community Health Assistance Resource Team) Teen Task Force is gearing up for the 25th Teen Health Fair, with a full slate of interactive activities, prizes, music and set…
AMES, Iowa — A Palmyra, Mo. resident was among more than 9,700 Iowa State University students who were recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the fall semester 2021 …
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HANNIBAL — The Admiral Coontz Recreation Center is now open for recreational purposes on Wednesday mornings.
PALMYRA, Mo. — Marion County tax receipts are off to a good start in 2022.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A jury of 18 people who appeared mostly white was picked Thursday for the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing, a case th…
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The University of Pennsylvania said it will work with the NCAA under its newly adopted standards for transgender athletes.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A jury of 18 people who appeared mostly white was picked Thursday for the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing, a case th…
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors charged four Belarusian government officials on Thursday with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight last year to arrest an opposition journalist, usin…
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A Republican congressman running for U.S. Senate in Missouri released a 30-second ad Thursday that falsely claims the 2020 election was “rigged” and “stolen” from former President Donald Trump.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators announced a key approval Thursday for a planned $10 billion train tunnel under the Hudson River, marking another milestone for a long-delayed project that is…
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The rollout of new 5G wireless service in the U.S. failed to have the much-dreaded result of crippling air travel, although it began in rocky fashion, with international airlines canceling som…
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ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutor looking into possible attempts to interfere in the 2020 general election by former President Donald Trump and others has asked for a special grand jury to…
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's new mayor, Eric Adams, plans to convert his first paycheck this week into two cryptocurrencies, which he has been hyping as a potential economic engine for the city.
