Since I was a boy those words have conjured an idyllic image of the essence and texture of America. Of paddle-wheelers and flatboats plying the Mississippi River as it drains the heart of our ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. -- The artwork of an acclaimed Hannibal native who died more than a century ago is on display this month at the Mark Twain Museum Gallery at 120 N. Main in downtown Hannibal. The artist ...

HANNIBAL (AP) - Molly Brown, a woman dubbed "unsinkable" for her heroics in surviving the Titanic ship sinking, was born in Hannibal. Her birthplace site was made into a museum years ago, but it could ...

To The Herald-Whig:Samuel L. Clemens, the man whose legacy reaches beyond Mark Twain, the humorist, the lecturer and the author of children's books, was born 180 years ago on Nov. 30.The opening of ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — Mark Twain is being emblazoned on a commemorative coin, and his Missouri hometown figures to reap some of the benefit. President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a law that calls ...

HANNIBAL — Officials in Mark Twain's hometown are hoping Congress will approve a limited issue of silver and gold coins honoring the legendary author and humorist. The Hannibal Courier-Post reported ...