HANNIBAL, Mo. — As the lights illuminate the dark passageways of the winding caves here, it’s hard not to transform back into your 12-year-old self as you excitedly relive “The Adventures of Tom ...

Reporting from Hannibal, Mo. — It was long after dark when Henry Sweets brought me to Hannibal’s Old Baptist Cemetery, “a graveyard of the old-fashioned Western kind.” No moon. Ragged weeds, crumbling ...

HANNIBAL, Missouri —There he was looking out over the lobby, young and virile, with red bushy hair and full mustache. Even the Days Inn has a picture of Mark Twain in Hannibal, Missouri. Hannibal’s ...

A small town famous for being the childhood home of Mark Twain is stirring headlines for a more sinister reason. The disappearance of Christina Whittaker from Hannibal, Missouri, is the subject of a ...

A California man was arrested on Thursday morning after leading Missouri State Highway Patrol officers on a vehicle chase.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HANNIBAL, Mo. – The WXK-82 transmitter in ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. — Despite high river levels and ongoing construction projects, Hannibal's summer tourist season has shown strong returns, according to the city's director of tourism. Trisha O'Cheltree ...

The Riedel Foundation has awarded the Mississippi Hills Chapter of the Missouri Master Naturalists a $1,750 grant to support ...

Hannibal Middle is a public school located in Hannibal, MO, which is in a remote town setting. The student population of Hannibal Middle is 724 and the school serves 6-8. At Hannibal Middle, 45% of ...

Samuel Clemens, who is said to have taken his pen name Mark Twain from the cries of riverboat crewmen, found the inspiration for his classic works while growing up in the river town of Hannibal, Mo.

Mark Twain only lived in Hannibal, Missouri, for 13 years, but many of his most famous stories were inspired by this humble Midwestern city. A visit to Hannibal today, with its excellent museums, ...