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 - The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum has some exciting news heading into 2026. All tickets at the Mark Twain ...

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 — 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 ...

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 ...