Local business continues into 2nd century at same location
Donna Heiser stands in front of the heirloom safe at Crescent Jewelry, 207 Broadway. She is carrying on the legacy of the Heiser family...
Roberson knew from a young age that music was his destiny
George Roberson looks back at his days of making music, including the production of his solo album, “Memories.” Contributed. MARY LOU...
Actor admits life’s a series of accidents and survival
Frank Elmore is pictured in a publicity shot curing his multi-decade acting career. Contributed photo. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY It takes an...
James J. Pratt injured during Labor Day ride to the ball park
A look at the businesses along Broadway dates this photo to about 1912, when the Majestic Theater was operating at 217 Broadway, west of...
After 60 years, Lewellen retires his drum sticks
From left, ‘Steppin' Back’: John Cormier, Dee Kendrick, Gentry Youse, Paul Lewellen, Jim Phillips, Greg Asmussin, Bret Lewellen. Photo...
Music Under the Stars photo collage Steppin' Back, 2014
Photos by Mary Lou Montgomery, editor of the Hannibal Courier-Post in 2014
Horrific accident claims young life on Thanksgiving eve, 1905
This photo of the Hannibal Railway and Electric Companies’ Car No. 8 is believed to have been taken in front of the steps of South...
Boogies to Ragtime, Behrensmeyer music is a Folklife favorite
Ned Behrensmeyer poses on the bench in front of his 130-year-old Hazelton Brothers piano at Java Jive. Behrensmeyer, a classically...
‘Insane Sisters’ resonates 25 years after publication
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY It has been 25 years since historian and author Gregg Andrews, a native of the Monkey Run region of Ralls County,...
April 1925 dynamite blast wrecks confectionery store
The headline was big and bold in the May 8, 1925, edition of the Quincy Daily Herald. An explosion in Hannibal sent shock waves...