February 3, 1863. The writer, formerly known as Samuel Clemens, adopts his now-famous pen name, Mark Twain. Twain was raised ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. – In the heart of Hannibal, ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. -- Mark Twain once quipped, "The lack of money is the root of all evil." But starting early next year, some of Twain's favorite places -- his Missouri hometown, the New England community ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — It was a century-and-a-half ago that Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain. His hometown of Hannibal will mark the occasion with a special event Saturday. Clemens was born in 1835 in ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. -- A Mark Twain impersonator has sued four people, claiming they damaged his reputation in Hannibal so much that his "career" as Mark Twain was destroyed. George Scott is seeking $1 ...

A Kansas City license office at Cleaver II and Troost reopened Jan. 28 after briefly closing earlier in the month.

A daguerreotype portrait of Samuel Clemens as a young man holding a printer's composing stick with the letters S-A-M, Nov. 29, 1850, Hannibal, Mo. (Mark Twain by GH Jones/Wikimedia Commons via ...

The hubbub could be right out of a Mark Twain tale. Although researchers say the new paint job on the outside of Becky Thatcher's house matches the original color, not all of the comments have been ...

HANNIBAL, Mo. >> Mark Twain once quipped, “The lack of money is the root of all evil.” But starting early next year, some of Twain’s favorite places — his Missouri hometown, the New England community ...