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Globe announces new comic lineup for daily, Sunday papers

Posted on December 21, 2019 by The Joplin Globe

“Pickles” is the favorite for daily readers of Joplin Globe comics, followed by “Zits.”

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Bill Caldwell: Engineer was Santa Claus to little Alba girl

Posted on December 21, 2019 by The Joplin Globe

The most reprinted newspaper editorial is “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,” which first ran in The New York Sun on Sept. 21, 1897.

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Wally Kennedy: Webb City Dairy Queen could open in February or March

Posted on December 21, 2019 by The Joplin Globe

Workers constructing the new Dairy Queen Grill & Chill in Webb City are really getting with it. This restaurant could have an opening in late February or early March.

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Granby's mining-era wheelbarrow heading back to state museum

Posted on December 20, 2019 by The Joplin Globe

GRANBY, Mo. — Just a few years shy of 150 years ago this year, a local miner by the name of John C. Temple and his 8-year-old son, Otto, pushed a handcrafted wheelbarrow, weighed down by 50 pounds of lead…

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Rebranded economic partnership to strengthen economic ties among area communities

Posted on December 20, 2019 by The Joplin Globe

An existing regional economic development organization has a new name, new leadership and new economic-growth objectives, it was announced Friday.

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Grove walker logs 2,000 miles in 2019

Posted on December 20, 2019 by The Joplin Globe

GROVE, Okla. — “Put one foot in front of the other” is more than a line from a famous Christmas song for one Northeast Oklahoma man.

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Plea offer spurned in Jasper County murder case

Posted on December 20, 2019 by The Joplin Globe

Murder case defendant Lafayette Starr has turned down a plea offer that would have sent him to prison for 30 years with an opportunity for parole after serving 85% of the term.

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Four certified as Joplin council candidates

Posted on December 19, 2019 by The Joplin Globe

Four of 13 Joplin residents who have indicated interest in running for Joplin City Council have been certified as eligible to run.

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Franklin Tech student Jack Carter earns $20,000 scholarship

Posted on December 19, 2019 by The Joplin Globe

It’s OK if, at first glance, visitors to the Franklin Technology Center mistook senior Jack Carter for a star athlete on Thursday.

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Neosho Y planning upgrades to building, services

Posted on December 19, 2019 by The Joplin Globe

NEOSHO, Mo. — For almost 20 years, the lobby of the Neosho Freeman Family YMCA has remained essentially unchanged with a square information desk welcoming members.

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