For eight years, the painted likeness of Eva Richard Gartner hung above our fireplace, and I didn’t even know it. Rather, I didn’t know it was her. Not until a hot July day in 2012 on a dusty road in rural Crawford County.
Author Archives: The Joplin Globe
Site work begins for PSU event center
JHS students to compete in poetry contest
Council to act on lease deal for Joe Becker
Joplin’s master developer, baseball franchise investor are ex-business partners
Parents as well as children applaud raptor program
Extra funding extends hours at Carthage Public Library
Tuesday marks deadline to file for city,school board positions across Missouri
Joplin band wins Hollywood competition
A Joplin band powered through problems and emerged victorious in a national band competition. Me Like Bees won the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands 2013 competition; the band was one of 25,000 that entered the competition and one of four finalists chosen to perform for judges Friday during a finals concert at House of Blues in Hollywood, Calif.