The Joplin Globe
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The Joplin Globe is a seven-day daily newspaper published in Joplin, Missouri
Joplin, Missouri
Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the US state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 50,150...

, USA, covering parts of 14 counties in southwestern Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

. Since 2002, it has been owned by Community Newspaper Holdings
Community Newspaper Holdings
Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. is a publisher of newspapers and advertising-related publications throughout the eastern part of the United States. The company was formed in 1997 by Ralph Martin, and is based in Birmingham, Alabama. The company is financed by the Retirement Systems of...

 Inc.

The newspaper employs some 45 journalists in its newsroom. Its marketing slogan is "It's your world. We deliver it."

Bonnie and Clyde Scoop

In 1933 The Joplin Globe had a country-wide scoop, obtaining the camera left behind by Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were well-known outlaws, robbers, and criminals who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. Their exploits captured the attention of the American public during the "public enemy era" between 1931 and 1934...


after a deadly confrontation with local police, developing and publishing the rolls of film in it, including the now-legendary photos of Bonnie holding Clyde at mock gunpoint and of Bonnie with her foot on a fender, pistol in her hand and cigar in her mouth.

The Founder

Thomas G. Barbee was born in October 1870 in Ritchey, Newton County, Missouri. He married Laura (maiden name unknown) who was born in January 1874 in Missouri. Barbee owned the Joplin Globe and established and published the Joplin Tribune. Barbee died on 18 October 1924 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.

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