''The Joplin Globe'' is a five-day

daily newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...

published in

Joplin, Missouri Joplin is a city in Jasper and Newton counties in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bulk of the city is in Jasper County, while the southern portion is in Newton County. Joplin is the largest city located within both Jas ...

, United States, covering parts of 14 counties in southwestern

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

Ottaway Community Newspapers Local Media Group, Inc., formerly Dow Jones Local Media Group and Ottaway Newspapers Inc., owned newspapers, Web sites and niche publications in California, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania. It was headquarte ...

owned the ''Globe'' from 1975 to 2002. Since 2002, it has been owned by

Community Newspaper Holdings CNHI, LLC (formerly Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.) is an American publisher of newspapers and advertising-related publications throughout the United States. The company was formed in 1997 by Ralph Martin,

Inc. The first issue of ''The Globe'' was published on August 9, 1896. Its marketing slogan is "It's your world. We deliver it." In 2012, ''The Globe'' was named “Newspaper of the Year” by the Local Media Association.

Bonnie and Clyde scoop

In 1933, ''The Joplin Globe'' had a country-wide scoop, obtaining the camera left behind by

Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut (Champion) Barrow (March 24, 1909May 23, 1934) were an American criminal couple who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. The c ...

after a deadly confrontation with

local police Municipal police, city police, or local police are law enforcement agencies that are under the control of local government. This includes the municipal government, where it is the smallest administrative subdivision. They receive funding ...

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

Founder

Gilbert Barbee was born in 1850 in Ritchey, Newton County, Missouri. Barbee made his fortune in lead mining and owned the ''Joplin Globe'' from 1899 to 1911. He later established and published the ''Joplin Tribune''. Barbee was an active member of the Democratic Party and he owned the ''Barbee Park'' racetrack and the ''House of Lords'' pub. Barbee also donated money and land to build the Children's Home, an orphanage in Joplin. He died in 1924 in Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.

References

External links

''Joplin Globe'' Website

CNHI Website

Gilbert Barbee gravesite
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