Joplin (Missouri)

Chamber president resigns in Carthage

Nov 22, 2009 (The Joplin Globe - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- CARTHAGE, Mo. -- A search will begin to select a new president of the Carthage Chamber of Commerce after John Bode submitted his resignation...

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The Ragtime Music Of Scott Joplin

The Creation of Unique American Opera and Piano Music Scott Joplin's life was both heroic and tragic. The Life of Scott Joplin Scott Joplin (1868-1917) was born in the the town of Texarkana which straddled the border between...

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U. S. 66 Will Rogers Highway

Missouri, Jasper County, Joplin picture of Will Rogers Formerly Electric Park (1909-1912), is traced to a multi-acre dairy farm in the 1890's. Charles Schifferdecker acquired the land in the early 1900s. On Nov. 1, 1913 he...

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Oklahoma: Drugs, ammo found at home with four bodies

joplinglobe.com OKLAHOMA CITY -- Police found guns, knives and a small amount of marijuana in the burned home where four people -- including a prostitute featured on an HBO reality series -- were found shot to death earlier...

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Three Arab Nations Purchase Raytheon AMRAAM

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 15, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. government executed separate Letters of Offer and Acceptance with three of its key allies to purchase Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium...

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Site of Civil War battle near Joplin dedicated

By Susan Redden - The Joplin Globe Joplin, Mo. — “I’ve been by here hundreds of times, and I never knew about this.” That sentence, or some variation, was repeated Wednesday by many of those who gathered at a Civil War battle...

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Former Wyandotte teacher faces molestation charges

MIAMI, OK — A former Wyandotte band teacher is being held on $650,000 bail, accused of molesting two former students, District Attorney Eddie Wyant said Tuesday. Brian Matthew Rash, 38, of Joplin, Mo., was charged Monday in...

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Advocates Want Public Input on Empire Rate Request

Consumer advocates urging public to speak out on Empire District Electric rate hike in Kansas JOPLIN, Mo. November 9, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment Consumer advocates say the public should be ready to express...

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Missouri college bars tattoos for nursing students

JOPLIN, Mo. — Some Missouri Southern State University nursing school students are upset about an admission policy barring visible tattoos. The Joplin Globe reports that the policy is included in the 2009 school handbook for...

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The Joplin Globe, Mo., Mike Pound column: Mike Pound: Every day is a good day for a cheeseburger

Nov 05, 2009 (The Joplin Globe - After considering my options for a second, I decided that a cheeseburger at Waylan's Ku-Ku in Miami, Okla., sounded pretty good. When I was a teenager, I listened to music on WHB radio out of...

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