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Spelling champions from across the region will meet Monday to compete in the annual Joplin Globe Spelling Bee.

The Joplin Globe brought home 15 awards from the Missouri Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Enterprising, investigative journalism, persuasive local editorials, robust sports coverage and exposing corruption in the court system were lauded in the 2022 Best of CNHI journalism awards.

Editors note: Betty Smith was awarded a Joplin City Council proclamation earlier this month that named her a "Citizen of Distinction."

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Enterprising, investigative journalism, persuasive local editorials, robust sports coverage and exposing corruption in the court system were lauded in the 2022 Best of CNHI journalism awards.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Enterprising, investigative journalism, persuasive local editorials, robust sports coverage and exposing corruption in the court system were lauded in the 2022 Best of CNHI journalism awards.

For decades, many details of what happened in Tulsa a century ago were "rigorously suppressed," historian says

TULSA, Okla. — John W. Franklin wept as he read his grandfather’s account of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

1 of 2 KYLE PHILLIPS PHOTO / CNHI News ServicePhil Armstrong, project manager for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, awaits completion of Greenwood Rising. COURTESY OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETYThe Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed more than 1,200 homes and businesses in in 1921. TULSA, Okla. — John W. Franklin wept as he read his grandfather’s account of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The fragile, yellowing, 90-year-old document, which recounts the worst ...

1 of 3 Granny Shaffers hostess Stephanie Montez restocks freshly made pies on Wednesday at the popular restaurant, which was among hundreds of local recipients of Paycheck Protection Program loans earlier this year. Globe | Laurie Sisk Manager Michael Wiggins stands beside Christmas stockings for Granny Shaffers employees on Wednesday at the popular restaurant. Paycheck Protection Program funds have helped the business keep employees on staff. Globe | Laurie Sisk Granny ...