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JASPER COUNTY, Mo. — Sunday morning just before 9:45 a.m. reports of a church bus rear-ended by an SUV on MO-96 near CR230 alerted Jasper County E911. Oronogo Fire Dept, Oronogo Police Dept, Jasper County Deputies and METS ambulance responded. Missouri State Highway Patrol were notified. On the scene we are told by Tpr B.D. Vaught of Troop D, five...

NEWTON CO, Mo — The city of Carthage is mourning the death of one of its employees. Saturday night 51-year-old Brian Bradley was killed in an ATV accident. Bradley was the Superintendent of the Carthage Parks and Recreation department. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol the crash happened...

Two area men died in separate highway crashes Saturday evening. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 57-year-old Wayne E. Sprenkle of Jasper died around 7:40 p.m. Saturday on I-49 about two miles south of Sheldon when he swerved his southbound motorcycle to avoid an object in the roadway. He lost...

JOPLIN METRO AREA — Two separate and unrelated motorcycle crashes claimed the lives of two local men on Saturday according to reports from Missouri State Highway Patrol. One man was a longtime city of Carthage employee, the city released a statement Sunday morning. BARTON COUNTY, Mo. — Trooper B O’Sullivan of Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a Jasper, Mo. man...

PITTSBURG, Ks. — While it may not be until tomorrow, the 4th of July spirit is alive throughout the Four States. Sunday kicked off the 34th Annual Pittsburg 4th of July Celebration. Lincoln park was transformed into a local vendor paradise, while kids were able to to enjoy the...

NEWTON COUNTY —A Missouri man died in an accident just after 9p.m. Saturday in Newton County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2021 CF Moto Z950 driven by Brian A. Bradley, 51, Diamond, was eastbound on Eldon Road 4 five miles west of Diamond. The vehicle traveled off...

JOPLIN, Mo. – The SET Ranch Prosperity Club today hosted its first ‘Royal Slaab Car Show & East Town Cruise’. Car enthusiasts met today at Northpark Mall in Joplin to check out what 4-State auto-enthusiasts had to offer. Officials say the cars that are part of the...

JOPLIN, Mo. – On Saturday officials say just before midnight a passerby saw flames at a duplex in the Joplin housing authority complex at 409 South Ozark. When fire officials arrived, they found heavy smoke and flames showing. No one was home at one of the duplexes, however, emergency responders rescued a wheelchair bound resident from the other duplex. The Fire Marshall has been called in to investigate the cause of the fire, however, officials say it appears the fire started in the shared attic space above and spread between the two units. Click here to read more about this story.

SHELDON, Mo. — A Jasper man is dead following a motorcycle crash last night in Barton County. It happened just before 8 PM just two miles South of Sheldon. 57-year-old Wayne Sprenkle was traveling South on Interstate-49 when he swerved to avoid an item in the roadway. According to...

The Joplin Parks & Recreation Department and Missouri Southern State University are teaming up for a special Independence Day program the evening of Monday, July 4th. This event will be held at Fred G. Hughes Stadium at MSSU. Food vendors will open at 5:30 p.m. in the stadium parking lot.

Of all the potential career options, the least likely one for many of us is beekeeper. If you don't believe me, you should see how a Carthage, Missouri beekeeper moves a huge colony from a tree to an aviary. I just saw this interesting video dropped on Rumble a few...

JOPLIN METRO — Each year we compile a list of dates and locations, towns and events sharing large community fireworks displays. If you have one to add let us know!  Here are the rules/regs within the City of Joplin according to municipal code. JULY 4TH WEEKEND JULY 3 (Sun) Bella Vista, Ark. at Lake Lomond JULY 3 (Sun) Branson, Mo....

NOEL, Mo. — Social media can be a powerful tool, and over the past week it helped reunite someone with something very important to them. A local family saw this in full effect, as their usual summer tradition took an interesting turn. “Just finding the owner, just finding the...

NEVADA, Mo. – (WATCH) Carl Junction High School product Carson Johnson goes 2-3 with a double and 3 RBI, helping the Joplin Outlaws roll by the Nevada Griffons 12-1 Sunday night. Outlaws pitchers only allowed two Nevada hits on the night. COPYRIGHT 2022 BY KOAM NEWS NOW. ALL RIGHTS...

MIAMI, Okla. – The Miami Police Department is investigating the rape of a juvenile girl, Miami Police Chief Thomas Anderson confirmed Friday. Anderson said detectives are investigating the allegations and declined to comment on the investigation other than to say no suspect is in custody. Anyone with information is...

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kans. — A months-long investigation into a drug distribution and possession operation in Baxter Springs resulted in four arrests Thursday. Early in the afternoon on June 30th, Baxter Springs Police and deputies with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant at 2400 Lincoln Ave., according to a Facebook post by BSPD.

The driver of a tipple jet-powered semi-truck, known as SHOCKWAVE, was killed this Independence Day weekend, in what authorities are calling a "horrific accident" that occurred during a performance at an air show in Michigan.

SENECA, Mo. — A Southwest Missouri tradition brought the city of Seneca to life. This weekend marked the return of Seneca’s Fourth of July celebration. Festivities kicked off Friday with a car show and cornhole tournament. The celebration picked back up again Saturday with the annual parade through...