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WATCH: The Fort Scott Tigers took care of business in a double-digit victory on the road versus Pittsburg.
01/14/2026

WATCH: The Fort Scott Tigers took care of business in a double-digit victory on the road versus Pittsburg.

As the number of bed bug cases continue to increase, first responders are becoming more at risk of encountering the pest...
01/14/2026

As the number of bed bug cases continue to increase, first responders are becoming more at risk of encountering the pests, especially when dispatched to private residences.

It was a record-setting night in the home opener for Webb City Boys Basketball against McDonald County. 7 Cardinals fini...
01/14/2026

It was a record-setting night in the home opener for Webb City Boys Basketball against McDonald County. 7 Cardinals finished with 10+ points, recording the largest win margin since 2008. See more d…

Charges have been filed after an 18-year-old Girard student was shot to death at Schlanger Park Friday night.
01/14/2026

Charges have been filed after an 18-year-old Girard student was shot to death at Schlanger Park Friday night.

WATCH: After a back-and-forth battle, the Purple Dragons came out on top versus the visiting Lady Tigers on its home flo...
01/14/2026

WATCH: After a back-and-forth battle, the Purple Dragons came out on top versus the visiting Lady Tigers on its home floor.

Lawrence County prosecutors have dismissed local child po*******hy charges against a former police officer after the cas...
01/14/2026

Lawrence County prosecutors have dismissed local child po*******hy charges against a former police officer after the case moved to federal court.

Multiple fire crews responded to a house fire in Nevada this morning that authorities say was intentionally set.
01/14/2026

Multiple fire crews responded to a house fire in Nevada this morning that authorities say was intentionally set.

“There’s already at least 100,000 of these across the country. And most people don’t seem to even know that. So we’re al...
01/14/2026

“There’s already at least 100,000 of these across the country. And most people don’t seem to even know that. So we’re all really concerned about it,”

It’s a pretty serious time right now for the USD 250 in Pittsburg.
01/13/2026

It’s a pretty serious time right now for the USD 250 in Pittsburg.

The ballot is now set for Joplin’s city council race in April.
01/13/2026

The ballot is now set for Joplin’s city council race in April.

The McDonald County R-I School District Board of Education has approved $1.2 million for a major upgrade to the home sid...
01/13/2026

The McDonald County R-I School District Board of Education has approved $1.2 million for a major upgrade to the home side of the McDonald County High School football stadium.

We sat down with JPD Chief Pearson to talk about Joplin’s new app to help anonymously report crime and discussed the rec...
01/13/2026

We sat down with JPD Chief Pearson to talk about Joplin’s new app to help anonymously report crime and discussed the recent controversy surrounding the Flock cameras.

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July 2018 - Joplin News 1st (#joplinnewsfirst) joins www.fourstateshomepage.com as digital reporter.

KODE-TV, virtual channel 12 (UHF digital channel 43), is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Joplin, Missouri, United States and also serving Pittsburg, Kansas. The station is owned by Mission Broadcasting; Nexstar Media Group, which owns NBC affiliate KSNF (channel 16, also licensed to Joplin), operates KODE-TV under joint sales and shared services agreements. The two stations share studios and transmitter facilities at 1502 South Cleveland Avenue in Joplin.

The station began broadcasting on September 26, 1954 as KSWM-TV (for SouthWestern Missouri) and was a primary CBS affiliate, but shared ABC with then-NBC affiliate KOAM-TV. It was locally founded by Austin Harrison who also owned radio station KODE AM 1230 (now KZYM). It originally operated from studios and transmitter located on West 13th Street in Joplin. Harrison sold the station to Friendly Broadcasting, owners of WSTV (now WTOV-TV) in Steubenville, Ohio in 1956. In 1957, the call letters were changed to the current KODE-TV.

Friendly then sold both KODE and WRGP (now WRCB) in Chattanooga, Tennessee to Massachusetts-based United Printers & Publishers in 1961. Gilmore Broadcasting of Kalamazoo, Michigan bought the KODE stations in 1962.