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The life of former Neosho Police Chief, Jason Baird is celebrated by friends, family, and local law enforcement.
07/12/2025

The life of former Neosho Police Chief, Jason Baird is celebrated by friends, family, and local law enforcement.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol worked the crash and said the driver of the truck, a 77-year-old Webb City woman, was ...
07/12/2025

The Missouri State Highway Patrol worked the crash and said the driver of the truck, a 77-year-old Webb City woman, was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

(KODE & KSN) — Improvements to a southeast Kansas highway take another step forward. Next week, crews from the Kansas De...
07/12/2025

(KODE & KSN) — Improvements to a southeast Kansas highway take another step forward. Next week, crews from the Kansas Department of Transportation will begin field surveys for potential project…

BIG BLUE: A Kansas man caught a monster sized blue catfish that broke the record for largest caught in the state. He ca...
07/11/2025

BIG BLUE: A Kansas man caught a monster sized blue catfish that broke the record for largest caught in the state. He caught the big catfish using a rod and reel with common carp used for bait.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A Missouri angler has broken a more than decade-old catfish record in Kansas by nearly 20 pounds. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) reports on its website the…

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07/11/2025

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Tooth pain prompted Sarah Woolsey to use the “Oral Health Center” at KCU’s College of Dental Medicine. Dr. Cierra Barton...
07/11/2025

Tooth pain prompted Sarah Woolsey to use the “Oral Health Center” at KCU’s College of Dental Medicine. Dr. Cierra Barton diagnosed a couple of issues that got a quick fix and poin…

Christian County Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Adams and his wife, Ashley, both died June 30th when their minivan was struck by ...
07/11/2025

Christian County Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Adams and his wife, Ashley, both died June 30th when their minivan was struck by a suspect running from police.

UPDATE: The juvenile has been located and is safe according to the Jasper County Sheriff's office.
07/11/2025

UPDATE: The juvenile has been located and is safe according to the Jasper County Sheriff's office.

Officials with the Galena Police Department and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office had boots on the ground today in se...
07/11/2025

Officials with the Galena Police Department and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office had boots on the ground today in search of a man they believe is wanted on two felony warrants out of Kans…

What's your favorite style of fry? Curly? Shoestring? Steak? Crinkle? Find out each of the Four States favorite fry in t...
07/11/2025

What's your favorite style of fry? Curly? Shoestring? Steak? Crinkle? Find out each of the Four States favorite fry in this breakdown of all 50 states:

A survey attempted to determine each state’s preferred variety of french fries, gathering results from 5,000 respondents this year.

A federal funding freeze is putting a budget crunch on the Boys and Girls Club of Southwest Missouri.
07/11/2025

A federal funding freeze is putting a budget crunch on the Boys and Girls Club of Southwest Missouri.

The CDC calculated there were 8.4 million children between the ages of 12 and 17 who were labeled prediabetic — or those...
07/11/2025

The CDC calculated there were 8.4 million children between the ages of 12 and 17 who were labeled prediabetic — or those whose blood sugar level may be higher than normal — that year, putting them at risk of developing type 2 diabetes or other health problems like heart disease and stroke.

More than 30 percent of American teenagers were considered prediabetic in 2023, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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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.