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The Nevada Fire Department is adding a fifth crew member to each shift, funded by the City of Nevada, to help prevent de...
01/07/2026

The Nevada Fire Department is adding a fifth crew member to each shift, funded by the City of Nevada, to help prevent delays in both medical and fire responses.

The Seneca R-7 School District is taking steps to prevent the spread of illness, such as hand washing, covering coughs a...
01/07/2026

The Seneca R-7 School District is taking steps to prevent the spread of illness, such as hand washing, covering coughs and sneezes, and deep cleaning classrooms and frequently wiping down surfaces,…

The Joplin Police Department has launched a new anonymous app called “Joplin PD” that allows the public to share informa...
01/07/2026

The Joplin Police Department has launched a new anonymous app called “Joplin PD” that allows the public to share information with law enforcement online.

Neosho Boys Basketball’s Zach Forsythe is our Athlete of the Week! Averaging 14.33 PPG and 6.6 RPG, the Wildcats’ big ma...
01/07/2026

Neosho Boys Basketball’s Zach Forsythe is our Athlete of the Week! Averaging 14.33 PPG and 6.6 RPG, the Wildcats’ big man is coming off a dominant stretch at the Neosho Holiday Classic.…

“You can see the food pyramid here,” Kennedy said during a press conference, gesturing to the chart behind him. “It’s up...
01/07/2026

“You can see the food pyramid here,” Kennedy said during a press conference, gesturing to the chart behind him. “It’s upside-down, a lot of you will say. But it was actually…

The U.S. seized two oil tankers linked to Venezuela early Wednesday morning, one that was flying a Russian flag, drawing...
01/07/2026

The U.S. seized two oil tankers linked to Venezuela early Wednesday morning, one that was flying a Russian flag, drawing pushback from Moscow. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem …

The White House on Wednesday unveiled new dietary guidelines, with officials calling it the “most significant reset of f...
01/07/2026

The White House on Wednesday unveiled new dietary guidelines, with officials calling it the “most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in history.” The new guidelines were repr…

Gorillas men’s basketball gets the win on the road against the Lions. HIGHLIGHTS HERE:
01/07/2026

Gorillas men’s basketball gets the win on the road against the Lions. HIGHLIGHTS HERE:

Authorities are investigating the death of a woman found unresponsive inside the Webb City Jail.
01/07/2026

Authorities are investigating the death of a woman found unresponsive inside the Webb City Jail.

Lions women’s basketball knocked off the unbeaten in MIAA play and #11 Pitt State Gorillas at Robert Ellis Young Gymnas...
01/07/2026

Lions women’s basketball knocked off the unbeaten in MIAA play and #11 Pitt State Gorillas at Robert Ellis Young Gymnasium. HIGHLIGHTS HERE:

Idania Monterroso Ortiz was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to DWI resulting in death, after cr...
01/07/2026

Idania Monterroso Ortiz was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to DWI resulting in death, after crossing into Irvin Roach’s lane of traffic and causing a head-on collisi…

Nevada is moving closer to reopening a community pool, which has been closed since 2021, with a renovation project estim...
01/07/2026

Nevada is moving closer to reopening a community pool, which has been closed since 2021, with a renovation project estimated to cost $7.2 million and funded by a general city sales tax approved by …

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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.