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JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) — KOAM is helping to sponsor this event! Not everyone can travel to see the full eclipse which will be viewable about 3 hours away so Downtown

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. (KOAM) — With Route 66 in the background Senator Jerry Moran and Baxter Springs Police Chief Brian Henderson spoke to the media Thursday afternoon regarding some technology

A recently announced expansion of the Oronogo-Duenweg Mining Belt Superfund Site to include all of Jasper County will have more impact on residents in the eastern part of the county

Kenny Neal passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the The Joplin Globe on 2024-02-23.

Ronald Hawley Sr.,81, of Butler, died on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. Graveside services was held on Sunday, Jan. 7, at Wares Grove Cemetery in Butler with the Rev. Mike Plummer officiating. Hough and …

SENECA, Mo. — Seneca Police Chief James Altic tells KOAM’s Shannon Becker the male who fled into a wooded area is in custody.

SOCORRO, NEW MEXICO—Just north of Socorro, a squat, square building sits on the west side of Interstate-25. There’s a gate across the driveway, but it’s wide open. And it’s easy enough to drive right onto the Eagle Picher Carefree Battery Superfund site. There are signs of other visitors, too: Fresh graffiti graces the walls, inside […]

Bipartisan support for the project has been praised

ONTARIO Michael Barry Leavitt passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 1st, 2020. He was surrounded by family he loved. Mike was born September 7th, 1946, in Nyssa, Oregon to his wonderful parents Orson & Dorothy Leavitt. He was the third of six children. He completed high school in Nyssa, and enlisted in the U.S. Army, receiving an honorable discharge in 1966. He married Elizabeth (Cookie) Cole on May 1st, 1969. She passed away November 1st, 1971. Mike met and fell in love with Linda Moore....