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3 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Bobbie Pottorff
KSNF/KODE — We want to say a big hello to the newest member of the KSN/KODE family. Our very own Jessica Schaer and her husband Tyler welcomed Colter Chase into the world on Good Friday. Colter was 7 pounds and 9 1/2 ounces. Jessica will be off the air for a while, enjoying her beautiful bundle of joy.
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4 days ago | 
fourstateshomepage.com | Bobbie Pottorff
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4 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Bobbie Pottorff
Tom Perry, better known by his stage name “Hank Rotten Jr”, passed away today after complications from a stroke. Hank Rotten graced the airwaves of KSN for decades, at least 20 years and over one-thousand episodes of his Friday Night at the Movies. Hank also co-hosted the KSN morning show, Local News Today, for at least ten years. General Manager of KSN and KODE, John Hoffmann, said it is hard to put into words what this loss means to the community. Hank will truly be missed by all.
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6 days ago | 
fourstateshomepage.com | Bobbie Pottorff
JASPER COUNTY, Mo. — There were a few tense moments for some Jasper County deputies Friday afternoon. Deputies were on patrol on Harmony Road east of Carthage around 12:30. That’s when they say this (below) maroon car veered into their lane of traffic, nearly hitting them head-on. Deputies turned around and went after the vehicle. They say the man drove off the road, side swiping a utility pole, stopping when he hit trees in a wooded area. After crashing the man fled into the wooded area.
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6 days ago | 
fourstateshomepage.com | Bobbie Pottorff
Posted: Apr 18, 2025 / 12:59 PM CDT Updated: Apr 18, 2025 / 01:27 PM CDT SHARE JOPLIN, Mo. — Travelers be alert that there is a crash in the westbound lanes of I-44 at the 6.6 mile marker. The crash is in the construction zone on the bridges over Main Street. A tractor trailer collided with a pickup truck.
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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Bobbie Pottorff
JOPLIN, Mo. — Travelers be alert that there is a crash in the westbound lanes of I-44 at the 6.6 mile marker. The crash is in the construction zone on the bridges over Main Street. A tractor trailer collided with a pickup truck. This is the area of the construction zone where the two westbound lanes split. A live look taken from the traffic camera at Mile Marker 6.6Traffic is slowly backing up on I-44 from the Main Street exit east to Range Line. It is moving, but it is very slow.
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1 week ago | 
fourstateshomepage.com | Dustin Lattimer |Bobbie Pottorff
JOPLIN, Mo. — Members of the Joplin Special Road District and Newton County Commissioners gathered this evening to discuss a proposal that would dissolve the agency. A petition that would dissolve the Joplin Special Road District was recently started in Jasper County. The road district serves mostly Jasper County residents, but a section of Newton County does fall within the district’s service area.
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1 week ago | 
fox4kc.com | Bobbie Pottorff
Posted: Apr 17, 2025 / 07:51 AM CDT Updated: Apr 17, 2025 / 08:23 AM CDT Madison Thompson and Whitney Henderson entered their guilty pleas in Crawford County Court to amended charges. Madison ThompsonWhitney HendersonThompson pleaded guilty to aggravated battery, aggravated child endangerment, two additional counts of child endangerment, and possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Bobbie Pottorff
PITTSBURG, Kan. — The two daycare workers charged with abusing and neglecting an infant left in their care pleaded guilty Wednesday. Madison Thompson and Whitney Henderson entered their guilty pleas in Crawford County Court to amended charges. Thompson pleaded guilty to aggravated battery, aggravated child endangerment, two additional counts of child endangerment, and possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.
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1 week ago | 
fourstateshomepage.com | Bobbie Pottorff
PITTSBURG, Kan. — The two daycare workers charged with abusing and neglecting an infant left in their care pleaded guilty Wednesday. Madison Thompson and Whitney Henderson entered their guilty pleas in Crawford County Court to amended charges. Thompson pleaded guilty to aggravated battery, aggravated child endangerment, two additional counts of child endangerment, and possession of marijuana and paraphernalia.
