A second public meeting will be held Thursday in Joplin for those interested in a planning study for the Missouri Highway 171 / 249 corridor and t West Corridor, the Missouri Department of ... Read More

Carl Junction Fire, Police and METS ambulance responded. On scene we learn the trailer was an oversized load that got high-centered on the crossing. Eyewitness video show the trailer across the CPKC ... Read More

KOAMtrafficalert Carl Junction 171 / 96 / YY roundabout. Semi trash hauler loses load, NE corner of roundabout affecting 96WB to 171NB. Read More

On Sunday night, a collision between a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer in Carl Junction, Missouri left one person dead and three others injured, including a three-year-old child. Read More

An 18-year-old man from Cherokee-Kansas suffered minor injuries in a one-vehicle accident just before 10:30 last night on Missouri 171 -- about 5 miles north of ... Read More

The speed limit has changed on a busy Carl Junction roadway. MODOT has lowered the speed limit on Z highway, from Roney to JJ to 40 miles per hour and the schoo ... Read More

A Carthage area bridge will close to traffic for the next several weeks. Crews will begin a $2.8 million project to replace the Missouri Route 96 bridge over Route 171, just west of Carthage, ... Read More

JASPER COUNTY, Mo. (KOAM) - About 2 p.m. Monday reports of a crash at the 4-way stop Lone Elm Rd and Fountain Rd, alerted E-911. Carl Junction Fire, Jasper County Deputies and METS responded. Missouri ... Read More

One driver is dead. The other faces charges after a fatal crash Saturday afternoon on Missouri Route 171 three miles northeast of Asbury. It happened when a southbound 2010 Honda CRV driven by a ... Read More

About 5 p.m. Monday reports of a tractor-trailer overturned on Mo-96 ramp to westbound Mo-171 at Carthage, Mo. Oak Street exit alerted Jasper County E-911. Read More

A two vehicle crash on Missouri 171 south of Brooklyn Heights around 12:30 yesterday ... The Patrol report says Barnard and a passenger, 18-year-old Zildjian Sylva, were transferred to a Joplin ... Read More

Drivers used to traveling between Joplin and Pittsburg, Kansas, on Missouri Highway 171 will have to find an alternate route for a couple of months starting this coming week. Read More

CARL JUNCTION, Mo. - The Highway 171 bridge over Center Creek reopened to traffic on Thursday afternoon, the Missouri Department of Transportation announced. Read More

The bridge on Missouri Highway 171 over Center Creek in Carl Junction reopened to traffic today, the Missouri Department of Transportation has announced. Read More