Drivers are hopeful for major changes coming to the area of interstate 44 and Missouri route 13 in north Springfield. The next set of improvements are planned along Kansas ... Read More

A semi-trailer partial rollover impacted traffic this morning on westbound I-44 shortly after 8 a.m. Read More

Just after 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, reports of a crash on Range Line Rd in the diverging diamond just south of I-44 alerted E-911. Read More

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

Seventy years ago, Missouri awarded its first construction contract under the new interstate highway program along the corridor that became Interstate 44. The Ozark Empire Fairgrounds opens for its ... Read More

About 7:45 a.m. Tuesday reports of a serious crash on I-44 Strafford at Strafford, Mo. CLOSED in both directions at 92 MM. Read More

Authorities are responding to a series of crashes along eastbound Interstate 44 near Mount Vernon. This comes after an initial fatal wreck involving a semi-truck fire Sunday ... Read More

JOPLIN, Mo. - Crews are responding to a crash on I-44. The crash occurred on I-44, mile marker 18.5, in the westbound lanes. The MoDOT Traveler Information Map reports that the impact happened at 1:36 ... Read More

The crash occurred on I-44, mile marker 18.5, in the westbound lanes. The MoDOT Traveler Information Map reports that the impact happened at 1:36 p.m. and that delays should be expected for about an ... Read More

Agencies from Newton County and City of Joplin responded to exit 6 / Main Street on I-44. On the MoDOT cameras we could tell immediately it was going to be a traffic issue. The initial collision was ... Read More

About 2:30 p.m. Friday afternoon reports of a head-on crash at Schifferdecker and the Belle Center curve alerted E-911. Read More

Higher Power Garage in Joplin, MO has helped 9 local families drive away with a new-to-them vehicle after completing a program that taught them basic auto maintenance, budgeting, and insurance. Read More

JASPER COUNTY, Mo. - A response is currently underway after a semi crashes on I-44. The crash, which happened less than half an hour ago (around 4:00 p.m.), happened at the 18.5-mile marker on I-44, ... Read More

The Joplin Police Department has issued an update on a fatal accident that occurred at 20th & Schifferdecker around 7:44 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 8th. The Jopl ... Read More

About 2 a.m. early Friday a vehicle crashed into a home at 20th and Harlem Ave. We are told Joplin Police are conducting a DWI crash investigation. The driver was rushed to a Joplin hospital. No one ... Read More

Traffic along I-44 Friday morning halted for miles after two reported crashes. Emergency responders were called to the reported crashes on I-44 eastbound near mile marker ... Read More

Just before 4:15 p.m. Wednesday afternoon reports of a motorcycle and vehicle crash near Hwy 37 and Joplin St alerted E-911. Read More

: The Missouri State Highway Patrol release additional information regarding the multi-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon. It involved at least six (6) vehicles that required tow. Read More

About 9:45 p.m. Sunday night a single vehicle crash, rollover pickup, I-44 westbound near 12.6 MM alerted E-911. Read More

Traffic incident @ EB I-44 - Joplin Main St exitTop Stories: Trump's approval rating Deadly Manhattan shooting Dangerous heat wave Double meteor shower U.S. and EU reach tariff deal Walmart ... Read More

2017 KIA Forte driven by a 34-year old woman from Seneca. She was traveling south on Mo-43. Also two children in her vehicle: boy, 6 and a girl, 12. Everyone involved suffered moderate injuries and ... Read More

JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) - About 1 p.m. Thursday reports of a 2-vehicle head-on crash near 25th and Davis Blvd alerted E-911. Joplin Fire, Police and METS responded. Duquesne Police also arrived to assist. Read More

Highway 43 near the intersection of Highway 43 and Interstate 44. The EPA said in a written release that the Joplin truck stop and the Iowa 80 truck stop in Walcott, Iowa, agreed to pay a total of ... Read More

As they shared memories of Copeland, they toured the property that builders hope will stand as a legacy to the Joplin boxing legend ... while walking along Interstate 44. Read More

A native of Joplin and a 1965 graduate of Joplin ... In March 2006, Copeland was struck and killed while walking along Interstate 44. The Missouri State Highway Patrol, which investigated his ... Read More

Prigmore Ave. The shooting went unreported until Gilmore's body was discovered about 5:25 p.m. the same day in a ditch along Interstate 44 east of Joplin. He had been shot in the head. Jasper County ... Read More

JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) - About 3 a.m. Tuesday reports of a serious single vehicle crash along I-44 near the Main Street exit alerted local E-911 agencies. Redings Mill Fire, Newton County Deputies and ... Read More

Aug. 27-Joplin police are withholding the name of a truck driver killed in a rollover crash Tuesday morning on Interstate 44 pending notification of family. A westbound semitruck left the roadway at ... Read More

The truck driver killed in Tuesday morning's accident at the 13-mile marker on Interstate 44 was a 58-year-old Blue Springs man working for a Kansas City transport company. Read More

Suarez's tractor-trailer involved in the crash was owned by Harcros Trucking out of Kansas City, Kansas. A corrosive chemical carried by the trailer caused a hazardous material situation when the ... Read More

Joplin Police have identified the driver of the semi-truck that died after a crash on I-44 Tuesday morning. Police say 58-year-old Mario Andres Guerrero Suarez, ... Read More

Joplin Police are working a fatality crash on the eastbound side of Interstate-44 at the Prigmore Avenue exit. Read More

The driver of a semitruck was killed at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday when his eastbound rig left the Interstate 44 roadway in Joplin, struck some median cables and rolled over. The crash at the 13-mile ... Read More

A driver from Crawford County was injured in a vehicle accident on I-44 in Pulaski County just before 4 p.m. on Thursday. The Highway Patrol says the crash occu ... Read More

A 24-year-old woman from Stillwater, Oklahoma, was killed in a crash late Friday in Joplin. According to t Police Department, at 11:04 p.m. Friday, an eastbound semitractor-trailer on Interstate 44 ... Read More

An Oklahoma woman is dead after a crash on the interstate late Friday night. Joplin police say it happened just after 11:00 p.m., when a vehicle driven by 24-year-old Rachel Binford ... Read More

A worker was killed in an industrial accident Tuesday afternoon at the Schreiber Foods plant in Carthage. Carthage police Chief Bill Hawkins said dispatchers received a call from the plant at 127 ... Read More

A Coffeyville man loses his life in a weekend car accident near Joplin. 63 year old Jim Bradshaw was traveling on I-44 when he suffered what authorities are calling a medical event, ... Read More

Multiple crashes on Interstate 44 from Afton, Oklahoma to the Missouri state line left hundreds of motorists stalled for more than 14 hours, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. Read More

Several cows had to be euthanized after they were injured in an accident on I-44 near Joplin. According to the Joplin Police Department, the accident happened around 1 p.m. when an ... Read More

An early morning crash has closed all west bound lanes of I-44 east of the I-44 and Highway 65 interchange at mile marker 82.6. The flyover of 65 merging onto I-44 towards Joplin is open. Traffic ... Read More

Multiple heads of cattle are roaming around I-44, along E. 32nd St. following a multi-tractor trailer wreck. Following at least one cattle carrier's wreck along I-44 around 1 ... Read More