City of Joplin, Missouri
city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County, Missouri, USAwww.joplinmo.org
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Sep 12, 2026
Greg DienerHOST
Oh, updates to the map.
Greg DienerHOST
Springfield, Joplin, and Columbia, Missouri.
Greg DienerHOST
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Greg DienerHOST
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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He is facing federal drug charges after he was accused of trying to plant drugs on his opponent.
Shane HewittHOST
According to an affidavit filed in support of the complaint, the FBI received a call from Janus Police on Thursday, July 10th regarding a public corruption matter in Joplin.
Shane HewittHOST
If politicians in the states are hiding drugs on each other, doesn't that explain a lot about politics in the states?
Ryan O'DonnellHOST
So much.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I had just got a radio job.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I was in Joplin.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I was going to school.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I got a radio job.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
Missouri Southern had a basketball game that Friday, so I had to go work.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I couldn't just say I'm not coming back.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
So on Black Friday, I drove from Joplin back to, or from Kansas City to Joplin.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I'm watching MUKU and OA at chatters.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I had just got a radio job.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I was in Joplin.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I was going to school.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I got a radio job.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
Missouri Southern had a basketball game that Friday, so I had to go work.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I couldn't just say, I'm not coming back.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
So on Black Friday, I drove from Joplin back to – or from Kansas City to Joplin.
Carrington HarrisonHOST
I'm watching – M-U-K-U and O-A at Chatters.
Tom PollardHOST
I worked my first radio gig.
Tom PollardHOST
I worked overnight in Joplin, Missouri.
Tom PollardHOST
I was a talk show host.
Tom PollardHOST
And then when the show was over, I was a top 40 DJ.
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Tom PollardHOST
Oh.
Tom PollardHOST
And so he got us into, like, we got into the Younger Brothers, we got into the Daltons, we got into Jesse James, that whole outlaw gang.
Tom PollardHOST
And my first radio gig was in Joplin, Joplin, Missouri, just outside of Webb City, or just outside of Joplin's Webb City, where...
Tom PollardHOST
No, I'm drawing a blank.
Angela RyeHOST
This is what they say.
Angela RyeHOST
"Thomas Christopher Ross, 37, is 37, of Joplin, Missouri, a Missouri state representative candidate, has been charged by criminal complaint for conspiring to distribute a controlled substance to plant on his political opponent." What happened to him? What TV show did he watch where he thought this was a good idea?
Bakari SellersHOST
Probably, um, what's the show with my girl Kerry Washington in it?
Angela RyeHOST
Scandal?
Jeff ShapiroNARRATOR
Peter Forteman and his wife, Katja Weinert, spent about $10,000 each to join Mr. Wurz's tour, a bucket list item that included flights from Germany and motorcycles that they rented in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Jeff ShapiroNARRATOR
Patrick Tuttle, the director of Visit Joplin in Missouri, said that visitors from 45 countries signed the guestbook in City Hall last year when people from outside the United States spent $5.7 million in Joplin, a majority of whom were probably travelers on Route 66.
Jeff ShapiroNARRATOR
Mike Cowan, who turned a gas station into a gift shop in Williams, Arizona, said that about 60% of his customers were from abroad.
Jeff ShapiroNARRATOR
Yet, it can be an edgy time for international visitors to travel through America.
Mike HarbitHOST
So, uh, you've been doing this for a little while now, so, uh, tell us more about, uh, the Neves Invitational and what you expect out of it.
Clay WheelerGUEST
Um, well, we have Carthage, Webb City, Joplin, and Monett coming.
Clay WheelerGUEST
Um, it's always a fun little meet.
Clay WheelerGUEST
Um, it's just a good chance, um, for our boys to be able to be in front of the home crowd and, and showcase what they can do.
Clay WheelerGUEST
Um, just like hosting your home meet, if you can host an outdoor meet at the beginning of the season, that's just a little something special, too.
Clay WheelerGUEST
Um, just a different environment than we're used to, getting outside in the fresh air.
Clay WheelerGUEST
So, um, we get to go to the Joplin Outdoor usually every year if it doesn't get rained out, which happens a lot, uh, with-
Mike HarbitHOST
[laughs]
Zak PaineHOST
His name is Thomas Christopher Ross.
Zak PaineHOST
He's 37 years old of Joplin, Missouri.
Zak PaineHOST
He was charged two days ago Wednesday in federal court with one count of conspiring to distribute a controlled substance.
Zak PaineHOST
Ross won the Republican nomination for Missouri House District 161 in August.
Zak PaineHOST
Absolutely nothing.
Zak PaineHOST
Now, according to an FBI affidavit, Ross allegedly asked his former campaign manager, identified in court documents only as CS, to plant drugs on his primary opponent, Louise Kirchen Secker.
Zak PaineHOST
Now, the alleged plot reportedly began to unravel on July 30th when the former campaign manager contacted the Joplin Police Department about what the authorities described as a public corruption matter.
Zak PaineHOST
The campaign manager turned over a black nylon glove he claimed Ross had provided.
Jeff ShapiroNARRATOR
Peter Forteman and his wife, Katja Weinert, spent about $10,000 each to join Mr. Wurz's tour, a bucket list item that included flights from Germany and motorcycles that they rented in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Jeff ShapiroNARRATOR
Patrick Tuttle, the director of Visit Joplin in Missouri, said that visitors from 45 countries signed the guestbook in City Hall last year when people from outside the United States spent $5.7 million in Joplin, a majority of whom were probably travelers on Route 66.
Jeff ShapiroNARRATOR
Mike Cowan, who turned a gas station into a gift shop in Williams, Arizona, said that about 60% of his customers were from abroad.
Jeff ShapiroNARRATOR
Yet, it can be an edgy time for international visitors to travel through America.
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