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A parasite that causes severe diarrhea has sickened hundreds in Kansas and Missouri. Federal officials are still investigating the cause of the outbreak, but it’s making some people scrutinize where their produce comes from.
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Missouri Independent
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Missouri Independent
@kcur893 A historic building in downtown Kansas City could be demolished for a 20-story data center. The project has already received significant resistance from local residents and community groups, but now there’s questions about whether the developer even wants to build it. The Miami-based private equity fund, Revitalization Unlimited, has proposed tearing down the Western Newspaper Union building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. But even the developer’s CEO admits he’s not sure if the data center tower plan is financially viable. KCUR’s Cassandra Isobelle Flores reports on what’s going on with this data center proposal. 🎤Hosted by Cassandra Isobelle Flores 📹Filmed and produced by Zach Perez 🖥️Edited by Gabe Rosenberg #kansascity #datacenter #ai ♬ original sound - KCUR - Kansas City
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The state usually logs around a dozen or so cases annually of the parasitic disease, which infects the digestive system and causes severe gastrointestinal symptoms. -
Mia Bieniemy, the wife of Chiefs' Offensive Coordinator Eric Bieniemy, is reportedly in stable condition after being shot multiple times at the family’s home in Ashburn, Virginia, on Sunday night. The couple’s 27-year-old son has been charged and is being held in the county detention center. -
Local schools, businesses and organizations are making sure Kansas City area students have everything they need when they head back to class next month. -
When Congress allowed Affordable Care Act tax credits to lapse, healthcare premiums spiked for millions of Americans — especially self-employed farmers and ranchers. That added cost is multiplying the stress on their already stretched balance sheets. -
V Modern Italian restaurant is the first tenant confirmed for the Cocina 47 development. It plans a late 2026 or early 2027 opening. -
The pondberry shrub is rare in the wild because of the way it reproduces and the loss of its wetland habitats. It faces destruction from a non-native beetle and the fungus it carries. -
After opening this spring, the Rock Island Bridge development over the Kansas River welcomed scores of soccer fans for World Cup watch parties. The development is planning to host more festivals, public art, expanded historical programming and new retail opportunities. -
As part of a rise of "granny core" hobbies among young people, quilting is going strong in Kansas City. Take classes at these local shops, and then explore quilting museums and festivals around the region. -
The flooding hit during the high season for summer tourism in southeast Missouri. Residents flock to this part of the state to hike, camp and float on the area's pristine gravel-bottomed rivers and streams.
A break-in at a Kansas farmhouse unearthed a trove of artifacts from Maud Wagner, one of the country’s first known female commercial tattoo artists. A new episode of A People's History of Kansas City explores.
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