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In the 1960s, Chinese American chef David Leong invented his own version of American fried chicken and gravy. But what started as one man's savvy business decision became a hit dish for hundreds of restaurants around Springfield, Missouri.
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Missouri claims the creation of two iconic, innovative Chinese dishes — but Springfield cashew chicken and the St. Paul sandwich in St. Louis are more than local curiosities. Each dish tells a story of immigrants who arrived in Missouri and “cooked to survive.”
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Younger children, who cannot yet be vaccinated, are among those who may be more susceptible to the more-contagious variant.
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Vaccinations have increased in Missouri's hardest-hit areas but remain far below levels needed to stop COVID-19 from spreading.
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The outbreak of COVID-19 in southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas has become the nation's largest and is mostly driven by the highly contagious delta variant.
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Vaccination rates in Kansas City, Missouri, and some metro counties are lower than in Joplin, where a Delta-variant surge is driving one of the highest new case rates in the state.
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Hospitals in southwest Missouri are seeing a major increase in Covid-19 patients as the Delta variant expands in the state and the number of vaccinated people remains low.
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Southwest Missouri hospitals are strained because of the Delta variant, and unwelcomed turkey vultures inundate Salina, Kansas.
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Parts of rural Missouri are experiencing a rise in case numbers due to the more easily transmissible Delta variant.
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With state vaccination rates stagnating, the coronavirus variant is flourishing in parts of Missouri and a partnership between KCUR and The Beacon dives into the what the pandemic has revealed about longstanding inequities.
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Four Confederate monuments have been taken down since 2015, representing 20% of the state's total.
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Update: The Springfield Police Department said Christopher Walsh is a Springfield native who graduated from Glendale High School before attending Ozarks...