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Whether it's a day trip or staycation, there are plenty of ways to explore the historic river towns found along the Missouri River — the longest river in North America.
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The case, which began as a garden-variety employment lawsuit, has morphed into a First Amendment battle.
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Enslaved people risked everything to escape Missouri for Kansas — even walking across a frozen riverSlavery in Missouri is rarely discussed, but unique geography in its western region helped create a treacherous set of circumstances for the enslaved.
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On Tuesday, the Department of Health and Senior Services issued a hotspot advisory, the first in almost a month, for seven counties in northwest Missouri.
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On any given night, an estimated 943 people in rural Kansas and 1,569 people in rural Missouri are homeless. But the actual numbers are likely far greater.
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Small museums in St. Joseph, Missouri, preserve the legacies of the Pony Express, Jesse James, even bygone psychiatric treatments. After a year of slow visitor traffic, operators are looking ahead to vaccinations and summer vacations.
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In the turbulent years following the Civil War, around 27,000 former slaves migrated to Kansas. They called themselves "exodusters" and they were fleeing Jim Crow laws. Some of them are remembered in a portrait exhibition of an African-American community in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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A federal report predicts Missouri will have a shortage of more than 1,200 primary care providers by 2025.
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Most cases appear to be connected to the Triumph Foods plant in St. Joseph, Missouri, and the Lansing Correctional Facility.
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Hundreds of people have signed a petition to close the Triumph Foods plant for one week.
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The posthumous resurgence of interest in Kansas City artist Arthur Kraft, who died in 1977, continues to gain momentum.In the past 20 years, two major…
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