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Testing of wastewater from Jackson and Buchanan counties has revealed the presence of the highly transmissible omicron variant.

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.

University of Missouri scientists have tested about 3,000 wastewater samples from water treatment plants, prisons, veterans homes and colleges.

Scientists test wastewater to determine where the coronavirus has spread, the pandemic affects operations and visitation at Leavenworth National Cemetery, a 99-year-old WWII veteran beats COVID-19, Kansas relaxes guidelines for meatpacking workers with COVID-19 contact, and the commencement speech of a valedictorian of Oak Park High School.

Segment 1: Why a consent decree between Kansas City and the EPA is impacting how much you pay for sewer services.For close to a decade, water bills in…

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Whenever she takes people out on her boat, Vicki Richmond from the Healthy Rivers Partnership likes to ask if they know where their drinking water comes…

Water rates in Kansas City, Missouri, have soared over the last several years. The average water bill has gone from $48 in 2009 to more than $100 today.…

Earlier this month Kansas City, Missouri, residents raised their own property taxes for 20 years in part to help pay for federally-required improvements…

Residents in Liberty, Missouri, now have a $78 million wastewater treatment plant, and will no longer rely on Kansas City for processing services.The…

While scientists have gained a clearer understanding of what's causing recent earthquakes in the Great Plains, they haven't reached a point where people…