Rachel Lippmann
Justice ReporterRachel Lippmann covers courts, public safety and city politics for St. Louis Public Radio. (She jokingly refers to them as the “nothing ever happens beats.”) She joined the NPR Member station in her hometown in 2008, after spending two years in Lansing covering the Michigan Capitol and various other state political shenanigans for NPR Member stations there. Though she’s a native St. Louisan, part of her heart definitely remains in the Mitten. (And no, she’s not going to tell you where she went to high school.)
Rachel has an undergraduate degree from the Medill School of Journalism, and a master’s in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield. When she’s not busy pursuing the latest scoop, you can find her mentoring her Big Brothers Big Sisters match, hitting the running and biking paths in south St. Louis, catching the latest sporting event on TV, playing with every dog she possibly can, or spending time with the great friends she’s met in more than nine years in this city.
Rachel’s on Twitter @rlippmann. Even with 240 characters, spellings are still phonetic.
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Nate Hayward has spent more than 30 years with St. Louis County. He will replace Doug Burris, who led the City Justice Center on an interim basis after the previous commissioner was fired. -
Acting Director Jonell Coleman has spent 25 years in correctional settings, including more than 15 years in St. Louis County. -
Sarah Russell had worked for the City Emergency Management Agency since 2010, and became a deputy commissioner in 2012. They were named CEMA commissioner in 2021. -
The external report released Monday confirmed earlier findings that the city lacked clear policies around who would activate sirens in severe weather. But it also found out-of-date emergency plans and a leadership vacuum in the hours and days after the storm. -
The external report places most of the blame on City Emergency Management Agency Commissioner Sarah Russell, who was put on leave May 20. -
Mayor Cara Spencer sent a letter to state officials in July asking for federal help with debris removal. -
Mayor Cara Spencer’s administration has been telegraphing such a move since May. -
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey had asked the judges to review a temporary pause on the enforcement of the state’s near-total ban on abortion and other regulations designed to make the procedure more difficult to obtain. -
Chaman Silverio Balbuena, 31, is accused of helping route cash from the victims to the Dominican Republic. -
Tonia Haddix pleaded guilty in March to perjury and obstruction of justice. She was subsequently arrested last month after federal law enforcement found a secret chimpanzee on her property in Camden County, violating several terms of her bond. -
No one was injured in the fire, which damaged three vehicles. The Regional Bomb and Arson Squad and the FBI are also investigating -
The multimedia art installation and reporting project features six original portraits by local artist Cbabi Bayoc, inspired by a years-long investigation by St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and The Marshall Project into the more than 1,000 unsolved homicides over the last decade.
