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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The June 19 crash caused enough damage that the bridge will have to be demolished. -
The bridge allows for pedestrian access from West Pine Avenue across Forest Park Parkway. It crosses the road at 14½ feet.
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The grant will help Calhoun County’s Historic Preservation Commission study what needs to be done to turn a 1900s house into a visitor center for the Perrin’s Ledge historic site. -
The new map breaks the Kansas-City-based district of Democrat Emmanuel Cleaver into three in an effort to make it more Republican-leaning. -
Bi-State CEO Taulby Roach says he wishes he could have built the north-south MetroLink line, but the project no longer made economic sense for the city. -
Joelle Fouse pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in April. She stole nearly $700,000 from a charity for adults with intellectual disabilities to cover personal expenses, then falsified records to cover up the theft. -
The complaint is the second one Tom Sullivan has filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission. The commission could not act on the first one because it lacked a quorum. -
Mark and Patricia McCloskey were forced to surrender the weapons after pleading guilty to misdemeanors in 2021. They sued to get them back after their convictions were expunged. -
The two videos were taken at different times from cameras along Westmoreland Avenue. -
While announcing the National Guard would go to Memphis next, President Donald Trump said the head of Union Pacific asked him to also deploy troops to St. Louis. -
John Diehl admitted in federal court Thursday that he used loans that were supposed to support his law firm for personal expenses, including country club dues, college tuition, credit cards and his mortgage. -
A vote in the full state House of Representatives could come as early as Monday. The changes also would need the approval of the Senate and voters to take effect.
