Liz Schlemmer
Liz Schlemmer is St. Louis Public Radio’s 2016 summer news intern. She is a master’s student in journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While at UNC, Schlemmer has reported with Carolina Connection radio and North Carolina Health News. As an Indiana native, she is excited to be back in the Midwest and working with her first NPR member station.
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It took 7 years, but a woman who was paralyzed during her last semester of college finally got her degree. She's now a mother. We have the story of her long journey to graduation.
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North Carolina A&T State University has seen an almost six-fold increase in donations — and the fiscal year isn't even over yet. Other HBCUs are also reporting a fundraising boom. -
On Saturday, Family, friends and others turned out in Raeford, N.C., where George Floyd was born, to mourn the death of Floyd. Four former Minneapolis police officers are charged in his death.
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Jakeli and Micah Swimmer aren't fluent in their native Cherokee dialect, but it's an important part of their identity. "If we're not speaking Cherokee, then what are we?" Jakeli asks. -
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced recently it is re-evaluating its ban against accepting blood donations from gay men. The FDA is now... -
Updated July 18 with news on Flamion's condition — The Ballwin police officer shot during a traffic stop on July 8 is paralyzed from the neck down. The... -
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it is trying new ways to market health insurance to uninsured millennials. In a press conference...
