
Rachel Lippmann
Lippmann returned to her native St. Louis after spending two years covering state government in Lansing, Michigan. She earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and followed (though not directly) in Maria Altman's footsteps in Springfield, also earning her graduate degree in public affairs reporting. She's also done reporting stints in Detroit, Michigan and Austin, Texas. Rachel likes to fill her free time with good books, good friends, good food, and good baseball.
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Marcellus Williams had always maintained that he had nothing to do with the stabbing death of a former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter. State and federal courts rejected numerous last-minute requests to halt the execution and review the case.
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Without intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court, Marcellus Williams will be executed after 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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Gov. Mike Parson appointed Gabriel Gore to be circuit attorney on May 19 to replace Kim Gardner.
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St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was expected to resign June 1 but sent correspondence to Gov. Mike Parson’s office that she was leaving Tuesday.
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Facing a move by the Missouri attorney general to oust her, a contempt of court charge and increasing public and legislative pressure, Gardner announced Thursday that she will resign effective June 1.
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A federal lawsuit asks a judge to name the two car companies public nuisances for failing to install immobilizer devices that make vehicles more difficult to steal. The two brands make up more than half of vehicles stolen in the city since May 2022.
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Supporters have tried since 2018 to legalize sports betting in Missouri, but the issue has become linked with video gaming terminals, which operate in a legal gray area in the state.
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In documents filed late Tuesday night, lawyers for St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has not met the high standard under state law to remove her from office.
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Andrew Bailey said Wednesday he would take such a step if Kim Gardner did not resign as St. Louis Circuit Attorney by noon Thursday. She did not resign and and called Bailey’s action politically motivated.
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Police said the shooter had more than 600 rounds of ammunition when he entered the building shared by Central Visual and Performing Arts High School and the Collegiate School of Medicine and Biosciences. They are urging people to speak up if someone shows they are struggling with mental health.