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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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East St. Louis Police
2:44 pm
Fri May 10, 2013

East St. Louis Detective Arrested On Drug Charges

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An East St. Louis police detective is in federal custody today on charges that he and six other men helped distribute more than five kilos of cocaine in St. Clair and Madison counties over the last month.

Orlando Ward, 41, has been with the department for more than a decade. He will remain in jail until a hearing on May 15.

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East St. Louis schools
12:47 pm
Tue May 7, 2013

State, East St. Louis School Board Settle Lawsuit Over Attempted Takeover

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Illinois state education officials and members of the East St. Louis school board have settled a nearly year-old lawsuit sparked by the state board's attempt to take over the struggling district.  

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Cupples 7
2:19 pm
Mon May 6, 2013

Building Commissioner Orders Immediate Removal of Cupples 7 Warehouse

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A composite image from an engineering report by ABS Consulting shows the partial collapse of the timber supports for the east wall of Cupples 7. The city will request an emergency demolition permit for the structure on Monday.
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Updated at 2:15 p.m. May 6 with official emergency declaration.

St. Louis's building commissioner has ordered the immediate removal of Cupples 7 due to "significant hazards that pose an immediate and imminent danger to the public health, safety and welfare."

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Safe Roads for All
12:42 pm
Mon May 6, 2013

Cyclists And Pedestrians Urged To 'Be Brave,' Advocate For Safer Roads

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Cyclists leave the History Museum in Forest Park as part of the "Safe Roads for All" campaign.
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Susan Scott's son Sam was killed when he was hit by a drunk driver while biking home from work in 2012.
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Advocates for bicyclists and pedestrians say they want to make 2013 the year Missouri passes a law banning texting while driving for everyone behind the wheel.

But those advocates, along with mass transit, city police and Missouri Department of Transportation officials also pushed all users of the road to take personal responsibility as they kicked off the second annual Safe Roads for All campaign on Monday.

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SIU trustees
4:13 pm
Fri May 3, 2013

Quinn Nominates Two To Southern Illinois University Board

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Gov. Pat Quinn's new nominees to the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees both have ties to the Edwardsville campus.
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Jennifer Fuller contributed reporting for this story from Carbondale, Ill.

The turmoil surrounding the Board of Trustees at Southern Illinois University appears to be settling down.

Gov. Pat Quinn announced the nomination today of two individuals with ties to the university's campus in Edwardsville. Randal Thomas, the former top officer of the Illinois National Guard, has degrees from SIU-E and Shirley Portwood taught history there.

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