Rachel Lippmann

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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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A jury in Waterloo, Ill. has found Chris Coleman guilty of strangling his wife Sheri and their two sons.

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Columbia, Ill. police found Sheri, 9-year-old Gavin (L) and 11-year-old Garett Coleman (R) strangled in their beds on May 5, 2009. Two years later, Coleman's husband Christopher would be convicted in their deaths.

By Rachel Lippmann and The Associated Press

Two years ago today, police in Columbia, Ill. found 31-year-old Sheri Coleman and her sons - 11-year-old Garett and nine-year-old Gavin - strangled in their beds.

Tonight, a Monroe County jury found her husband Chris guilty of their deaths, after 14 hours of deliberation spread over two days.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

9:51 pm

Thu May 5, 2011

SLPS board orders internal investigation of attendance figures

By Rachel Lippmann

The appointed board overseeing the St. Louis Public Schools has directed its superintendent, Kelvin Adams, to conduct his own investigation into reports that some district employees falsified attendance records.

2:28 pm

Thu May 5, 2011

Record crests continue along Mississippi River

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Flooded streets in Cairo, Ill on May 2. The decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to open the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway has brought relief to the small town, but more record crests are predicted along the Mississippi River.

By Rachel Lippmann and The Associated Press

Updated with Gov. Nixon's request for a disaster declaration.

The decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to blast the levee at Birds Point appears to have brought some relief to Cairo, Ill., but the possibility of record crests continues all along the Mississippi River.

11:33 am

Thu May 5, 2011

Ameren, Build-A-Bear report lower first-quarter earnings

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Ameren Missouri crews try to sort through downed wires and poles in Richmond Heights following a February storm. Storm-related expenses contributed to lower first-quarter earnings for the company.

By Rachel Lippmann

Two St. Louis-based companies are reporting lower earnings for the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year.

5:06 pm

Wed May 4, 2011

Anglican bishop among three men charged with running a $52 million Ponzi scheme

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By Rachel Lippmann

The bishop of a Anglican splinter group has been charged in federal court along with two other men of running a $52 million Ponzi scheme.

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