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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Max J. Starkloff in 2008 when he received his star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame

Marca Bristo, president of Access Living in Chicago, pauses in thought in front of the casket of Max Starkloff, an activist for disability rights, during his funeral in St. Louis on January 4, 2011. (Bill Greenblatt / UPI)

Colleen Starkloff greets mourners in front of the casket of her husband Max Starkloff, an activist for disability rights, during his funeral in St. Louis on January 4, 2011. (Bill Greenblatt / UPI)

By Rachel Lippmann

The sanctuary at St. Francis Xavier Church on the Saint Louis University campus was filled today with people who had gathered for one purpose - to remember the life of Max Starkloff.

Such a crowd, said former Washington University chancellor William Danforth, would have been unheard of in 1959, when an automobile accident left Starkloff a paraplegic and living in a nursing home at the age of 21.

3:06 pm

Mon January 3, 2011

Still no information on missing student from Maplewood

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Dulguun Sukhee, 20, went missing four days before Christmas

By Rachel Lippmann

Maplewood police say they still have no leads on a St. Louis Community College student from Mongolia who went missing four days before Christmas.

2:10 pm

Mon January 3, 2011

One MO highway death over New Year's

By Rachel Lippmann

It was a safer year for motorists traveling on Missouri roads during the New Year's holiday this year.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol announced today that it has reports of just one fatality on the roads between 6 p.m. on New Year's Eve until 11:59 yesterday. Troopers investigated 157 accidents, which also resulted in 70 injuries, and arrested 90 people who were driving drunk.

8:19 am

Mon January 3, 2011

Morning headlines: Ste. Genevieve soldier killed, Chuck Berry collapses, Mo. Mental Health Dept.'s excessive overtime, Mo. schools preparing for cuts

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Chuck Berry performs at a free concert at Kiener Plaza in July. The rock-and-roll legend is on the mend after collapsing on stage in Chicago on Saturday.

By Julie Bierach and Rachel Lippmann

A funeral is scheduled for Thursday for a soldier from Ste. Genevieve who died in Afghanistan. 25 year-old Sgt. Michael J. Beckerman was assigned to the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell in Kentucky. The army says he died Dec. 31 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wound suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvsed explosive device. Beckerman arrived at Fort Campbell in January 2010. He joined the Army in September 2004.

2:04 pm

Thu December 30, 2010

Former Mo. gov forgives loan to current Lt. Gov.

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Matt Blunt with Peter Kinder in 2005

By Rachel Lippmann

Former Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has forgiven a loan he made to the man who wants the job he once held.

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4:52 pm

Tue January 4, 2011