Rachel Lippmann

MoDOT readies crews for winter storm

Rachel Lippmann — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:24:35 +0000

The Missouri Department of Transportation says it’s ready for the winter storm that’s supposed to hit the St. Louis area and portions of south central Missouri and the Ozarks over Christmas.

Entire state of Mo. now federal agricultural disaster area

Marshall Griffin and Rachel Lippmann — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:42:54 +0000

Updated with comments from McCaskill conference call.

The entire state of Missouri is now a federal agriculture disaster area.

Seventeen of the state's counties, mostly in the Bootheel, had already received that declaration. Today's announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture extends that declaration to the other 97 counties and the city of St. Louis.

The declaration makes farmers and ranchers in the state eligible for low-interest emergency loans and other assistance from the USDA's Farm Service Agency.

Players push for longest baseball game

Rachel Lippmann — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 13:25:27 +0000

A group of baseball players is battling triple-digit heat in an effort to set the world record for the longest game ever played. The 52 players will try to compete for 60 hours. The game started at 7:00 Monday morning and is scheduled to end at 7:00 Thursday night.

Money raised will benefit Backstoppers, which supports the families of fallen first responders in the St. Louis area. Organizer and player Steve Pona says they thought about postponing the game due to the extreme weather

Runner Has Eyes On Two Prizes: Olympics, Ph.D.

Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:08:00 +0000

Among the dozens of athletes hoping to leap, throw or run their way to London as part of the U.S. track and field team is 24-year-old runner Shannon Leinert.

Leinert, who will compete in the 800-meter dash, has dreamed of the Olympics since she was 10 and winning races in St. Louis, her hometown. If that weren't enough, she's also working on a doctoral degree in special education.

Leinert now trains at the University of Missouri-Columbia track that revived her college career and allowed her to think seriously about the Olympics.

Mo. Supreme Court: Nasheed, Taylor to stay on Democratic primary ballots

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:21:58 +0000

Updated 4:34 p.m. with comments from Rep. Sylvester Taylor.

Usually, the residency requirement for political candidates is just another box to check, but two cases involving St.

Transit committee will hold statewide meetings on trains

Rachel Lippmann — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:17:24 +0000

A series of statewide meetings designed to take the pulse of transit needs in Missouri kicks off in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield next Monday.

Federal Trade Commission okays merger between Medco and Express Scripts

Rachel Lippmann — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:48:20 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission approved the $29.1 billion merger between Express Scripts and Medco.

New rule lets people take themselves off casino exclusion list

Rachel Lippmann — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:17:25 +0000

Officials with the Missouri Gaming Commission say they’re getting a lot of inquiries about a new rule that allows people to take themselves off the state’s voluntary casino exclusion list.

Court strikes down MO photo ID proposal

Rachel Lippmann — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:48:00 +0000

As of now, Missouri voters will not be voting this November on a measure that would require photo identification at the polls. That’s following a court ruling issued earlier this week.

Jay Nixon calls budget approved by Mo house "dead wrong"

Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:54:35 +0000

That’s because it restores funding for higher education by cutting a health care program for the blind.