Rachel Schnelle
Feature ReporterRachel Schnelle is a Feature Reporter for KRPS. She reports on Kansas and Missouri issues. Since joining KRPS in 2025, she's covered public policy, renewable energy and the intersection of health and environment. Originally from Southwest Missouri, she has almost three years of experience working in the public radio industry. In 2022, she graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
She can be reached by email at @rschnelle@pittstate.edu
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Secker defeated opponent her opponent, Democrat Aaron Metzger by just 218 votes. -
It's unprecedented for a woman to be elected into this seat. -
The striking and solidarity movement for southeast Kansas coal miners in the early 1900s had a national impact. -
The two men running for a seat in the Kansas House of Representatives ran against each other for a seat on Pittsburg City Commission last year. -
District 160 voters will decide between Republican Cheryle Perkins and Democrat Angela Thomas. Two women being on the midterm election ballot for this district is unprecedented. -
For places like the Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum in southeast Kansas, visitor numbers topped 6,000 — a 64% increase over last year. -
Louise Secker and Aaron Metzger are first-time candidates. Both live and work in the Joplin area. -
Deep Fission’s planned one-mile underground nuclear reactor project in Parsons, Kansas, passed an initial regulatory milestone, but new questions surround whether the project is financially viable and will be completed as planned. -
This is not the first time D.J Perry and Isaiah Harris have campaigned against each other. Both were candidates for Pittsburg City Commission last year. The voters selected Perry as one of their commissioners. -
The school's website says the complete report card is a “comprehensive look at how our schools are serving Joplin's PreK-12th grade students across academics, the arts, activities and daily experiences.”
