Rachel Schnelle
Missouri Feature ReporterRachel Schnelle is a Feature Reporter for KRPS. Originally from Southwest Missouri, she has almost three years of experience working at Midwest Public Radio stations - covering healthcare, community-driven stories, and politics. 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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The newly renovated and finished buildings are in downtown Pittsburg within two blocks of each other. City and area residents filled the blocked-off Broadway street to tour the two places. -
Experts believe lawsuits like this one could open up what type of betting is allowed on reservation land in Kansas. -
Luke Geier is a rising senior at Pitt State, studying Media Production. He's worked with KRPS since Janurary as part of the Thomas E. and Linda Beal Broadcasting Scholarship for the spring semester in addition to being a student worker this summer. Rachel Schnelle spoke with Geier about what he's learned over the past seven months working with KRPS> -
The Department of Energy set the Independence Day deadline as part of the nuclear reactor pilot program. Deep Fission was one of the advanced nuclear projects. Officials now say they have other goals. -
City and state leaders, along with members of Friends of Joplin Memorial Hall announced plans to renovate Joplin’s Memorial Hall during a joint press conference on Tuesday. -
The rate increase begins on August 3 and will be phased in over three years. -
This year's primary and general elections will decide who will fill the four House districts that have been vacant since the 2025 legislative session. -
Chicken Mary’s and Chicken Annie’s sit nearly next to each other, and they share similar origin stories of women turning to cooking for money after the mining industry left their husbands unable to work. -
Layne Bourgeous was recently hired as the director for Joplin's Regional Commission on Homessless. Before starting this job virtually in April, he was the Executive Director of the Southeast Idaho Council of Governments (SICOG) — a federally designated Economic Development District. -
County officials are stepping in to increase monitoring of the odors coming from the landfill. Residents nearby are worried about safety and property values.
