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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County officials are stepping in to increase monitoring of the odors coming from the landfill. Residents nearby are worried about safety and property values. -
Social service organizations attribute Joplin’s growing unsheltered population to economic instability, lack of affordable housing -
Kansans with disabilities got more independence through a federal program — until the money dried upThe Money Follows the Person program was set to restart this summer, offering more ways for people to live independently. But Kansas pulled back out of fear that the federal funding was disappearing. Now, social service agencies wonder what will happen to those people. -
Some residents of Galena, Kansas, live downhill from the landfill and say smoke and rotten-egg odors are impacting their day-to-day lives. There’s been discussions about diminishing property values. -
Eric Haun is best known for his stenciled heart murals throughout the city of Joplin. But for the past year, he’s been creating and installing something new in Southwest Missouri. -
To the naked eye, the damage is barely visible 15 years later. But to the survivors, volunteers and healthcare workers, the scars of May 22, 2011 remain. -
The company is requesting $85 million to improve infrastructure and address extreme weather systems in Kansas. The amount translates to a 40% increase in monthly bills for residential customers over three years. -
The most recent data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment show more than 70% of abortions in 2024 used the drug mifepristone. There’s a court battle over mailing the medication to patients. -
Thursdays event at Baxter Springs featured a live band, cornhole and the release of 100 lanterns into the sky at a local pizza place and brewery. -
The eight state highway’s origins started in Springfield, Missouri a century ago on April 30, 1926.
