Julie Bierach

Credit Maria Frank

Reporter/ Newscaster

Julie Bierach is the morning newscaster/news producer at St. Louis Public Radio. She was born and raised in St. Louis and graduated from Southeast Missouri State University. She started her career in Cape Girardeau, Mo. as a student announcer.

Bierach returned to St. Louis Public Radio in November 2010 after working in public relations at the Missouri Botanical Garden. She was previously the station’s science and technology reporter.

Bierach worked in Tucson, Arizona at Arizona Public Media where she was the host of the station’s weekly news magazine, Arizona Spotlight. While in Tucson, she reported on a variety of topics facing the desert southwest, including illegal immigration. Her reports have been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered and Day to Day.

jbierach@stlpublicradio.org

Express Scripts Reporting U.S. Spending Less On Traditional Drugs

Credit (Rachel Lippmann/St. Louis Public Radio)

By Julie Bierach

Citing data released by Express Scripts Holding Co., the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that for the first time in more than 20 years, there was a decrease last year in U.S. spending on traditional prescription drugs.

7:38 am

Mon March 4, 2013

Judge Issues 'Guilty' Verdict Today In Steak 'n Shake Murders

Credit (via Flickr/bloomsberries)

By Julie Bierach

Updated 11:40 a.m.

An Illinois man has been found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in the 2008 killings of a St. Louis-area Steak 'n Shake restaurant cook and waitress.

St. Louis County Circuit Judge Richard Bresnahan announced the verdict Monday for 23-year-old Oundr'e Akins of Cahokia, Ill. Because Akins agreed to a trial before a judge instead of a jury, the death penalty option was waived. When sentenced March 21, Akins faces the only option of life in prison without parole.

Earlier story:

4:25 am

Fri March 1, 2013

Free After 30 Years: What Now For George Allen?

Next image Previous image

Credit George Allen walks out of the Cole County Courthouse on November 14, 2012. A state appeals court today vacated his 1983 rape and murder convictions.

George Allen walks out of the Cole County Courthouse on November 14, 2012. A state appeals court today vacated his 1983 rape and murder convictions.

Credit Marshall Griffin/St. Louis Public Radio

Surrounded by family, attorneys and supporters, George Allen reads a statement to reporters following his release from custody by Cole Co. Circuit Judge Daniel Green.

Credit Missouri Department of Corrections

By Julie Bierach

George Allen served 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Last year, a judge told Allen that he had been wrongfully convicted and set him free. It’s been several months since Allen left prison, and to some who fought so hard to get him out; his release is bittersweet and not enough.

The crime was brutal. In February 1982, St. Louis court reporter Mary Bell was found dead in her LaSalle neighborhood apartment. She had been raped and stabbed.

5:30 am

Thu February 21, 2013

Two St. Louis Police Officers Shot In North City

Credit (St. Louis Public Radio)

By Julie Bierach and Rachel Lippmann

Updated at 1 p.m.

St. Louis prosecutors have filed several felony charges against a 44-year-old man accused of shooting the two officers.

Rico A. Martin faces two counts of first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, two counts of armed criminal action, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and felony drug charges.

5:04 pm

Wed February 20, 2013

St. Louis Area Wrestles Winter Storm Aftermath

Next image Previous image

Credit (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)

A motorist is helped after encountering a snow drift on Highway 64 in Ladue, Mo. on February 21, 2013.

Credit (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)

Snowflakes fall around the Lou Brock statue as Busch Stadium workers begin to clear the area in St. Louis on February 21, 2013. A morning ice storm and then several inches of snow have slowed or closed roads, businesses and schools.

By Bill Raack, The Associated Press, Rachel Lippmann, Kelsey Proud, Véronique LaCapra and Julie Bierach

Last updated at 11:57 a.m. 2/22. Will be updated as more information becomes available.

Quick links:

Julie Bierach	closeNews podcasts Use iTunes Use a different player	RSS
All Content	closeNews podcasts Use iTunes Use a different player	RSS
View all podcasts & RSS feeds

Podcasts & RSS Feeds

Julie Bierach

Pages

Business

10:10 am

Tue March 5, 2013