Email Author Chad Garrison

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• 2008 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published April 4, 2007

  "The Mystery of Lloyd Gaines"

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2009 Stories by Chad Garrison

• Ink-Stained Kvetch: Post-Dispatch Retirees Make Good on Threat, Protest Ex-Employer

  published Dec 16, 2009

  Several dozen former employees of the Post-Dispatch gathered yesterday morning outside the newspaper's office on Tucker Boulevard to protest cuts to their health-care coverage. As first reported last ... More >>

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  Finally! An Explanation for Rod Blagojevich's Hair

  published Dec 16, 2009

  I suppose many of you figured this out a long time ago. Turns out that ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is a huge fan of Elvis Presley, which goes a long way in explaining the disgraced politi... More >>

• A Holiday Pairing Unlike Any Other: Santa and Chingy

  published Dec 16, 2009

  You know, really, it makes perfect sense. Chingy is always Inn the Holidae spirit. And Santar Why he's a Balla. Just ask Mrs. Claus. ... More >>

• The Big Bloody: Police Arrest Two for Murder of Illinois Teen Shot While Buying Drugs

  published Dec 16, 2009

  Law officers in Madison County, Illinois, charged two individuals earlier this week with the killing of 19-year-old Stephen C. Nemsky. Nemsky, of Granite City, was found near his vehicle around 10:30 ... More >>

• St. Louis Legislators Sponsor Bills to Exempt Missouri from Federal Health Care Reform

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Two local legislators -- State Sen. Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield) and State Rep. Tim Jones (R-Eureka) are sponsoring bills that would exempt Missouri from any federal health-care reform mandates. (... More >>

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  Behold: An Inexpensive and Engaging Use for Ballpark Village

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Recently Daily RFT was made aware of a possible solution for the St. Louis Cardinals much-delayed plans for Ballpark Village. Like the design of the new Busch Stadium, the plan harkens back to the goo... More >>

• Saint Louis Art Museum Moves Forward on $130-Million Expansion

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Maybe it was the New York Times article last week that lumped the Saint Louis Art Museum in with a growing number of arts institutions that have scaled back or abandoned their plans to build costly ne... More >>

• Wiseguy Turns Dumbass After a Few Free Drinks

  published Dec 15, 2009

  rHenry P. Hill, the mobster-turned-snitch whose real-life story inspired the book Wiseguys and the Martin Scorsese flick Goodfellas, was arrested Sunday night in a hotel east of St. Louis. Hill ... More >>

• The Big Bloody: Man Charged With Killing His Teenage Girlfriend

  published Dec 15, 2009

  St. Louis police yesterday charged Dajuan Keith Drake, 29, with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the Sunday morning shooting of Kenyetta Brown. Brown, 18, was shot in the head and tors... More >>

• St. Louis' "Best Kept Secret" to Play New Year's Eve. For Free. In a Retirement Community.

  published Dec 14, 2009

  Did you know that rock and soul crooner Vince Martin is one of St. Louis best-kept secretsr Frankly, neither did we. But who are we to argue he's not -- especially when Orchid Terrace Retirement Commu... More >>

• Can't a Dead Newspaper Stay Deadr Not in St. Louis. Not with the Internets.

  published Dec 14, 2009

  Call it the parable of the "Prodigal Sun."Twenty years after it launched and died, the St. Louis Sun -- the ill-fated paper that attempted to be the first metropolitan print daily to successfully debu... More >>

• Investigation Details Monsanto's Strong-Arm Tactics in Seed Business

  published Dec 14, 2009

  The AP is out today with an investigative piece chronicling Monsanto's grip on the genetically-modified seed industry. Genes developed by the St. Louis-based bio-tech firm can now be found in 95 perce... More >>

• The Big Bloody: Three Sunday Shootings Leave One Dead, Two Injured

  published Dec 14, 2009

  'Twas another bloody Sunday in St. Louis yesterday with police responding to three separate shootings. The first occurred around 10 a.m. yesterday morning in the 6200 block of Emma in north St. Louis,... More >>

• Freese! You're Under Arrest

  published Dec 14, 2009

  St. Louis Cardinals third-base prospect David Freese was arrested in Maryland Heights early Saturday on the suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Few other details have emerged about the incident, t... More >>

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  Dept. of D'oh! Women Basketball Players Attack Male Cheerleader

  published Dec 14, 2009

  rAs if being a male cheerleader isn't humiliating enough...Police in Columbia, Missouri, say two female basketball players at the University of Missouri broke a male cheerleader's nose and left him w... More >>

• Ladue Rape Faker, Virginia Burns, Voted "Ass Clown of the Week"

  published Dec 14, 2009

  We have Ass Clown, and her name is Virginia Burns -- the "disabled" woman who Ladue police say falsely reported she was raped and lied about being paraplegic. Fourty-four percent of Daily RFT readers ... More >>

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  Update: Burglar Strikes Nelly's Mansion, Police Respond in Force -- Delta Force

  published Dec 11, 2009

  More details are emerging about the break in this morning at rapper Nelly's estate in the western suburb of Wildwood. The Post-Dispatch reports that the hip-hop star was out of town this morning when ... More >>

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  Hey St. Louis! How 'Bout a Game of "Ass Clown of the Week"r

  published Dec 11, 2009

  It's been a while since we rolled out Daily RFT's semi-regular feature Ass Clown of the Week. That said, this week is brimming with such outrageous tales of idiocy, we'd be remiss if we didn't return ... More >>

• Have They No Shamer In North County Politics the Answer is "No"

  published Dec 11, 2009

  The Post-Dispatch has yet another revealing article today about the corruption plaguing the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District. This time the questionable governing involves State Rep. R... More >>

• Man Accused of Videotaping Women in Bathroom, Looks Like a Man Who Would Videotape Women in Bathrooms

  published Dec 11, 2009

  With apologies to amateur videographer Chuck Berry (whose celebrity and good looks make him an exception to the rule), but doesn't Jack Eigles (pictured above) look exactly how you'd imagine a man acc... More >>

• This is Love: Your Wife is Charged with Boning a Boy Scout and You Bail Her Out of Jail

  published Dec 11, 2009

  The husband of Wendy Rogers sprung his spouse from jail Wednesday evening -- posting $10,000 cash on her $100,000 bail. Rogers, a now former Boy Scout leader, was allegedly caught in bed Sunday with a... More >>

• Police Investigating Burglary at Rapper Nelly's Mansion in St. Louis County

  published Dec 11, 2009

  St. Louis County police are searching the woods and land near rapper Nelly's ostentatious compound in west St. Louis County after receiving a 911 call about an attempted burglary. Fox 2 News has more ... More >>

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  Newspaper Retirees Planning to Protest Post-Dispatch

  published Dec 11, 2009

  Post-Dispatch retirees say it's only appropriate that they received news December 7 -- Pearl Harbor Day -- that their former employer planned to stop reimbursing their medical coverage. "A great day f... More >>

• The Big Bloody: Driver Whacked at Stoplight in North St. Louis

  published Dec 10, 2009

  Travis Moore, 28, was killed last night at the intersection of Kingshighway and Lexington. View Larger MapSt. Louis police say Moore, of the 5100 block of Enright, pulled up to the intersection around... More >>

• Saint Louis Zoo Elephant Learns that Herpes is Forever

  published Dec 10, 2009

  Jade, the nearly three-year-old Asian elephant at the Saint Louis Zoo, recently had another herpes flare up. The elephant was first diagnosed in February with the disease and underwent a blood transfu... More >>