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

• KWMU (90.7) Thrives After Firing of Longtime General Manager Patty Wente

  published Jan 23, 2009

  Local NPR affiliate KWMU (90.7 FM) hit another milestone yesterday when Arbitron released its Fall 2008 ratings book. The station reached a record number of listeners between Octob... More >>

• Lawmaker Files Bill to Ban Red-Light Cameras in Missouri

  published Jan 23, 2009

  State Senator Jim Lembke (R-St. Louis/St. Louis County) introduced a measure this week that would ban the use of red-light cameras in Missouri. If passed by the General Assembly and approved by G... More >>

• South County License Office On the Sales Block; Was Run By Gov. Blunt Operative

  published Jan 22, 2009

  Gov. Jay Nixon announced this week that six more vehicle and drivers license bureaus in Missouri will be put up for bid. One of those offices, the south St Louis County license bureau in Ronnie's Plaz... More >>

• Latest From Blago: Impeachment Is a "Sham"

  published Jan 22, 2009

  Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich today called the impeachment trial against him a "sham." According the the Associated Press, Blago made that statement -- and others -- before his morning j... More >>

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  What About Tropic Thunder's Other Supporting Actor, the Rapper Based on Nellyr

  published Jan 22, 2009

  Kudos to Robert Downey Jr. The actor was nominated this morning for a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar for his hysterical (and oh-so-politically-incorrect) blackface routine in last year's Vietnam War pa... More >>

• What's Wrong With This Picturer

  published Jan 22, 2009

  Here's a photo of the old Christian Brothers College High School on Clayton Road as it looks today. The building is now owned by Washington University, but according to a story in today's St. Lo... More >>

• St. Louis Smoking Activist May Soon Find Himself in Statewide Fight

  published Jan 22, 2009

  In case you haven't seen it yet, my RFT colleague Keegan Hamilton has a great story in this week's paper about Bill Hannegan, a smokers' rights activist and founder of the blog Keep St. Louis Fr... More >>

• Post-Dispatch Transitions from 'Inauguration Day' to Payday

  published Jan 21, 2009

  After blanketing its pages with inauguration coverage for the past week and sending its very own reporters to Washington D.C., the Post-Dispatch is ready to cash in. Hey, if dildo makers can get rich ... More >>

• Former SLU Coach Lorenzo Romar Helps Fly Tuskegee Airman to Inauguration

  published Jan 21, 2009

  There's a sweet story on ESPN's Page 2 about two former St. Louisans. Eighty-four-year-old George Hickman grew up in St. Louis in the 1930s. During World War II, Hickman joined the Tuskegee Airmen -- ... More >>

• Mark McGwire's Kid Brother Claims In Book He Introduced Slugger to 'Roids

  published Jan 21, 2009

  Sports blog Deadspin is reporting today that Mark McGwire's younger brother, Jay McGwire, is circulating a book to New York publishers titled, "The McGwire Family Secret: The Truth about Steroids, A S... More >>

• Owner of St. Louis Radio Stations KLOU (103.3), The Beat (100.3) and Others Announces Big Layoffs

  published Jan 21, 2009

  Clear Channel, the largest owner of radio stations in the United States with more than 800 outlets, announced yesterday that it plans to eliminate 1,850 jobs across the nation. The San Antonio-based c... More >>

• The Town that Launched Obama Owns Up to Its Fractured Racial Past

  published Jan 21, 2009

  The Wall Street Journal ran a fascinating Inauguration Day story yesterday on Springfield, Illinois.  It was in the Illinois capital -- just 90 miles northeast of St. Louis -- that Barack Obama ... More >>

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  Anheuser-Busch: Tales from the Crypt

  published Jan 21, 2009

  This comes a couple weeks after the fact, but I thought it interesting enough for a retelling here. A friend of mine works for a moving company, and recently he told me about a job he had over the win... More >>

• Headline of the Day from the U.K.

  published Jan 20, 2009

  The article below appeared in today's The Times of London. Notice they got Arizona Cardinals correct in the story. Warner and the St. Louis Cardinalsr Wonder what position he'd playr   ... More >>

• Opponents of Crystal City Smelter Poised for Thursday Night Showdown

  published Jan 20, 2009

  This just in from the Concerned Citizens for Crystal City (C4). Mining concern Wings Enterprises of Sullivan, Missouri, is moving forward with its plans to build a controversial iron-ore smelter in th... More >>

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  Strassenfest Moves to Chesterfield. Ouch!

  published Jan 20, 2009

  Last year was a difficult one for outdoor festivals in the St. Louis area. At least three prominent events -- the St. Louis County Fair and Air Show, St. Louis Jazz & Heritage Festival and Strasse... More >>

• Inhale to the Chief

  published Jan 20, 2009

  Missouri could join roughly a dozen states that allow doctors to authorize patients to use marijuana for medical purposes. Last week State Representative Kate Meiners (D-Kansas City) introduced... More >>

• What Are You Not Doing This Inauguration Dayr

  published Jan 20, 2009

  I can't take it. Here at the Center of All Knowledge, aka Riverfront Times, I've literally been inundated with press releases and e-mails from local and national groups alerting me to all the FUN! and... More >>

• Brenda Warner: Hair Becomes Her

  published Jan 19, 2009

  Yes, this is my third or fourth sports-related post in the past 24 hours. But, hey, it's a federal holiday and besides today's MLK festivities and tomorrow's presidential inauguration (both of which I... More >>

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  New York Post Sprouts Horns Over Signing of Steve Spagnuolo to Rams

  published Jan 19, 2009

  Apparently the sports editors at New York Post were not happy with New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo signing a four-year, $11.5-million deal to become the new head coach of the Ram... More >>

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  Local Group Wants a New Mardi Gras Festival Outside of Soulard

  published Jan 19, 2009

  It's too early to provide specifics, but yesterday I got wind of an effort to launch a new Mardi Gras festival in St. Louis. The group behind the proposal says they're tired of the commercialization... More >>

• Mothers Encouraged to "Shave the Date" Tomorrow -- Don't Forget the Razors

  published Jan 19, 2009

  Tomorrow is Inauguration Day. But blogger Kristen Chase has another name for the celebration taking place in Washington D.C. She's calling it "Shave the Date" and encouraging the mothers wh... More >>

• How Many Post-Dispatch Writers Does it Take to Re-Report a Storyr

  published Jan 19, 2009

  Last week we mentioned the great investigative piece in the Belleville News Democrat that called into question curious payments at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis. As the... More >>

• Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968

  published Jan 19, 2009

  It's only fitting that tomorrow's inauguration of the nation's first African-American president comes a day after we celebrate the life of a man who gave his life fighting for racial equality. ... More >>

• Kurt Warner #13, Let the Bidding Begin

  published Jan 18, 2009

  Oh, lucky #13! Okay, who's joining me in wearing their Kurt Warner jersey this weekr You know, the one that comes in electrifying shades of blue and goldr Don't have oner There are plenty of #1... More >>