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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2010 Stories by Chad Garrison

• Missouri Gives Gay Trooper Killed on Duty a Highway, Still Denies Benefits to His Partner

  published Dec 20, 2010

  A stretch of Interstate 44 in Franklin County will be dedicated today to Missouri Highway Patrol trooper Dennis Engelhard. That's the same highway on which Engelhard was killed last Christmas Day when... More >>

• Tonight: Lunar Eclipse Coincides with Winter Solstice For First Time in 372 Years

  published Dec 20, 2010

  The long dark nights of December are about to get, well, longer and darker beginning early tomorrow morning. But here's what makes the overnight hours so special tonight: It's believed that they'll ma... More >>

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  Jud "Fabio" Birza Wins Survivor; Lake Saint Louis Native Earns $1 Million

  published Dec 20, 2010

  A 21-year-old, self-proclaimed "surfer guy" won Survivor: Nicaragua last night. Jud "Fabio" Birza moved to Los Angeles two years ago from Lake Saint Louis. Back in Missouri, Birza was perhaps best kno... More >>

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  [UPDATE] Would Someone Please Shoot Those Deer Stuck on Mississippi River Ice Floer!

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Update 11:41 a.m. The deer were rescued this morning. A helicopter hovered over the animals, blowing them to shore. Check out the video here.Original story follows...Have you come across the saddest s... More >>

• Parents Cash In For Their Children Attending School, Behaving In Classroom

  published Dec 17, 2010

  This is what it's come to: Parents getting $300 in Visa gift cards for ensuring that their children attend school and behave in the classroom. Yesterday a dozen parents at Jefferson Elementary School ... More >>

• Marilyn Tomlin: St. Louis Homicide No. 133; Stabbed to Death on Wall Street

  published Dec 16, 2010

  A 59-year-old woman was stabbed to death yesterday evening in the 800 block of Wall Street in north St. Louis. rPolice say Marilyn Tomlin was stabbed multiple times and pronounced dead on the scene ar... More >>

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  1860 Map Shows Missouri's Slave Population

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Below is a map from the 1860 U.S. Census showing slave population in Missouri. Surprisingly, perhaps, the biggest concentration of slaves wasn't in the southern part of the state but, instead, along t... More >>

• Feds End Towing Scandal Investigation; Police Department Says It Will Now Review Case

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Kevin Shade, a former detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, was sentenced yesterday to 27 months in prison for his role in the towing scandal that rocked the department back in ... More >>

• Judge to Rule on Petition Drive to Kill Amnesia (a.k.a. Lure) Nightclub

  published Dec 16, 2010

  As we reported last week, the embattled downtown nightclub, Lure, has re-branded itself Amnesia, in the hopes that people will soon forget the controversy surrounding the Wasington Avenue establishmen... More >>

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  How Easy Is It to Get Into Webster Universityr Inmate Gets 23 Bogus Students Accepted Via Internet

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Yes, Webster University is a fine school. It's nothing like University of Phoenix and other so-called "diploma mills." Webster U. has standards. It rigorously screens its students and selects only the... More >>

• Comment of the Day: Tale of Crack Addict All Too Familiar

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Today's comment comes in response to the post, "Belleville Mom Steals Her Kids' Christmas Haul For Crack.""Anonymous" writes: What's sad is how these tragedies are prolonged because the parents of th... More >>

• Tyrice Spencer Jr.: St. Louis Homicide No. 132; Teen Succumbs to Shooting Earlier This Week

  published Dec 15, 2010

  The teenager shot Monday night after leaving a basketball game at a charter school in north St. Louis died this morning. rPolice say the victim, 19-year-old Tyrice Spencer Jr. of the 400 block of Kirk... More >>

• Mayor Proposes Taking Fire Ax to Firemen's Pension

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Mayor Francis Slay's office this morning outlined its plan to curtail run-away costs within the St. Louis Fire Department. According to the mayor's office, the budget for the fire department has incre... More >>

• ForwardSTL.net Aims to Give Greater Voice to St. Louis Liberals

  published Dec 15, 2010

  A group of St. Louis progressives this week launched ForwardSTL.net, a new website designed to inform and rally local Democrats.The site, officially unveiled last Saturday, aggregates content from loc... More >>

• Madison and St. Clair Counties Named "Judicial Hellholes" -- Again

  published Dec 15, 2010

  The American Tort Reform Association has once again included Madison and St. Clair counties to its annual listing of so-called Judicial Hellholes. St. Clair was named to the list from 2004 through 200... More >>

• Spud Master or Bud Masterr Potato-Chip Makers Sentenced for Marijuana

  published Dec 15, 2010

  A Missouri man began serving a 60-day jail sentence yesterday, a year after police raided his home only to find 61 marijuana plants and 142 ounces of packaged pot. Ed Pilla told authorities he was gro... More >>

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  Bra Straps Now Fashionable, Says St. Louis Company

  published Dec 15, 2010

  This is something I've never understood. Exposed bra straps: Are they a fashion faux-pas or simply an unavoidable byproduct of women wearing more revealing clothingr Answer: Who cares now that we have... More >>

• Comment of the Day: Reader Finds Cat Film Unrealistic

  published Dec 14, 2010

  Today's comment comes from a post this afternoon about a new film about cats by St. Louis pet-food company, Purina.From "mntvernon": Where's the hairball 'luggie', or the half chewed field mouse dumpe... More >>

• RFT Flickr Pool Photo of the Day: Dawn Downtown St. Louis

  published Dec 14, 2010

  RFT Flickr Pool contributor scoodog shot this pic of the depressed lanes of Interstate 70 earlier this month. Not bad -- especially considering it was snapped with an iPhone. rClick to submit your pho... More >>

• Another Bush Stadium Provides Alternative to Ballpark Village

  published Dec 14, 2010

  So, the Cardinals say they're thisclose to signing a contract for the first phase of Ballpark Village. Gee, where have we heard that beforer In other news, today we discovered an alternative plan for ... More >>

• Nativity Scene Burglars: Please Return Jesus, Mary, Joseph; "Just Stick Them in the Bushes"

  published Dec 14, 2010

  FYI: Somehow the story of the holy family stolen from a south city nativity scene is news on all the local media outlets. Carry on. ... More >>

• Ladue News Gets Competition! New Magazine is Town & Style

  published Dec 14, 2010

  The print magazine is not dead. Not, anyway, in St. Louis. The past few months have seen the launch of a "St. Louis + Golf + Lifestyle" publication in Avid, a rival food magazine to Sauce in Feast, an... More >>

• Slay Joins Chorus of DNC-Hopeful Mayors Praising Obama's Tax Deal

  published Dec 14, 2010

  Readers of Mayor Francis Slay's blog may have wondered last week why St. Louis' top elected official was so quick to praise President Barack Obama over the contentious tax bill he's working out with R... More >>

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  Black Sheriff Deputies Once Again Dicked Over by the Man

  published Dec 14, 2010

  A Jefferson County judge yesterday drastically reduced the damages that two black St. Louis sheriff deputies won in a September trial alleging racial discrimination. Saying the $350,000 in punitive da... More >>

• Comment of the Day: Reader Questions Claims Made Against Science Center

  published Dec 13, 2010

  Today's comment comes in response to last Friday's post, "Science Center's Cataloging Problems Spread to Art Museum."From "STL Neighbor": "Instead of spending so much time obsessing about those roadsi... More >>