Email Author Chad Garrison

Awards

• 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

• Ivory Wave: Synthetic Cocaine Lands in St. Louis, Sends Teen User to Pysch Ward

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Is there any end to the number of new fake drugs on the marketr Earlier this year the synthetic marijuana, K2, was all the rage in Missouri and much of the United States. Now it's Ivory Wave, a drug m... More >>

• For Sale: Illinois Company that Makes Bases for MLB

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Betcha didn't know that the company that makes bases for Major League Baseball is located just a short drive from St. Louis in Litchfield, Illinois. Betcha also didn't know that the company is on the ... More >>

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  Morgan Spurlock Discusses Lip Hair, What He'll Do If Named "Mustached American of the Year"

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Morgan Spurlock will be in St. Louis on Saturday for the American Mustache Institute's annual 'Stache Bash.The filmmaker and screenwriter, perhaps best known for Supersize Me, is in the running for AM... More >>

• Taming the River Des Peres, a.k.a. "The World's Most Gigantic Sewer"

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Local architecture historian Michael Allen is out with a fascinating article on the River Des Peres, published on his site Ecology of Absence. Among the things I learned reading Allen's piece is that ... More >>

• Could Smoking Ban Kill Cape Girardeau Casinor Meanwhile, St. Louis Bid Gets Stronger

  published Nov 29, 2010

  The Missouri Gaming Commission is expected to announce Wednesday which city will be awarded the state's 13th and final casino license. Last week, state regulators issued a report favoring Cape Girarde... More >>

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  Ron Shaich: Panera Bread Founder Forming Political Third Party, No Labels

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Ron Shaich founded St. Louis Bread Company, a.k.a. Panera Bread back in 1981. Since then, the company has gone on to open hundreds of restaurants across the nation. Panera is so successful that, this ... More >>

• Four Dead in Bloody Thanksgiving Weekend in St. Louis; City Now Has At Least 124 Homicides

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Hey St. Louisans, what do you have to be grateful for this Thankgivingr How about that you survived the holiday -- literally. The same cannot be said for four people killed in separate acts of violenc... More >>

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  Mizzou Ends Season No. 12 in Nation, To Be Rewarded with Crap Bowl vs. Crap Team

  published Nov 29, 2010

  After a 35-7 smack down of the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday, the Missouri Tigers ended their regular season at 10-2 and have hopscotched up two places in the BCS rankings. Missouri is now ranked No. 12... More >>

• Leslie Nielsen Finally Finds the Undertaker

  published Nov 29, 2010

  R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen. Your screwball comedies always made us laugh. Guess you finally solved the "Mystery of the Undertaker", ehr Of course, the above clip was hardly your greatest work. For that we'... More >>

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  ATM Solutions Robbery Adds a Kidnapping: Relatives of Suspect Held for Ransom

  published Nov 24, 2010

  The FBI announced today that two teenage girls believed to be related to one of the suspects in August's multi-million robbery of ATM Solutions were kidnapped and held for ransom this week. Four heavi... More >>

• Robert Rucker: St. Louis Homicide No. 120; Murder Possibly Connected to Earlier Drive By

  published Nov 24, 2010

  Robert Rucker, 20, was shot dead last night at the intersection of Glasgow and Benton in north St. Louis. rSt. Louis police report that Rucker was driving a car northbound on Glasgow around 5:13 p.m. ... More >>

• Travion Harris: St. Louis Homicide No. 119; Fourteen-Year-Old Killed in Drive By

  published Nov 24, 2010

  A 14-year-old boy was shot dead outside his home yesterday in the 2900 block of Hebert (below) in the city's JeffVanderLou Neighborhood. rAccording to St. Louis police, Travion Harris was struck by gu... More >>

• Missourian Columnist Gushes Over RFT, Village Voice Media

  published Nov 24, 2010

  Self-flattery alert! Okay, we know how much fun it is to rag on the Riverfront Times, complaining how we're not like the newspaper of old. Well, yeah. But you know, as the song goes, "the times (or wa... More >>

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  The Onion Takes on St. Louis' "Most Dangerous City" Moniker

  published Nov 24, 2010

  Here at Daily RFT, we've long held that one or two of the contributors at The Onion must be from St. Louis. Today we're saying the same. I mean, how else would someone know that our zoo smells and our... More >>

• Dante Sumlar: Counterfeiter Featured on America's Most Wanted Arrested in St. Louis

  published Nov 24, 2010

  Fed authorities yesterday arrested Dante Sumlar, the man they say is the mastermind behind a counterfeit check ring operating in St. Louis since 2009. Before arriving in the Gateway City sometime late... More >>

• Happy Skanksgiving!

  published Nov 24, 2010

  We admit it. We love the word Skanksgiving, especially since there's only one day a year that we're allowed to flaunt it. So, what's going on this Skanksgiving in St. Louisr Hair band impersonators Me... More >>

• When Criminals Imitate the "People of Walmart"

  published Nov 23, 2010

  St. Louis County police are looking for the man pictured here in connection with the theft and fraudulent use of a credit card stolen from a vehicle in October. The suspect later used the credit card ... More >>

• Loser Alert: Area Man Begins Camping Monday for Black Friday Deals

  published Nov 23, 2010

  Say what you will about Isaac Bowser. The kid from Rolla has his goals. Since last night -- Monday -- Bowser has been camped out outside a Best Buy store in Fairview Heights, Illinois. Whyr Because he... More >>

• St. Louis-Based Funeral Business Defrauded Investors of Millions, According to Indictment

  published Nov 23, 2010

  Six officials with the now defunct St. Louis business, National Prearranged Services Inc.,  were charged yesterday in a 50-count indictment alleging wire, bank, mail and insurance fraud; money la... More >>

• Tryone Devoil: St. Louis Homicide No. 118; Shot in Gut Inside His Home

  published Nov 23, 2010

  St. Louis police are trying to track down who killed Tyrone Devoil and why on Sunday night. The 43-year-old was found in his apartment in the 1300 block of Union around 7:45 p.m. November 21. rDevoil ... More >>

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  St. Louis: No. 2 in Chlamydia; 12th in Gonorrhea

  published Nov 23, 2010

  So, yesterday city leaders were quick to rebuke a national study ranking St. Louis as having the highest crime rate in the nation.Today, another study comes out showing St. Louis as having some of the... More >>

• Parents Sue Woman for Dating Their Son; Seek $150,000

  published Nov 22, 2010

  Edwardsville attorney John Wendler tells the Daily RFT that the lawsuit he filed this month is intended to have more bark than bite. "It's not that big of deal," says Wendler. "We wanted to send a mes... More >>

• Tarrell Morris: St. Louis Homicide No. 117; Crashes Into Home After Being Shot in Car

  published Nov 22, 2010

  Tarrell Wesley Morris died Saturday evening after he was shot around 5:30 p.m. while leaving a gas station in the 8800 block of North Broadway (below).rSt. Louis police report that Morris was able to ... More >>

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  How Much Are Lobbyists Spending on Your St. Louis Aldermanr

  published Nov 22, 2010

  Poor St. Louis Aldermen. Sure, their $32,000 a year salary is nothing to sneeze at and roughly on par with what state reps ($36k) and senators ($31k) earn. But when it comes to wining and dining on th... More >>

• John Shimkus: Ass Clown of the Week

  published Nov 22, 2010

  Congressman John Shimkus has won his second election of the month. On November 2 voters in southwestern Illinois elected the Republican from Collinsville to his seventh term in Congress.  And, ov... More >>