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

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  Walgreens To Soon Stock the Ultimate Drug: Booze

  published Jan 20, 2010

  This blogger still recalls when Walgreens outlets in St. Louis had their own liquor departments separated from the main store with turnstiles to keep the kiddies out. Then suddenly, a decade or so ago... More >>

• Planning to Read the New York Times Online Today for Freer Enjoy It While It Lasts!

  published Jan 20, 2010

  That's right. The Gray Lady is planning to start charging online readers. The plan under discussion now, would allow readers to view a few articles for free online before being prompted to pay a subsc... More >>

• Metro Hosting First Workshop Tonight to Discuss Future of Public Transit in St. Louis

  published Jan 19, 2010

  Metro tonight is hosting the first of five forums scheduled for this month to outline its long-range plans. This evening's meeting, open to the public, runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the St. Louis Cou... More >>

• Will FDA Study on Cigarette Ingredients Prove St. Louis Alderman's Theoryr Rat Eyes and Opossum Gutsr

  published Jan 19, 2010

  As the Associated Press reports today, the Food and Drug Administration wants to "lift the smokescreen" surrounding the chemicals and ingredients that go into cigarettes and other tobacco products. Fo... More >>

• Message To Cop Lands Meth Head in Jail; Suspect Wrote Insult on Camo Jumpsuit

  published Jan 19, 2010

  Dumb and dumber were driving through rural Missouri just before midnight last Saturday when a Wellsville cop pulled over their vehicle. Upon questioning the two men, the police officer noticed one of ... More >>

• Ass Clown of the Week: Scoundrel Who Robbed Home of Murdered ABB Victim

  published Jan 18, 2010

  Daily RFT readers voting in Friday's "Ass Clown of the Week" election showed Mark McGwire about as much love as those adoring fans at the Cardinals' Winter Warm-Up yesterday. Which is to say, they see... More >>

• Alan Sindelar, St. Louis Homicide No. 11; Shot on Sidewalk in Tower Grove South

  published Jan 18, 2010

  St. Louis police this weekend made public the name of the victim shot to death Thursday night in the Tower Grove South Neighborhood. View Larger MapAlan Sindelar, of the 4600 block of Wilcox in south ... More >>

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  Suburban Journal Headline Accurately Describes Newspaper

  published Jan 18, 2010

  Anyone else get a good laugh while reaching down to pick up the Suburban Journal from the front lawn yesterdayr I don't know about in your neighborhood, but in mine people tend to treat the free weekl... More >>

• Anthony Tibbs, St. Louis Homicide No. 10: Shot Multiple Times While Driving Down I-70

  published Jan 15, 2010

  Anthony Tibbs, 43, was murdered last night around 7 p.m. as he drove down Interstate 70 in north St. Louis. St. Louis police report that Tibbs, of the 8300 block of Fairbanks, was heading eastbound on... More >>

• South Butt Lawsuit Gets the NPR Treatment, Tune In Tonight to Marketplace

  published Jan 15, 2010

  Apparently we were not slipping into the warm embrace of a public-radio-induced coma last night when we heard Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal promo a story on the South Butt lawsuit."You weren't dreaming... More >>

• Joseph Davis, St. Louis County Homicide No. 2; Shot to Death Following Vehicle Chase

  published Jan 15, 2010

  St. Louis County police have filed charges against the man accused of killing 18-year-old Joseph L. Davis last Sunday, January 10 in north county. According to police, Davis, of the 1200 block of Ed... More >>

• Who is Ass Clown of the Week, January 8-15r

  published Jan 15, 2010

  You know the rules. Vote for the local newsmaker who you think committed the most scandalous and/or idiotic act of the week. And the candidates...1. Mark McGwire: After years of denying and obfuscatin... More >>

• Dissecting Teen Homicide Numbers in St. Louis

  published Jan 15, 2010

  Last week I asked the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department to provide me with some raw numbers concerning homicides. In particular, I was interested in knowing how many teenagers died last year --... More >>

• Coach Hired for New AC St. Louis Soccer Team Had Dubious Tenure in Scotland

  published Jan 14, 2010

  Updated: Friday, 7:20 a.m.For the second day in a row it's a balmy, 40-something degrees and Daily RFT is thinking, naturally, about springtime and soccer.Okay, not really, but we are rather fascinate... More >>

• Warning: Don't Let a Con Artist Steal Your Donation to Haiti Earthquake Victims

  published Jan 14, 2010

  The F.B.I. issued a media alert yesterday warning people of potential scams surrounding the massive relief effort underway to aid the victims of Tuesday's devastating earthquake in Haiti. So how do yo... More >>

• Milton "Skip" Ohlsen's New Home: Yazoo City, Mississippi, Federal Correctional Institution

  published Jan 14, 2010

  The man behind state senator Jeff Smith's downfall and suspected of playing a role in a 2008 bombing in Clayton, Milton "Skip" Ohlsen was transported to federal prison in Mississippi this week. Ohlsen... More >>

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  Greetings From the 11th Most-Literate City in the Nation!

  published Jan 14, 2010

  Recently spied this motel sign along Page Avenue -- just outside St. Louis City limits. And we wonder why our city's literacy ranking dropped again this year.rOn the flip side, I hear their suites are... More >>

• Historic Magazine Changes Name, Beaver Has Different Connotation These Days

  published Jan 13, 2010

  I still recall the outrage a few years back when Riverfront Times published a story in which we sampled and reviewed the muskrat, opossum, raccoon and other varmints for sale at Soulard's Farmer Marke... More >>

• Lamont Collins, St. Louis Homicide No. 9: Run Over as He Lay in Street Following Bar Fight

  published Jan 13, 2010

  In what has to be one of the most cold-blooded killings in recent memory, St. Louis police say Lamont Collins, 36, was run over last night as he lay beaten in the street. The incident occurred around ... More >>

• St. Louis Conference to Focus on Stem Cell Research

  published Jan 13, 2010

  The Missouri Coalition for Life Saving Cures is hosting its first-ever "Hope Summit" next weekend in downtown St. Louis.The summit -- to be held Saturday, Jan. 23 -- is open to the public and will, ac... More >>

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  Truly Ghetto Tax Preparer Arrives in Missouri: Mo' Money

  published Jan 13, 2010

  Saw the following commercial last night during the local news. Thought it was a joke before finding the company's website. Mo Money Taxes describes itself as "the largest independent tax company in T... More >>

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  Canseco to McGwire: "Hook Yourself to a Polygraph and Call Me a Liar!"

  published Jan 13, 2010

  Remember Jose Canseco's allegation in his book "Juiced" that he and Mark McGwire shot each other with steroids in the locker room stalls in Oaklandr During his steroid confession Monday night to Bob C... More >>

• What Do You Call a Sex Offender Passing Out Candy w/in 1000 ft. of a School on Halloweenr

  published Jan 12, 2010

  In Missouri you call him well within his rights -- that is, if he (or she) was convicted and sentenced before two relatively recent residency laws went into effect.Today the Missouri Supreme Court han... More >>

• Bryan Neal, St. Louis Homicide No. 8; Shot During Argument in North City Home

  published Jan 12, 2010

  St. Louis police are searching for a 24-year-old suspect they believe shot and killed Bryan D. Neal, 23, during an argument Monday night. The crime occurred in a second-floor bedroom in the 3900 block... More >>

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  Missouri "Bumbling Idiots" Charged With Kidnapping Wrong Man From New Jersey

  published Jan 12, 2010

  rThree Missouri men have been charged with kidnapping a New Jersey man and driving him half-way across the country. The victim, Jeffrey Muller, was freed Saturday in Lake Ozark, Missouri, when a conv... More >>