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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2011 Stories by Chad Garrison

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  William Franke: Founder of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Mired in Lawsuits

  published Nov 30, 2011

  William Franke, the man who once owned the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and who in 2004 helped found Swift Boat Veterans for Truth to attack the war record of Democratic presidential candidate John K... More >>

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  [UPDATE] JC Corcoran: St. Louis Shock Jock Suffers Wicked Case of Twitterhea

  published Nov 29, 2011

  Update: JC Corcoran has reportedly been suspended from KTRS for his tweets Sunday and Monday. In a video on his website today and also on Twitter, Corcoran blamed the Riverfront Times for drumming up ... More >>

• Lawrence Stojan: St. Louis Police Now Believe Homeless Man Was Murdered

  published Nov 29, 2011

  An autopsy has revealed that a homeless man discovered dead in September was likely murdered. r Police found Lawrence Carl Stojan around 11 p.m. September 24 in the 100 block of Elwood, just off South... More >>

• Rams Odds of Leaving for L.A. Look Good Now That Jacksonville Has New Owner

  published Nov 29, 2011

  Call it The Return of Khan. Shahid Khan, the Illinois business magnate who attempted to purchase the St. Louis Rams last year before Stan Kroenke foiled his plans, is reportedly the new owner of the J... More >>

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  SLU Ranked In Top 25 for First Time in 18 Seasons

  published Nov 28, 2011

  Congratulations to the Saint Louis University Billikens. The men's basketball team dismantled University of Oklahoma yesterday 83-63 in the 76 Classic in California. The Billikens are now 6-0 (with ... More >>

• Kansas Teen Twitter Sensation; Followers Grow 100-Fold Following Remark About Governor

  published Nov 28, 2011

  Last week Emma Sullivan of the Kansas City suburb of Fairway, Kansas, had 65 followers on Twitter. Right now she has 6,200 and rising. Her meteoric surge in popularity stems from a Tweet made from her... More >>

• Apparently Knockout Game Has Similar Rules to Uno

  published Nov 28, 2011

  Apparently, the street hoodlum game "Knockout King" is a lot like the card game "Uno." You have to shout the name of the game when you're about to win, or you could get penalized. Kwame Thomas, 1... More >>

• Pujols' Agent, Dan Lozano, Subject of Unflattering Exposé

  published Nov 23, 2011

  So, just who is the "super agent" representing Albert Pujols in his free-agencyr His name is Dan Lozano and he's rumored to ply clients with prostitutes and alcohol in order to get them to sign o... More >>

• Lawsuit Against Mandatory Drug Tests at Linn State Gets Class-Action Status

  published Nov 23, 2011

  An update to that story we told you about earlier this fall when Linn State Technical College in rural Missouri announced it would drug test all new students entering the school. In Septembe... More >>

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  Newspaper to Readers: Sorry We Mistook Voltron for Optimus Prime

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Extra! Extra! The people running the St. Louis community weekly, West End Word, do not know the distinction between their animated Japanese robot warriors! As the paper admitted in a November 16 ... More >>

• Corey Bryant: Man Charged With Prank Calling Police, Making Terrorist Threat

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Police say Corey Bryant was intimately familiar with how to dial 911 and did so with abandon, making numerous emergency calls to punk authorities. The bogus calls began on October 20 when someone dia... More >>

• St. Louis Ranks No. 6 in Number of "Native" Inhabitants

  published Nov 22, 2011

  For most St. Louisans, going home for Thanksgiving this week means staying put. According to Census figures, 69.4 percent of people living in the St. Louis metropolitan area were born in the regi... More >>

• Brian McCuller: St. Louis Homicide No. 110; Teen Shot on North Grand

  published Nov 22, 2011

  Bad weekend for North Grand. Early Saturday morning a woman was gunned down in the 3100 block of north St. Louis thoroughfare. On Sunday morning it was an 18-year-old teen shot to death a few block so... More >>

• Lawana Hughes: Charged in Murder Following Female Gunfight Outside Club

  published Nov 22, 2011

  Two women were injured and another killed following a bar fight early Saturday morning in north St. Louis. According to police and prosecutors, the disruption began around 3:30 a.m. outside a nig... More >>

• Sinquefield's Fair Tax Proposal Accused of Using Faulty Data

  published Nov 21, 2011

  Financier Rex Sinquefield's "Let Voter's Decide" is under fire, accused of using erroneous data to justify its call for eliminating the state income tax and replacing it with higher sales tax. As t... More >>

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  Spearchucker Bags Missouri Deer; Hunter is First to Kill Animal with Primitive Weapon

  published Nov 21, 2011

  For the first time in modern history, a Missouri hunter has harvested a deer using the atlatl, an ancient weapon that allows users to launch a spear at speeds over 100 m.p.h.The Missouri Conservation ... More >>

• Godfrey Woman Finds It Hilarious She's Charged with Felony

  published Nov 21, 2011

  There are many moods one can affect when posing for a police mugshot. That said, most people opt for something implying either disappointment (with themselves) or disbelief (in police accusing them of... More >>

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  Proof Downtown Partnership Bitched to City Hall About Occupy St. Louis

  published Nov 21, 2011

  A couple weeks ago Occupy St. Louis accused Mayor Francis Slay of kowtowing to corporate interests when he informed demonstrators (via his blog) that he would soon demand that they end their encampmen... More >>

• Darnell Clemons: Charged in Kidnapping Woman from St. Louis Bus, Raping Her

  published Nov 17, 2011

  A St. Louis man wanted for a prior rape charge is in custody today after allegedly forcing a woman off a St. Louis bus last week and sexually assaulting her. The incident occurred November 11 and last... More >>

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  Mizzou Coach Gary Pinkel Arrested for DWI

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Chrissake, Gary! Has Mizzou's 5-5 season led you to the bottler Or are you still celebrating Saturday's win over Texasr Either way, this doesn't look good for rthe University of Missouri.Major To... More >>

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  Dan McLaughlin: Broadcaster Too Drunk to Open Car Door During 2nd DWI

  published Nov 17, 2011

  Cardinals broadcaster Dan McLaughlin was too drunk to open the door to his SUV when arrested for a DWI September 25 -- his second such charge in just over a year. According to the police report for th... More >>

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  UPDATED: Police Make Arrest in Murder of Tyler Dasher, Infant Found in Cemetery

  published Nov 16, 2011

  Update 4:10 p.m.: St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch says that Shelby Dasher has admitted beating her 13-month-old son to death on Tuesday morning. According to McCulloch, Dasher went... More >>

• Missouri Supreme Court to Strip Club Owners: "Tough Titties!"

  published Nov 16, 2011

  The Missouri Supreme Court yesterday handed strip club owners yet another loss in their legal fight to overturn a sweeping law regulating "adult-oriented businesses." The law passed in 2010 prohibits ... More >>

• Brett Carson: Illinois Man Charged With Forcing Girlfriend Into Trunk

  published Nov 15, 2011

  Attention ladies: If Brett Carson ever asks you to "drive around" with him, run away. Quickly. Carson's most recent girlfriend discovered this the hard way, according to authorities, following a ... More >>

• Travon Jones: St. Louis Teen Charged With Sodomy, Murder

  published Nov 15, 2011

  Police have a new accusation to add to laundry list of charges filed against 19-year-old Travon Jones: murder.Last week Jones was charged with forcible sodomy, burglary, theft, assault, resisting arre... More >>