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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2011 Stories by Chad Garrison

• St. Louis Malls to Open At 12:01 a.m. Black Friday

  published Nov 15, 2011

  What am I thankful for this holiday seasonr That I don't work in retail. Specifically, that I don't work for any of the malls operated by CBL & Associates. Yesterday the company announced that it... More >>

• Antionette Wilkins: St. Louis Homicide No. 108; Bullets Enter Home, Strike Teen

  published Nov 15, 2011

  A teenage girl was shot and killed as she ran for cover inside her home Sunday. The gunfire erupted just after 5 p.m. November 13 in the 4000 block of St. Louis Avenue (below) in north city. rWit... More >>

• Jack Dorsey: Can He Take Over Steve Jobs' Role as High Priest of Geekr

  published Nov 14, 2011

  Will Jack Dorsey (founder of Twitter and Square) become the next Steve Jobsr That's the question that tech site gigaom.com recently tackled in an article comparing the St. Louis native to the late App... More >>

• Aunder Turner: St. Louis Homicide No. 105; Gunned Down on Cherokee Street

  published Nov 14, 2011

  Aunder Turner was walking down Cherokee Street with a friend Friday morning around 9 a.m. when a man came out of a store and stopped the 20-year-old Turner. rTurner's friend told police that he contin... More >>

• Fight at St. Louis Bachelor Party Leads to Shooting, Police Chase Into the 'Burbs

  published Nov 11, 2011

  A bachelor party in the downtown St. Louis loft and nightclub district turned violent last night. According to police, a 28-year-old man attending the pre-wedding bacchanalia got into a figh... More >>

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  St. Louis Police Agree to Local Control Thanks to "Sugar Daddies" Like Rex Sinquefield

  published Nov 11, 2011

  That was so easy, one wonders why it took 150 years to figure outrYesterday, the St. Louis Police Officers' Association officially caved. For the first time since the Civil War, the association agreed... More >>

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  City Gives Occupy St. Louis 25-Hour Notice to Vacate Kiener Plaza

  published Nov 10, 2011

  Representatives from the St. Louis parks department and mayor's office this afternoon gave participants of Occupy St. Louis 25 hours to break down their encampment in Kiener Plaza. Park departmen... More >>

• William: St. Louis Occupier Says Media Has It Wrong

  published Nov 10, 2011

  This week Riverfront Times profiled the people of Occupy St. Louis. Here are few additional portraits of the "99 percent." rOccupant: William, age 24 Lives in: St. Louis; server Time at Occupy: Pas... More >>

• Diane Lee: St. Louis Occupier Wants Better Life for Granddaughter

  published Nov 10, 2011

  This week Riverfront Times profiled the people of Occupy St. Louis. Here are few additional portraits of the "99 percent."Occupant: Diane Lee, age 67 Lives in: Edwardsville, Illinois; teacher Time at ... More >>

• BBC Call on David Freese's Walk-Off Home Run

  published Nov 10, 2011

  Not sure if this made the rounds last week, but I just saw it today for the first time. With all due respect to Joe Buck (and even papa Buck), this is how you call a World-Series-saving, walk-off home... More >>

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  Hundreds Flock to Jay Nixon's Downtown Fundraiser

  published Nov 10, 2011

  Daily RFT didn't get an invite* to Governor Jay Nixon's fundraiser yesterday, but apparently hundreds of other people did.A source in attendance tells Daily RFT that an estimated 600 people arrived la... More >>

• Parent Company of Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Schools Under Scrutiny

  published Nov 10, 2011

  The corporation that runs fifteen culinary schools in the United States under the name Le Cordon Bleu, including a branch in St. Peters, is under scrutiny for possibly misrepresenting the employment r... More >>

• Rally Scheduled to Save St. Louis County Parks; How You Can Get Involved

  published Nov 09, 2011

  If you haven't heard, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley has proposed closing 23 of the county's 49 parks next year to save $4.6 million in the 2012 budget year. The cuts would also close sever... More >>

• Joe Webb: Former SLU English Instructor Making It In Hollywood

  published Nov 09, 2011

  Yesterday Daily RFT got an update from our friend Joe Webb, a former doctoral student and English instructor at SLU, whose advice column for undergraduates became something of an Internet sensation a ... More >>

• Cortez Buford: Arrested In Murder of Antrelo Lampkin

  published Nov 09, 2011

  The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office has charged 26-year-old Cortez Buford with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the slaying of Antrelo Lampkin last Tuesday. Lampkin, 39, was gunned... More >>

• Minimum-Wage Hike Could Land on Missouri's 2012 Ballot

  published Nov 09, 2011

  Missouri may be a red state when it comes to politics, but two initiatives that hope to land on the November 2012 ballot could bring the left-wing base out in droves next year. On Monday it was a prop... More >>

• TSA Names Lambert "Airport of the Year"

  published Nov 08, 2011

  We know what you're thinking: Lambert Airport is the airport of the yearr! The judges must really like plywood windows!Whoa! Easy now. Those blown-out windows from the tornado last April are being rep... More >>

• Occupy St. Louis Accuses Mayor of Kowtowing to Corporations

  published Nov 08, 2011

  Three days after St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay issued an edict demanding that those involved in Occupy St. Louis vacate Kiener Plaza, the "occupiers" issued their own message to City Hall. In a stateme... More >>

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  Proposals Seek to Legalize Marijuana in Missouri

  published Nov 08, 2011

  Missourians could get to vote on whether to legalize marijuana if two recently filed initiatives get enough signatures to land on the November 2012 ballot. On Monday the Missouri Secretary of State's ... More >>

• The Best of Ron Washington's Foul-Mouthed Pep Talk

  published Nov 07, 2011

  Today JoeSportsFan.com released the locker room pep talk Texas Rangers' manager Ron Washington gave his team prior to Game 7 of the World Series. Washington may not be much of a motivational speaker (... More >>

• Chesterfield Council To Consider Another Shopping Center in Floodplain

  published Nov 07, 2011

  Members of the Chesterfield City Council tonight are expected to take up a measure to rezone 48 acres of floodplain along Interstate 64 for commercial use as an outlet mall. If that sounds familiar, i... More >>

• Derrick Banks: Teen Charged in Murder of St. Louis Man Killed on Porch

  published Nov 07, 2011

  The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office has charged Derrick Banks with first-degree murder in the October killing of Demetrius Clark. Clark, of the 3200 block of Chippewa, was discovered shot to death... More >>

• Mizzou Joins SEC as One of Biggest, Smartest Schools in Conference

  published Nov 07, 2011

  Well, that's that. After weeks of speculation and rumor, the University of Missouri finally announced yesterday that it's leaving the Big 12 for the Southeast Conference. I admit. I wasn't too keen on... More >>

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  St. Louis Mayor Plays Into Hands of Occupiers

  published Nov 07, 2011

  On Friday, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay said the Occupy St. Louis protesters must vacate Kiener Plaza, the downtown park where they've camped out now for over a month. In so doing, Slay gave the occup... More >>

• St. Louis Murder Rate on Pace With Last Year; Blacks Disproportionately Impacted

  published Nov 04, 2011

  After trending slightly higher for much of 2011, the St. Louis murder rate last week did something it hasn't done all year: pull into an exact tie with the number of people killed in 2010. Through Oct... More >>