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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2012 Stories by Chad Garrison

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  Beer Book War! Updated Anheuser-Busch Biography Available as E-Edition

  published Nov 05, 2012

  Last week Riverfront Times told you about Bitter Brew, the new biography of the Busch family that comes out this month from publisher HaperCollins. But Bitter Brew isn't the first book to examine St. ... More >>

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  Missouri Bar to St. Louis County Voters: Retain All Judges But Hood

  published Nov 02, 2012

  Every few years voters in St. Louis and St. Louis County get to choose whether to retain the judges appointed to their circuit courts by the governor's office. This year 24 judges are up for retention... More >>

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  Ernie Hays, Longtime Organist for St. Louis Cardinals, Dead at 77

  published Nov 01, 2012

  Local legend Ernie Hays has passed away at the age of 77. Hays manned the stadium organ for the St. Louis Cardinals for 40 years before retiring prior to the 2010 season. In an age when more and more ... More >>

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  Busch Unbottled: Divulging secrets from the sudsy to the sordid, a new book pops the top off St. Louis' beer-brewing dynasty

  published November 1, 2012

  William Knoedelseder's new book, Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer, opens with a foreboding... More >>

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  10 Best Halloween Jokes -- 2012 Edition

  published Nov 01, 2012

  So, we've gotten ourselves into something of a tradition here at Daily RFT of recapping the best jokes as told by trick-or-treaters. And by "best jokes" we are being kind. Many of the riddles we heard... More >>

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  The Post-Dispatch Article That Made Joe Buck Cry

  published Oct 31, 2012

  He resides among the cellar dwellers in RFT's St. Louis Sports-Media Power Rankings (at No. 44 in our list of 50), but Dan Caesar can still throw a punch. In fact, in a tussle back in 1990, the Post... More >>

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  Ghostly Image is Missouri's 33rd Mountain Lion Sighting Since 1994

  published Oct 29, 2012

  Related content: - Meandering Missouri Mountain Lion Last Seen in Michigan- Petition Aims to Stop Senseless Killing of Missouri's Mountain LionsThe Missouri Department of Conservation has confirmed th... More >>

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  Police: St. Louis House Cleaner Stole Heirloom from Client

  published Oct 29, 2012

  A house cleaner from Jefferson County has been charged with felony stealing for taking an engagement ring from the home of a 90-year-old woman and pawning it for cash. According to St. Louis County ... More >>

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  U.S. Deer Collision Map Curiously Similar to Red State, Blue State Divide

  published Oct 25, 2012

  West Virginia leads the nation in something. And, no, we're not talking about obesity or smoking or party schools. West Virginia is the most likely place in America for motorists to crash into deer!&n... More >>

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  St. Louis Flag Flies Flaccidly Hangs Over D.C. City Hall Today

  published Oct 24, 2012

  It's payday in the nation's capital. Today Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray is honoring the bet he made with St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay prior to the beginning of the National League Division Serie... More >>

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  PHOTOS: Wayne Gretzky's New St. Louis Home

  published Oct 18, 2012

  Hockey's "The Great One" has returned to St. Louis. Wayne Gretzky, who played briefly for the Blues during the 1995-1996 season, recently purchased a home in Frontenac. Real estate records show that G... More >>

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  Missouri's Prop. B Is About Tobacco Taxes, Though You'd Never Know From Billboards

  published Oct 16, 2012

  Updated Nov. 5 with controversial radio ad from No MO Tax. It's clear from the billboards sprouting up around Missouri that Proposition B is about raising taxes. But what exactly is the 760 percent ta... More >>

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  Clayton Butt Groper: Creepiest Composite Sketch Everr

  published Oct 15, 2012

  Lookout Des Peres serial hugger. You've got competition. Clayton policeare on the lookout for a serial butt groper. The suspect has struck on at least three occasions -- August 25, September 14 and Oc... More >>

• Murdered Man Discovered in Cadillac; St. Louis Homicide No. 92

  published Oct 15, 2012

  St. Louis homicide detectives are investigating the shooting of a man found dead last Thursday in the 4600 block of Riverview (above).Police say they received a call around noon on October 11 of "susp... More >>

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  SLU Faculty Give Biondi a No-Confidence Vote

  published Oct 12, 2012

  The faculty council at Saint Louis University's College of Arts & Sciences has overwhelmingly voted to censure the school's president, Father Lawrence Biondi, over plans to alter SLU's tenure syst... More >>

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  Nelly Album Issued Warning Label Following Tour Bus Bust

  published Oct 12, 2012

  Yes. We crack ourselves up. - Nelly's Tour Bus Busted with Heroin, Weed, Loaded Gun- Nelly: No Idea Tour Bus Was Full of Drugs and "Mad As Hell"... More >>

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  St. Louis Homicide Victims Scattered Along Rural Illinois Interstate

  published Oct 12, 2012

  Is it a coincidence that the bodies of two murdered St. Louis men have been found within weeks of each other along the same stretch of rural Illinois interstater Or are the discoveries connected -- an... More >>

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  Decarlos Coleman: St. Louis Homicide No. 91; Gunned Down in North City Alley

  published Oct 11, 2012

  St. Louis police are searching today for two suspects, described only as black males (one in a hoodie), who the believe shot Decarlos Coleman late last night in the Walnut Park East neighborhood. Pol... More >>

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  Judge Warns North Face Parody "Butt Face" to Quit Being an Ass

  published Oct 11, 2012

  In August we told you about Jim and Jimmy Winkelmann and their new clothing line, Butt Face, that they launched in 2010 on the heels of a court-ordered injunction against their previous clothing compa... More >>

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  Wash. U. Student Senate Votes to Ban Plastic Bags

  published Oct 11, 2012

  Student leaders at Washington University went all San Francisco this month, voting to prohibit retail businesses on campus from handing out plastic bags to customers. If adopted by school administrato... More >>

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  McCaskill Hammers Akin With Ads Featuring Rape Survivors

  published Oct 10, 2012

  Senator Claire McCaskill's campaign today launched three television spots aimed at drawing attention to Republican candidate Todd Akin's extreme pro-life views and his "legitimate rape" comment from e... More >>

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  Masked Assailants Kill Hispanic Male in South St. Louis; 90th Homicide of 2012

  published Oct 10, 2012

  St. Louis homicide detectives have yet to release the identification of a man shot Monday night in the 3400 block of Pennsylvania (above) near Cherokee Street. According to police, witnesses observed... More >>

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  Schwagstock's Jimmy Tebeau Gets 30-Month Sentence for "Drug-Involved Premises"

  published Oct 10, 2012

  A federal judge in Cape Girardeau sentenced St. Louis-based concert promoter James Tebeau to 30 months in prison yesterday for the crime of "maintaining a drug-involved premises" on his 350-acre farm ... More >>

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  DC Flag Could Fly Over St. Louis City Hall; Mayors Bet on NLDS

  published Oct 10, 2012

  See this flagr It could be flying over St. Louis City Hall next week should the Nationals beat the Cardinals in the National League Division Series. See also: AB-InBev Outraged Over World Series Bet... More >>

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  Is RFT "Representing the Devil"r Local Reader Thinks So

  published Oct 09, 2012

  We posted the following letter on RFT's Facebook page last night. It has since generated dozens and dozens of "likes" and comments -- so much so that we figured our blog readers might appreciate it as... More >>