Email Author Nicholas Phillips

Awards

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "Left for Dead"

• 2011 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published June 9, 2010

  "Tears of a Town"

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2009 Stories by Nicholas Phillips

• Trailer Park Head and Tight-Ass Jeans: Another Week in craigslist Missed Connections

  published Nov 03, 2009

  Each week, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently.rexpecting your child - w4m - 35 - (your house)Get off t... More >>

• Wash U. Doctor Featured in NY Times as Savior to Women with Awful Vaginal Injury

  published Nov 02, 2009

  We shall let the New York Times' international wanderer-columnist Nicholas D. Kristof open this blog post with a description of obstetric fistula, a truly grotesque condition suffered by women mostly ... More >>

• FoodWire: Foam Now Open

  published Oct 30, 2009

  After two years of anticipation, Foam Coffee & Beer at 3359 Jefferson Avenue has finally opened its doors! For the most part. Owner Mike Glodeck says he's already secured his city liquor license b... More >>

• Attempted Kidnapping in Northeastern Missouri Declared a Hoax

  published Oct 30, 2009

  Woops! Remember how, last week, we blogged about a chilling event up in LaGrange, MO in which a two-year-old girl was being yanked from a Jeep Cherokee by a shabby kidnapper, but her mother heroically... More >>

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  Anybody Know a Lady in Missouri Who Breastfeeds Her Catr

  published Oct 29, 2009

  rNot long ago, Daily RFT got an e-mail from a British documentary researcher in search of a Missouri woman who suckles her cat. Meow meow WHArIt appears that a British tabloid called Closer recentl... More >>

• Pantyhose and Paternity Tests: Another Week in craigslist Missed Connections

  published Oct 26, 2009

  Each week, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently.r1) How to cram the word "pantyhose" four times into one... More >>

• Mother Catches Guy Trying to Kidnap Her Daughter, Slams Car Door on His Fingers

  published Oct 23, 2009

  A chilling scenario: you buckle your two-year-old in her car seat, then leave for a minute. You return to find a shabby-looking man pulling her out. What would you dorThis happened to a mother in LaGr... More >>

• Your Coke Connection Might Be "Cerrado": Ten St. Louisans Busted In Nationwide Sting

  published Oct 22, 2009

  In a two-day bodyslam of the Mexican drug cartel, "La Familia," law enforcers in 19 different states arrested 303 individuals, including 10 from the St. Louis area. rFive of the locals put in bracelet... More >>

• "I hav the hots for hockey moms": Another Week in craigslist Missed Connections

  published Oct 19, 2009

  Each week, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the most intriguing posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently. rhockey mom - m4w -k here's the deal. I hav ... More >>

• Another Pit Bull Ban Debated in the Bootheel

  published Oct 14, 2009

  So, pit bulls. Born viciousr Or simply made vicious by douchebag ownersr Or are pit bulls no more "vicious" than other breedsrEarlier this week in Senath, Missouri (waaaaay down in the Bootheel), the ... More >>

• You Were Doing WHAT in a Clown Suitr Another Week in craigslist Missed Connections

  published Oct 13, 2009

  Each week, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently. rbus scene - 24 - (STL)You were at the bustop at Southw... More >>

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  Jon Hamm is a HUGE Blues Hockey Geek

  published Oct 12, 2009

  Just look at how greasy his Blues hat is...Who else could, in 30 seconds, toss off references to Brett Hull, Adam Oates, Brendan Shanahan, Craig Janney, Paul and Gino Cavallini, and T.J. Oshie and sti... More >>

• The South Butt takes on the North Face -- and more

  published October 7, 2009

  The North Face to Missouri Teen: No Ifs, Ands or "South Butts" Meet Jimmy Winkelmann, or as his lawyer affectionately refers to his... More >>

• "I Probably Gave You Herpes....Sorry." Another Week in craigslist Missed Connections

  published Oct 02, 2009

  Each week, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently. rthe hot hitchhiker on 141 - m4w - 30 - (big bend)To th... More >>

• Would-be Wallet Snatcher in Columbia, MO Tries, Fails to Rob Undercover Cop

  published Oct 01, 2009

  This just in from the Columbia Daily Tribune: In an apparent nod to situational irony, 30-year-old David W. Riley left a convenience store in Columbia Monday night and tried to rob another man of his ... More >>

• Don C. Weir Gets 6 1/2 Years in Federal Prison, Ordered to Pay $12 Million in Restitution

  published Sep 30, 2009

  rDon C. Weir, the Town & Country financial advisor who stole some $12 million in precious-metal coin investments from 44 clients, was sentenced Wednesday to six and a half years in federal... More >>

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  Former Car Dealer and Part-Owner of Three Monkeys, Stella Blues Commits Suicide

  published Sep 30, 2009

  John Van Hoogstraat, 63, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on Monday inside Stella Blues, a south city bar he co-owned. According to a police spokesperson, officers found ... More >>

• "Stressful and Exhausting": Missouri's First Poet Laureate Reflects on His Tenure

  published Sep 29, 2009

  In January 2008, Walter Bargen of Ashland, Missouri was tapped to be the state's first Poet Laureate. With his term winding down, he recently took a moment to discuss the experience with the Daily RFT... More >>

• The Onion Suspiciously Cites St. Louis for the Third Time in 2009...

  published Sep 24, 2009

  Citizens: an Onion writer lurks in your midst. Or such is our theory. For at least the third time in 2009, that venerable fake news organ has run a story bearing the dateline, "ST. LOUIS." Consider th... More >>

• Black Bear Gets Whacked, Psuedo Huck Finn Bound for St. Louis, America's Most Wanted Comes to Town: Show-Me News Roundup

  published Sep 23, 2009

  Some notable stories from around Missouri this week: r1) Black bear suffers a...grisly....deathMissouri only has 150 to 300 black bears. Well, minus one: an adult female black bear was found murdered... More >>

• Jon Hamm and Will Ferrell Blast Health Care Reform, Stand Up for Insurance Companies

  published Sep 22, 2009

  Who can you really trust for information in our current health care debate clusterf&%kr Politicians, pundits or the peopler Well, there is a third option: CELEBRITIES.Yes folks, here's St. Louis' ... More >>

• Mizzou Frat Brother Crushed by Bus; Ponzi Schemester from Kirksville Sentenced; Sick Snakes Euthanized; What a Weekend in MO!

  published Sep 22, 2009

  Check out this sampling of what happened in Missouri over the weekend: 1) Rollin' on a Rev'ler: Bus Crushes Mizzou Student in Winery Parking LotAround 1 a.m. last Friday, a bus loaded with college st... More >>

• Last Week's Most Intriguing Posts on the Local Craigslist "Missed Connections" Page

  published Sep 16, 2009

  Every so often, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the most interesting posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently.rBiological Father - 27 - (St. Louis, M... More >>

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  Vigilante Who Fired Shots to Get Back Lady's Purse Is Stripped of Concealed Carry Rights

  published Sep 16, 2009

  Around 9 p.m. last Friday, 75-year-old Mary O'Neal shuffled out of a Price Cutter in Springfield MO. She had her purse and some cupcakes for her grandson. Soon she heard the footsteps of a young man s... More >>

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  Top Five Shocking Facts about Missouri's War Against Feral Hogs

  published Sep 14, 2009

  5) Feral hogs are exploding in Missouri!Not literally. Their numbers are swelling, says the Missouri Department of Conservation. The offspring of domestic swine, wild razorbacks and Russian boars have... More >>