Email Author Nicholas Phillips

Awards

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

  "Left for Dead"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly 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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2010 Stories by Nicholas Phillips

• HIV-Positive Inmate Sues City et al for Denying Him Treatment

  published Nov 19, 2010

  An HIV-positive man in his late 40s is suing the City and Correctional Medical Services (a contractor), saying that during his first 16 days in the slammer, he repeatedly asked for his medication but ... More >>

• Printmaking Punks and Professors to Converge on STL this Spring

  published Nov 18, 2010

  Whip out your [bound and boutique-crafted] day planners, all you printmaking junkies:1) The Cherokee Print League is doing their 3rd Annual Holiday sale on Dec. 4, don't forget. 2) The nation's premie... More >>

• Conan O'Brien Coming to STL -- Kind Of

  published Nov 17, 2010

  Conan O'Brien may've snubbed us and skipped St. Louis in his most recent comedy tour, but now he's finally coming to the Fox on April 2! And yet...will it be the Coco you craver The occasion is the 23... More >>

• Naked (and Portly) Jogger Being Hunted by Columbia Police

  published Nov 16, 2010

  When a naked man darts around Mizzou's campus, folks normally call it "hazing," "streaking," or "insanity!"But when a fat dude in his late fifties with shoulder-length blonde hair peels off his briefs... More >>

• Christmas Creep Creeps Into the Loop

  published Nov 15, 2010

  These went up over the weekend, i.e, in the first half of November. Bah!r ... More >>

• Stoked for Your First Seasonal Skate at Steinberg Rink Todayr Not Gonna Happen.

  published Nov 12, 2010

  Steinberg Skating Rink in Forest Park was slated to open today, and you were hoping to go with friends!  But alas, it is not to be. Quiz: Why notr a) You don't have friends.b) It's too hot, and t... More >>

• Top 5 Vicious Comments Made to Belleville Woman by Collection Agent

  published Nov 11, 2010

  Tammy Henshaw of Belleville freely admits it: She's in debt. But does she deserve death threats against herr And her dogrHenshaw's daughter died last spring and got a proper burial, but Henshaw couldn... More >>

• The Exterminator: Metro-East Folks Lurve It

  published Nov 10, 2010

  Yesterday, the BND dutifully asked Belleville residents: So now that you've got a 12,000-pound police Humvee with surveillance cameras that's parked right in your 'hood, aren't you worried about invas... More >>

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  Mo' Smokers: We Belong to the Ciggie Belt

  published Nov 09, 2010

  Check out Slate's new map showing states with highest overall percentage of daily smokers: rYou can also click on the county-by-county map, which reveals the following interesting facts: Between 2002... More >>

• Feel Bad for the Woman Who Spent 9 Hours in Cuffsr

  published Nov 08, 2010

  What she did: According to Washington Park's finest, the woman in question (related to the town's former mayor) broke into somebody's house with a male accomplice. Police suspect a certain motive, but... More >>

• Jon Hamm Asks "Whatr" A Bajllion Times, But Not Different Ways

  published Nov 05, 2010

  Now that somebody's spliced together every "Whatr" ever uttered by St. Louis's own Jon Hamm on Mad Men, a debate has begun: Is Jon Hamm as good and nuanced as everyone says he isr Or is this an unfair... More >>

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  Doug Stanhope Sounds Off on the British, Bill Hicks and Why He Loathes Comedy Clubs

  published Nov 04, 2010

  Doug Stanhope is a sick man: a sufferer of umbilical hernia, a surly boozer, recidivist smoker, champion of recreational drugs, former Libertarian candidate for President, rambling social satirist and... More >>

• What Options Does Ed Martin Have Leftr

  published Nov 03, 2010

  UPDATED below the jump. As Daily RFT reported earlier today, Republican challenger Ed Martin has refused to concede the 3rd Congressional District race to incumbent Democrat Russ Carnahan. But does it... More >>

• Alderman Jeffrey Boyd: Let's Simmer Down With the Honorary Street Names

  published Nov 02, 2010

  City aldermen have gone buck-wild this year renaming streets after people. Alderman Jeffrey Boyd of the 22nd Ward thinks they should cool it.  According to a quick search on Google Reader (which ... More >>

• Poll: Should Mizzou Fans Be Allowed to Storm the Field After a Big Winr

  published Oct 29, 2010

  And so the powers-that-be at Mizzou have elected not to press charges against the "Faurot 30" -- the handful of students (among several hundred) that got handcuffed Saturday for storming the field aft... More >>

• Woman Drains World Supply of Exclamation Points: Last Week in Missed Connections

  published Oct 28, 2010

  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.!!!!!rIn times like these...rPatrrDishonorable Moforr... More >>

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  Clergy Sex Abuse Victim Didn't Know His Video Interview Involved Ed Martin

  published Oct 21, 2010

  So you've seen therealedmartin.com, the website implying that congressional candidate Ed Martin knew about "pedophile priests" being shuffled around from parish to parish, but failed to do any... More >>

• Ed Martin: Site Suggests He Knew About Pedophile Priests but Did Nothing

  published Oct 21, 2010

  rHeard about therealedmartin.comrIt's a website that argues -- albeit indirectly, and with loads of documents -- that GOP congressional candidate Ed Martin, while employed at the Archdiocese o... More >>

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  Ed Martin Sued by Former Board of Elections Employee for Comments in RFT

  published Oct 21, 2010

  Four years ago, Jeannie Bergfeld, who was once a high-ranking former employee at the city's bipartisan board of elections, filed suit against its two commissioners and then-chairman Ed Martin. (Y'all ... More >>

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  Off-Duty Cop Who Shot a Man Gets Probation, Swipes at SLMPD Firearm Policies

  published Oct 20, 2010

  Ex-city cop Bryan Pour -- who got into a fracas on the east side two years ago and shot a man -- was sentenced to four years probation this morning in Madison County court. The hearing was extraordin... More >>

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  Politicians Want to Text Us, Ruin Last Spam-Free Area of Our Over-Mediated Lives

  published Oct 19, 2010

  Show us a campaign e-mail, and we'll show you spam. Call us on our landline, and -- oops, we don't have one. But send us a text, and Sweet Bejeezus we will drop the choking child we're trying to resu... More >>

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  Tea Party Crasher: Hard-charging Ed Martin wants to win your vote — and Russ Carnahan's congressional seat

  published October 20, 2010

  Republican Ed Martin wants your vote. Really, really badly. Tell him what street you live on (he's going to ask), and Martin may follow... More >>

• Bus Driver Sees Blood, Passes Out: Mayhem!

  published Oct 15, 2010

  C'mon kids, sing! The wheels on the bus go round and -- CRASH!At about 9:20 am yesterday, a school bus was cruising through Springfield, according to the News-Leader. And then:Apparently, the driver b... More >>

• Midgets Can't Wrestle in Missouri Without a License, Says State Agency

  published Oct 13, 2010

  So the Extreme Midget Wrestling Federation event slated for Thursday in Cape Girardeau is probably canceled. Yeah. That's because (according to the Southeast Missourian) the state of Missouri has dec... More >>

• Tommy Sowers, Anti-War Green Beret Running for Congress in MO, Gets National Press

  published Oct 12, 2010

  Interesting feature this morning in The Washington Post about Tommy Sowers, who's gunning for a congressional seat down in southeastern Missouri:A combat veteran with a graduate degree from the London... More >>