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

• Lure Nightclub To Close, Plans a Final Red Hott Thursday

  published Oct 11, 2010

  Lure nightclub -- which public and private entities have been campaigning to shut down  -- is closing for good, says manager Tony Trupiano. However, he and his siblings, Nick and Aprille, plan to... More >>

• Bootleg Video: Illegal Drag Racing on North Side

  published Oct 06, 2010

  Watch for the following in this clip, just uploaded a few days ago: (1) the guy who crashes his motorcycle; (2) how weirdly short the 'track' is, apparently on Hall Street, north of the McKinley Bridg... More >>

• Alderman Boyd Proposes Bill to Re-Legalize Sale of Mini "Airport" Liquor Bottles

  published Oct 06, 2010

  Psst. About that pocket-sized bottle of booze you're nipping off. Yeah, the one you bought within city limits: it's contraband. Those 50-milliliter bottles -- good for warming tummies in business clas... More >>

• Authorities Seize $58,000 in Stolen Candy

  published Oct 04, 2010

  Last week, law enforcers in western Missouri area sniffed out a huge trove of hot merch: about four tractor trailers worth of car batteries, lampshades, pillows and, yes, $58,000 in assorted Halloween... More >>

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  Lure Nightclub Could Stay Open For Months, Thanks to Judge Dierker's Stay Order

  published Oct 01, 2010

  This Saturday night was supposed to be Lure nightclub's last hurrah, but a judge ruled today that they can stay open for the time being. Despite the recent (and controversial) campaign by City Hall, n... More >>

• Now THAT is a Child Porn Stash

  published Sep 30, 2010

  Oh, Joseph Emil Klug. So many other things you could've collected: stamps, bugs, maybe just memories. Instead, in Illinois federal court yesterday, 30-year-old Klug pleaded guilty to amassing a librar... More >>

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  Illinois Man Acccused of Burning Homosexual Alive Gets 50 Year Behind Bars

  published Sep 29, 2010

  Although Joey Ragusa, 45, of South Roxana, Illinois, maintains his innocence, a jury gave him 50 years on Tuesday for dousing Jimmy Garrison with flammable liquid and lighting him on fire at his home ... More >>

• Hott Delivery Boys, Ex-Cop Psychos, and Sadness: Another Week in Missed Connections

  published Sep 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.Watch it, you hott delivery boyrSt. Louis' Not-So-Finest... More >>

• Columbia Family Whose Dog Was Killed in SWAT Raid Is Suing City

  published Sep 24, 2010

  All you Daily RFT readers have weighed in almost unanimously: the Columbia police SWAT team that raided the home of Jonathan Whitworth on suspicion of marijuana possession acted too aggressively when ... More >>

• Rock Hill Blight Designation Lifted, Nabe Goes Back to Square One

  published Sep 23, 2010

  Back in 2006, RFT warned that Rock Hill was poised for commercial upheaval: a $95.4 million redevelopment at the northwest corner of McKnight and Manchester roads was going to bring in a Target and pu... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Lure is not responsible for all Washington Avenue's trouble, but it's taking all the blame

  published September 22, 2010

  Lure is dead. When the house lights come up at 2:34 a.m. on Sunday, September 12, no one's dancing. Back in July, 450 bodies thronged... More >>

• Jon Hamm Thinks Tea Party Message is "Coded" Racism

  published Sep 21, 2010

  If you think (a) St. Louis-born Jon Hamm can do anything without us blogging it, or (b) we're uninterested in the political views of celebrities, then you're badly mistaken. Here's ol' Don Draper on B... More >>

• Brick Rustling Still Plagues St. Louis, Says New York Times

  published Sep 20, 2010

  St. Louis brick -- a highly valued commodity among rehabbers in the South -- continues to disappear from from vacant buildings here, especially up in Alderman Samuel Moore's Fourth Ward, according to ... More >>

• Crack Sentences in Missouri Still the Most Draconian in U.S., Says The Washington Post

  published Sep 13, 2010

  Getting caught with crack in your pocket ain't good. Getting caught with crack in your pocket in Missouri could be especially bad. According to an article in The Washington Post on Sunday:Fourteen sta... More >>

• Uber-Conservative Documentary by Former MO House Staffer Causing National Ripples

  published Sep 09, 2010

  The explosive documentary trailer below, which has already gotten more than 2 million hits on YouTube alone (!), comes from Ray Griggs, former staffer to state representative Robert Schaaf  of St... More >>

• Those Moles On Your Butt May be Real Bad, Sez Washington University Dermatologist

  published Sep 08, 2010

  Got molesr OK! Got Melanomar Not OK. Here's a YouTube video of Washington University dermatologist Milan J. Anadkat, MD, explaining the difference. (We're not sure why he's doing this; it just appeare... More >>

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  The Most St. Louis-Centric Rap Video EVER: Corle 2 Da's "So St. Louis"

  published Sep 07, 2010

  I'm so St. Louis, you can ask my tattooist...          -- Corle 2 DaThis new release has cameos of all kinds of St. Louis icons, including a few not normal... More >>

• City Hall Vicinity Offers Hotdogs, Male Strippers

  published Sep 03, 2010

  Looks like the whiz-kids out at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA haven't worked out all the bugs yet.According to Google Maps, the adult performance agency "Life of the Party" sits right in the mid... More >>

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  Old Dude Shot During Quarrel Over Which Branch of the Military is Better

  published Sep 02, 2010

  Psssst...fellas...we're grateful for your service. But weren't you trained to fire at foreignersrThis from the Belleville News-Democrat this morning:A 57-year-old Centreville man is in police custody ... More >>

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  Dump Trucks, Big Butts and a Whoremouth at Niche: More Missed Connections

  published Sep 01, 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.THE DUMP TRUCK WAS VERY LARGErJUST A BORED GIRL AT NICHE... More >>

• Mizzou Football: A Third of Players, Two-Thirds Coaches To Be Arrested at Current Rate

  published Aug 31, 2010

  Wait - ANOTHER Mizzou football player got arrestedr Before the season has even startedrYes: Derrick Washington -- the senior tailback who scored 10 touchdowns and rushed for 865 yards last year -- tur... More >>

• Are Preschoolers in St. Louis Depressedr

  published Aug 30, 2010

  They definitely can be, according to a 5,000-word story that just came out yesterday in The New York Times Magazine. The main subject of the piece is a kid nicknamed "Kiran," who lives in "suburban St... More >>

• Paul F. Tompkins To Play the Firebird, Transform Comedy Industry

  published Aug 27, 2010

  Did we lurve Paul F. Tompkins more on Mr. Show, Tenacious D, VH1's Best Week Ever or his stand-upr No matter. You can catch his act at the Firebird on Saturday night thanks to a new business model: if... More >>

• Bishop Sigillito's Lawyers Blast Government Tactics as "Illegal" and "Frightening"

  published Aug 27, 2010

  Clayton attorney and American Anglican bishop Marty Sigillito stands accused in civil court of running a $45 million Ponzi scheme. He's currently under federal investigation. See our feature, "White ... More >>

• Deeply Incompetent Cyber-Flirting: Yet Another Week on Missed Connections

  published Aug 25, 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.THIS MAN DESERVES SOME KIND OF AWARDrHIT-AND-RUN DISGUST... More >>