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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2011 Stories by Nicholas Phillips

• 'Twas a Bit Awkward Because We Were Peeing

  published Mar 21, 2011

  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.Urinal my dreams nowrWorst couple everrThis girl's got i... More >>

• Top 3 Pet Peeves of an Indie Barista

  published Mar 18, 2011

  In this series, food and drink professionals dish to Gut Check about their pet peeves anonymously -- but honestly.Gut Check Code Name: Lil' SpitfirePosition: Barista, independent coffee shopPet Peeve ... More >>

• Punks Steal Historic Piece of Union Station After St. Pat's Parade Downtown

  published Mar 18, 2011

  Anybody know these chumpsr Last Saturday afternoon, while many green-clad St. Louisans were sh$thouse-wasted from St. Paddy's Day festivities downtown, these scoundrels were stealing history -- specif... More >>

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  City Nights Surveillance Footage: Murder Caught on Taper

  published Mar 17, 2011

  The following surveillance tape, showing the lobby and parking lot of the City Nights nightclub, was obtained from a family member of Anthony Rice. Rice was fatally mowed down by a pickup truck outsid... More >>

• You are Pretty but I'm a Fattie

  published Mar 09, 2011

  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.Fat in Festusr Straight-Mommy-on-Straight-Mommy Lovin'rT... More >>

• Full Indictment of Former Woodbury Broker Josh Gould & Coral Mortgage's David Rubin

  published Mar 08, 2011

  Several readers have called about this, so here it is: the full indictment of Josh Gould and David Rubin.  (To read how 31-year-old Gould got mixed up in all this, according to his attorney, clic... More >>

• Quinn Williams: St. Louis Homicide No. 12; Several Bullets, Zero Witnesses

  published Mar 07, 2011

  As most folks were heading to work on Friday morning at 8 a.m., St. Louis' finest were headed for a residence in the 4400 block of Labadie. There, they found 26-year-old Quinn Williams lying on a side... More >>

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  Top 3 Pet Peeves of a Movie House Concessionaire

  published Mar 03, 2011

  In this series, food and drink professionals dish to Gut Check about their pet peeves anonymously -- but honestly.Gut Check Code Name: The Milk DudPosition: Concessionaire, St. Louis movie theaterPet ... More >>

• [UPDATED] Former Woodbury Financial Broker Indicted with Coral Mortgage Banker

  published Mar 03, 2011

  Update added after the jump at 4:41 pm, March 3Josh Gould of University City, a 31-year-old former securities broker for Woodbury Financial Services, is finally being indicted today after admitting to... More >>

• "Your eyes show passion and loneliness": Another Week in Missed Connections

  published Mar 02, 2011

  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.Passion. Loneliness. Pizza. rMan would prefer end of the... More >>

• Ghastly New Allegations About the Music Teacher/Rapist at Wentzville East School

  published Feb 28, 2011

  These numbers are stomach-wrenching:As we write, former Wentzville East Elementary music teacher Michael D. Williams is rotting in jail on a 25-year sentence. In 2001, he pleaded guilty to eighteen co... More >>

• Top 3 Pet Peeves of a Bevo Mill Barmaid

  published Feb 24, 2011

  In this series, food and drink professionals dish to Gut Check about their pet peeves anonymously -- but honestly.Gut Check Code Name: Miss SparklePosition: Barmaid, a neighborhood dive in Bevo MillPe... More >>

• Is The Onion Mocking RFT with this Giraffe-Fighting Thingr

  published Feb 24, 2011

  Perhaps inspired by RFT's big feature last September, "Dog Beat Dog" -- which told how the feds busted the biggest dog-fighting operation in U.S. history -- our favorite fake newspaper recently publis... More >>

• "My Heart hath thusly been smote": More Douchery on Missed Connections

  published Feb 23, 2011

  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.Thou art obnoxiousr:( rSomeday, far from the 'Chinese De... More >>

• Flurry of Microbrewery Openings in St. Louis Gets Nod from CNN

  published Feb 21, 2011

  CNN just started running this short segment spotlighting our fair city's blossoming microbrewery scene, featuring a handful of the major players: Tom Schlafly (who's trying to sell his business, in ca... More >>

• Delivery Man Killed During East St. Louis Morning Rush Hour, and Nobody Saw Itr

  published Feb 18, 2011

  Another morning in East Boogie. A delivery man parks his truck outside a warehouse around 6 a.m. on Thursday. He's a father of three, plus three step-children. A Marine Corps veteran of the Persian Gu... More >>

• Tip on the Real Total, Not the Discounted Total, Ya Jerk!

  published Feb 18, 2011

  In this series, food and drink professionals dish to Gut Check about their pet peeves -- anonymously, but honestly.Gut Check Code Name: Madame MysteryPosition: Manager, casual fine dining restaurant ... More >>

• Aaron Buerge, The Bachelor in 2002, Files for Personal Bankruptcy

  published Feb 17, 2011

  Be glad he didn't pick ya, ladies, because this Bachelor can be unfaithful. Ask his creditors. Aaron Buerge, Springfield resident and reality star of ABC's second season of The Bachelor, has filed for... More >>

• Man Molested by St. Mary Magdalen Priest in 1971 Gets Hearing Today

  published Feb 16, 2011

  If a local Catholic priest with a known history of sexually abusing children molests a young boy, but does it off of church property, is the Archdiocese of St. Louis legally responsibler Nope, decided... More >>

• Nurses: Be Thankful You Haven't Run Into THIS Guy

  published Feb 15, 2011

  Emotions often run high at hospitals, but 19-year-old Mack E. Hudson, Jr. of North St. Louis County sounds like a real loose cannon. When Hudson was told by a nurse at Christian Hospital in Hazelwood ... More >>

• "Oh, The Great Sex I'm Sure We Would Have!": Another Week in Missed Connections

  published Feb 14, 2011

  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.Bet you had her at "website"r We hope you mean "BANGS" a... More >>

• 4,858 Pigs Die in Blaze at Premium Standard Farms in Northern Missouri

  published Feb 11, 2011

  This tragedy both sounds awful and probably smelled that way. Neighbors of Premium Standard Farms have complained for years about horrible odors wafting off their giant hog operation up in northern Mi... More >>

• Revered Illinois Hunter Charged With Violating American, Canadian Wildlife Regs

  published Feb 10, 2011

  Few hunters of wildfowl have more rock-star name recognition than Jeff Foiles of Pleasant Hill, Illinois: He and his company, Foiles Migrators, appear at trade shows and in full-page magazine ads. His... More >>

• Jeff Smith Hits National Stage Yet Again On MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show

  published Feb 09, 2011

  Had your fill of former state senator Jeff Smithr Good, 'cause he's everywhere! Since getting released from federal prison last November after fibbing to the FBI about his 2004 congressional campaign,... More >>

• Totally Uncreative Would-be Kidnapper Actually Asks Kid if He'd "Like Some Candy"

  published Feb 08, 2011

  Wow, THAT'S all you got, you pathetic cliche of a slimeballr From KTVI Fox2now (Channel 2): Yesterday morning just before 9 a.m., a little boy scurried inside Avery Elementary School with something ur... More >>