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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2012 Stories by Nicholas Phillips

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  Two Charged in Facebook Marijuana Deal That Turned Violent

  published Dec 28, 2012

  Last Saturday, a man in Dellwood wanted pot, so he went on Facebook. St. Louis County Police aren't releasing a lot of details, but they say that the man contacted one of the following 17-year-olds: K... More >>

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  Former KMOV-TV Anchor Vickie Newton Was Cyber-Stalked

  published Dec 28, 2012

  Here's a strange revelation from Vickie Newton, who used to be an anchor at KMOV Channel 4: One of the reasons she left her job in August was that she was hounded by a cyber-stalker. And the creep con... More >>

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  Des Peres Massage (& Hand-Job) Parlor Shuttered, Two Charged with Prostitution

  published Dec 28, 2012

  Too many happy endings, it seems, can lead to a sad one: Two women working at a Des Peres massage parlor called Rong Hua D-Stress were d-tained and charged Wednesday with a "miscellaneous sex violatio... More >>

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  Cops: 20-Year-Old Confesses to String of Burglaries at South City Church

  published Dec 28, 2012

  By all accounts, the flock at St. John's Lutheran Church at 3738 Morganford Road in Tower Grove South has had a crap year. Their church as reportedly been vandalized several times and burgled too, los... More >>

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  Young Man from Jennings Charged With Stabbing Girlfriend to Death

  published Dec 28, 2012

  A 24-year-old Jennings man has been charged with stabbing his girlfriend to death on Wednesday. Phillip M. Huffman of the 8800 block of Maya Lane in Jennings now faces one count of first-degree murder... More >>

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  Victim Confronts Armed Robber in South City, Gets Shot Three Times

  published Dec 27, 2012

  Last night, city cops say, a 21-year-old Hispanic male was sitting in a car with a female in the 3300 block of Oregon. This was just north of the Cherokee Street business district in Benton Park West.... More >>

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  Tequila Sanford, St. Louis Homicide No. 113: Shot in Head in Dogtown

  published Dec 27, 2012

  City cops got the call shortly after 5:52 this morning. When officers arrived on the 6600 block of Oakland Avenue in Dogtown (just south of Forest Park), they found two victims. The first, 26-year-old... More >>

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  Gateway Pundit Says Westboro Baptist Church is "Left-Wing." So What Are His Views On Gaysr

  published Dec 27, 2012

  Over the past week, St. Louis-based political blogger Jim Hoft, a.k.a. Gateway Pundit, has caused a bit of an Internet stir by referring to Fred Phelps and his batshit-insane Westboro Baptist Church a... More >>

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  George Allen, Convicted of Murder in 1983, Is Now One Step Away from Total Freedom

  published Dec 27, 2012

  The campaign to free convict George Allen after three decades of incarceration has already succeeded; he was released in mid-November, pending some final legal hurdles. Looks like there's only one leg... More >>

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  ESTL Councilwoman & Companion Insult, Push Down Elderly Best Buy Employee

  published Dec 27, 2012

  Back on December 19, police in Fairview Heights responded to a "battery" call from the Best Buy at 26 Plaza Drive. Little did they know an upstanding civic leader was involved (and by "upstanding," I ... More >>

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  Circuit Attorney Resurrects Map Showing Who's Banned From Your Neighborhood

  published Dec 26, 2012

  The Circuit Attorney's website got a facelift on Friday -- and has resurrected a map showing which criminal defendants are banned from where you live (a.k.a. "neighborhood orders of protection"). ... More >>

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  Sentencing Provides Details Into Grisly 2008 Murder of St. Louis County Counselor

  published Dec 21, 2012

  The sentencing of 24-year-old Ronald Johnson on Wednesday afternoon was a foregone conclusion, but that didn't prevent tears among those gathered -- on either side of a St. Louis courtroom.   J... More >>

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  Cops: Eddie Conners Ran Over Woman With Truck Then Fled the Scene

  published Dec 20, 2012

  Cops have arrested Eddie E. Conners, a 56-year-old from the 6200 block of Dardenella, for allegedly running over a woman last spring with a pickup truck and then -- like a coward -- fleeing the scene.... More >>

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  State Auditor Will Investigate Welfare $$$ Spent at Casinos and Vacation Spots

  published Dec 20, 2012

  State Auditor Tom Sweich says he's going to audit Missouri Department of Social Services' Family Support Division. Specifically, he wants to look at how welfare funds doled out in Missouri are being s... More >>

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  Man Who Practices Witchcraft Threatened to Kill Pastor, "Fill the Seas With Christian Blood"

  published Dec 20, 2012

  So this is spooky -- and very sad. The spooky part is this: Derek Ficik, a 26-year-old from Maryland Heights, has been charged with making a terrorist threat of a particular kind. On Sunday, cops say,... More >>

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  Keith White, St. Louis Homicide No. 109: Shot and Left for Dead in the Street

  published Dec 20, 2012

  It was a "shots fired" call that led officers to the 4800 block of Northland Avenue in the Kingsway East neighborhood on Wednesday night, just after 10:45 pm. There, they found Keith White lying in th... More >>

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  NASA on the End of the Mayan Calendar: Everything's Fine, You People Are Nuts

  published Dec 20, 2012

  Do you fear that tomorrow is the last day everr It's certainly the end of the long-count calendar used by the ancient Mayans (whose descendants don't actually believe that we all die tomorrow). But do... More >>

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  South City Subway Robber Caught, Cops Say

  published Dec 18, 2012

  Police believe they've caught up with the low-life who twice robbed a South City Subway restaurant -- and are accusing him, in addition, of shooting a man through a car window. Deangelo Webb, a 19-yea... More >>

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  [VIDEO] Mizzou Antler Jerks Off Behind His Own Team's Free Throw

  published Dec 18, 2012

  Just like Chicago Cubs fans, the Mizzou Antlers are a classy bunch. So classy, in fact, that these infamously mischievous student super-fans will happily photobomb a free throw taken by their own belo... More >>

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  Southern Illinois Man Admits to Growing 100+ Pot Plants

  published Dec 18, 2012

  Daniel J. Fulkerson has confessed he grew lots of pot -- at least 100 plants, in fact, down in Gallatin County, Illinois. The 39-year-old from Ridgeway pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to one... More >>

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  Colonel Tim Fitch of St. Louis County Police Wants to Arm Teachers. He's Right

  published Dec 18, 2012

  In reaction to the Newtown massacre, Colonel Tim Fitch of the St. Louis County Police Department has proposed arming local school officials. He's concerned about that critical window between the momen... More >>

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  Mountain Lion in DeKalb County: The 5th Sighting Since September

  published Dec 18, 2012

  This mountain lion was photographed with a wildlife cam on private land in the wee hours of Wednesday, December 12. By my count, that's the fifth sighting of a big cat in Missouri since September 10. ... More >>

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  [VIDEOS] Street Fights in St. Louis and Columbia

  published Dec 17, 2012

  To answer the late Rodney King's famous (and oft-misquoted) question: No, we can't all just get along. And we're going to make sure we record it with our cell phone cameras. The following two videos j... More >>

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  Chesterfield Man Just Wanted to Sell His Car. Prospective Buyer Killed Him Instead, Cops Say

  published Dec 17, 2012

  Tierrance Davis -- a 17-year-old from the 4800 block of North 20th Street -- has been charged with last week's murder of the West County man who was only trying to sell his car. According to court rec... More >>

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  Beefing Up Security at Schools: Nice Gesture, Poor Solution

  published Dec 17, 2012

  In reaction to the Newtown school massacre, the St. Louis County Police Department is beefing up security at area schools. Chief Tim Fitch tweeted it on Friday: St. Louis County officers will provide ... More >>