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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2013 Stories by Nicholas Phillips

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  Terrell Reed, 21, Charged With Robbing Two Women on South Grand

  published Jan 04, 2013

  Right around Thanksgiving, two women were robbed just steps away from the South Grand Business District. Today, a young man from the Tower Grove East neighborhood was charged with the crime. Terrell R... More >>

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  ACLU: St. Genevieve Sheriff Cut Off Newspapers to Inmates After One Penned Letter to Editor

  published Jan 04, 2013

  If you're an inmate in St. Genevieve County jail, and you want to keep your newspaper subscription, you'd better not write a letter to the editor that mentions the sheriff or calls out local Christian... More >>

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  Lamont Steward, St. Louis Homicide No. 1: Teen Shot in Chest on "Meet Me In St. Louis" Block

  published Jan 04, 2013

  Fans of the musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" will remember how Esther Smith (played by Judy Garland) laments in song that the boy next door at 5133 Kensington Avenue doesn't notice her.  Last night... More >>

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  21-Year-Old Charged With Robbing Two Banks Over the Past Week

  published Jan 04, 2013

  Isadore E. Glover, a 21-year-old from the O'Fallon neighborhood, has started out 2013 by getting charged with robbery of not one but TWO different banks -- robberies, by the way, that did not always g... More >>

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  Maplewood Teens Beat Merchant in Face With Hammer, Steal Cell Phones

  published Jan 03, 2013

  Two teens have been arrested and charged with beating a Maplewood cell phone merchant in the face with a hammer and stealing three cell phones. On Sunday, county prosecutors charged Teresa M. Moss, an... More >>

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  KMOV's Maggie Crane Plans to Be Out Front on Policy As Mayor Slay's Spokesperson

  published Jan 03, 2013

  Mayor Francis Slay has finally chosen his new spokesperson: KMOV Channel 4 reporter Maggie Crane.  Crane, a 31-year-old St. Charles native, has been at the station for just over three years. She ... More >>

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  Woman Dies After Getting Hit by Two Different Vehicles on North Broadway

  published Jan 03, 2013

  Here's a horrible story. Yesterday, a 22-year-old black female named Renota Jones was standing in the middle of the street on the 8300 block of North Broadway in the Baden neighborhood, according to t... More >>

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  Good Samaritan Gets Robbed by Homeless Guy, Refuses To Think Homeless People Are Awful

  published Jan 03, 2013

  Robbery victim (and Good Samaritan) Erv Yoder was raised in an Amish community in Pennsylvania. He no longer lives Amish, but still believes that God wants him to help poor people. That's why Yoder de... More >>

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  Cameron Harral Charged With Robbing South City Bank

  published Jan 02, 2013

  A downtown resident was charged today with robbing a South City bank. Cameron Harral, a 31-year-old from the 1600 block of Locust Street downtown, faces one count of first-degree robbery for the incid... More >>

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  Mayoral Hopeful Lewis Reed Drops Campaign Manager Matt Teter

  published Jan 02, 2013

  If Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed becomes the city's next mayor, he'll do it without the guidance of Matt Teter. The Beacon broke the news this morning that the Reed campaign has parted ways w... More >>

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  Two Twenty-Somethings in Godfrey Caught With Lots of Drugs

  published Jan 02, 2013

  Investigators at the Madison County Sheriff's Office say they got tipped off on Friday about a big ol' stash of drugs at 2704 Queen Street in Godfrey. So they secured a search warrant and visited the ... More >>

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  City's Homicide Total for 2012 Matches Previous Year

  published Jan 02, 2013

  The city of St. Louis saw 113 homicides in 2012 -- the exact same tally as the previous year. Some of these homicides got more press than others. Sarah Billingsley-Walker, age 18, was Vashon High Scho... More >>