Email Author Sarah Fenske

Awards

• 2011 - Investigative Reporters and Editors, published February 11, 2010

  "Mr. Big Stuff"

• 2011 - Livingston Awards for Young Journalists, published February 11, 2010

  "Mr. Big Stuff"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published February 11, 2010

  "Mr. Big Stuff"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published February 11, 2010

  "Mr. Big Stuff"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published March 11, 2010

  "Somebody Call a Doctor"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 17, 2010

  "Clean Elections and Its Hypocrites"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 24, 2010

  "Let Us Now Marry Famous Men"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published August 5, 2010

  "'Til Death Do Us Part"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published August 6, 2009

  "The Katies Connection"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published June 11, 2009

  "Good Cop, Bad Cop"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published January 29, 2009

  "Icy Wing and a Prayer"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published April 2, 2009

  "Mr. Clean Elections"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published May 21, 2009

  "Odd Woman Out"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 22, 2009

  "Sal DiCiccio's Loop 202 Problem"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 2, 2009

  "The Gal That Got Away"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 18, 2009

  "Church and State"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  SCA Scandal

• 2010 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published July 2, 2009

  "The Gal That Got Away"

• 2010 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published July 2, 2009

  "Oh, the Insanity"

• 2010 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published March 26, 2009

  "Justice, Maricopa County-Style"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published July 9, 2009

  "Mean Girls (and Boys)"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published August 27, 2009

  "Outfoxed"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published October 22, 2009

  "Sal DiCiccio's Loop 202 Problem"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 24, 2009

  "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 18, 2009

  "City Raids Pastor's Home"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 28, 2009

  "The MCSO & the Rape Victim"

• 2010 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published December 24, 2009

  "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"

• 2010 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published October 22, 2009

  "Sal DiCiccio's Loop 202 Problem"

• 2010 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 6, 2009

  "The Kaites Connection"

• 2010 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published July 16, 2009

  "Who's the Boss?"

• 2010 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published January 29, 2009

  "An Icy Wing and a Prayer"

• 2009 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published March 26, 2008

  "Free Bryant Wilkerson"

• 2009 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published January 24, 2008

  "The Wrong Driver"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 8, 2008

  "Sarah Fenske in Dogged Pursuit"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 24, 2008

  "The Pete Singer Conundrum"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 7, 2008

  "Globe High School"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published April 24, 2008

  "The Peter Singer Conundrum"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published May 8, 2008

  "Other Nature"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published February 28, 2008

  "The Autobiography of Andrew P. Thomas"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published January 17, 2008

  "Shattered Peace"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published September 4, 2008

  "Unfriendly Skies"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 21, 2008

  "Fraud Squad"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published June 5, 2008

  "Racketeering for Jesus"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published January 24, 2008

  "The Wrong Driver"

• 2008 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 9, 2007

  "Taken for a (Bus) Ride"

• 2008 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 23, 2007

  "Daddy's Little Girl"

• 2008 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published July 26, 2007

  "Immigrant Song"

• 2007 - Investigative Reporters and Editors

  "Cracked Houses"

• 2007 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Cracked Houses"

• 2007 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published June 29, 2006

  "Flunk'd"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published April 27, 2006

  "Meth Madness"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Cracked Houses"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published April 20, 2006

  "Off the Reservation"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 26, 2006

  "Suffer the Children"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published October 27, 2005

  "Ambulance Chasers"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published May 5, 2005

  "Head Games"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 27, 2005

  "Ambulance Chasers"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published May 26, 2005

  "The Rancher’s Revenge"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published January 13, 2005

  "Katie & Jordy’s Excellent Adventure"

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2011 Stories by Sarah Fenske

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  FEATURED STORY

  Missouri Legislature Targets Midwives

  published Feb 21, 2011

  Four years ago, the Missouri Legislature decriminalized midwifery -- making it legal for a woman who's certified by one of two national midwives' organizations to deliver babies here.But the state's p... More >>

• St. Louis Beacon Notches More Grants, Plans for "Sustainability"

  published Feb 18, 2011

  The other online-only news venture featuring former writers from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has folded. Even the P-D itself is downsizing -- eliminating a Saturday newsstand edition in its entirety.B... More >>

• Comment of the Day: Jim Hoft Is Uninformed

  published Feb 17, 2011

  Today's comment comes from reader Sally Smith, responding to Chad Garrison's report on the hullabaloo surrounding local blogger Jim Hoft's dumbass remarks about CNN's Lara Logan:I don't understand why... More >>

• Puppy Mill Pushback: Bill to Gut Prop B Advances in Missouri House

  published Feb 17, 2011

  A bill that would repeal key provisions of the voter-approved Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, better known as Proposition B, sailed through a committee of the Missouri House of the Representatives ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  English-Only Driver's License Tests in Missourir House Committee Says Yes

  published Feb 16, 2011

  A committee of the Missouri House of Representatives has approved a bill requiring that driver's license testing be conducted in English -- and only in English -- sending the measure on to the full Ho... More >>

• Gokul Indian Restaurant Now Open in the Delmar Loop

  published Feb 15, 2011

  We were ridiculously excited to try Gokul, the new all-vegetarian Indian eatery that just opened on Delmar, a few blocks east of the Pageant Theatre (6101 Delmar Boulevard; 314-721-1888). For o... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  University of Missouri, Other MO Colleges, Hit By Veterans' Lawsuit

  published Feb 15, 2011

  A group of military veterans is suing trustees at the University of Missouri, Southeast Missouri State University and the Moberly Area Community College, alleging that the universities systematically ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Ten Other Despots Who Need to Go

  published Feb 14, 2011

  Now that Egypt's Hosni Mubarak has finally given in to the masses of brave demonstrators (and military leaders) demanding his resignation, we couldn't help but fantasize about who should follow his ex... More >>

• Scott Kleeschulte, Missing St. Charles Boy, Featured on Nancy Grace

  published Feb 11, 2011

  CNN's Nancy Grace made her name as a talk show host by aggressively -- some would say obsessively -- chronicling the mysterious disappearances of photogenic, upper-middle-class blondes and pregnant mo... More >>

• Clarence Smith: 17-Year-Old Charged with Multiple Rapes in St. Louis

  published Jan 31, 2011

  Don't let that baby face fool you. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office is charging 17-year-old Clarence Smith with 32 felony counts -- including five counts of rape, four counts of forcible sod... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  American City: St. Louis Architecture Gets a Coffee Table Book

  published Jan 31, 2011

  Robert Sharoff and William Zbaren came here in 2006 on a discreet assignment: to report for the New York Times on yet another plan for the St. Louis Centre, the late, not-quite-so-great shopping cente... More >>

• Mardi Gras: Rent a Soulard Apartment for ... $1,000r

  published Jan 28, 2011

  Are you a big partierr Do you regularly do kegstands with your bros -- even though you're in your 30srDo you plan on getting so shitfaced for Mardi Gras, you shouldn't be trusted to get home in a cab,... More >>

• MO House Hearings on Prop B Repeal Continue Today

  published Jan 27, 2011

  At 11 a.m. today, the Missouri House of Representatives will continue its committee hearing focused on three bills that could either gut or outright repeal Prop B, the ballot initiative to overhaul re... More >>

• Survey Sez: Missouri "Sharply Divided" on Health Care Reform

  published Jan 26, 2011

  Almost a full year after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. health care reform, a.k.a Obamacare) into law, Missouri remains sharply divided on its merits, according to a ne... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  300-Pound Woman's Suit Over Seat Collapse Can Go to Trial, Missouri Supreme Court Finds

  published Jan 25, 2011

  Jeanne Moore, a 300-pound St. Louis County woman who was left a paraplegic after a 2005 car crash, should have the right to bring her lawsuit against Ford Motor Company to trial, the Missouri Supreme ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Judy Pickens: Appeals Court Affirms Munchausen by Proxy Murder Conviction

  published Jan 25, 2011

  In August 2009, a jury found Judy Pickens guilty of killing her four-year-old son, Mikal, by giving him a fatal dose of the drug Clonidine. The prosecution's expert testified that Pickens had a highly... More >>

• RFT Web Awards: Meet the Judges

  published Jan 24, 2011

  The finalists have been chosen, the party planners are toiling away and the suspense is mounting: Who will be winning one of RFT's first-ever Web AwardsrWe're not answering that just yet. (You'll have... More >>

• RFT Web Awards: Meet the Judges

  published Jan 24, 2011

  The finalists have been chosen, the party planners are toiling away and the suspense is mounting: Who will be winning one of RFT's first-ever Web AwardsrWe're not answering that just yet. (You'll have... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Young Smarties "Choosing" Rust Belt Over Sun Belt

  published Jan 24, 2011

  It's been the conventional wisdom for years, if not decades: College-educated young people are fleeing old "rust-belt" cities like St. Louis for warmer, sunnier and more stylish metropolises. Politici... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  KMOX's John Carney Moving to "Fresh" 102.5 FM Monday

  published Jan 21, 2011

  For twelve years, John Carney has been the weeknight talk show host at KMOX 1120 AM. But come Monday, Carney will have a completely new schedule to get used to, and a new station -- he'll be on-air w... More >>

• Mezzanine, Central West End Boutique, Moving to Maplewood

  published Jan 19, 2011

  Since 2003, Paul and Anna Spector have sold gorgeous women's clothing from Mezzanine, their 2,000-square-foot store on Euclid Avenue, just south of McPherson.But on January 29, Mezzanine is closing it... More >>

• Ballpark Village Incentives Clear One Hurdle -- On to Board of Alderman

  published Jan 19, 2011

  This just in ...We're hearing via St. Louis Public Radio's Rachel Lippmann that the Missouri Downtown Economic Stimulus Authority has given its approval for a tax incentive package for the long-stalle... More >>

• Comment of the Day: Fire Chad Garrison

  published Jan 17, 2011

  Today's comment from irate reader/lover of ferrets Karen Lee Copen, who can't believe that our Ass Clown of the Week title went to someone other than uber-blogger Chad Garrison.As Copen writes in resp... More >>

• Finalists for RFT Web Awards -- Revealed!

  published Jan 17, 2011

  The votes are in for the RFT's first-ever Web Awards! And while we're not about to tell you who won -- not quite yet, anyway -- we've got the full list of finalists right here.The winners were nominat... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Finalists for RFT Web Awards -- Revealed!

  published Jan 17, 2011

  The votes are in for the RFT's first-ever Web Awards! And while we're not about to tell you who won -- not quite yet, anyway -- we've got the full list of finalists right here.The winners were nominat... More >>