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

  Nunchuck-Wielding Inmate Fends Off a Dozen Corrections Officers, Escapes Jail

  published Sep 19, 2011

  Where to begin with the story of Lorenzo Pollard -- a petty criminal who managed Friday to join the growing number of inmates who've escaped from the city jailrShould we begin with the fact that the 3... More >>

• Harris-Stowe, Fontbonne Notch Worst Student Loan Default Rates Locally

  published Sep 16, 2011

  Nationally, the rate of former college students defaulting on their federal student loans shot up this year -- with 8.8 percent of borrowers now in default as opposed to just 7 percent last year, acco... More >>

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  Patron Secret Dining Society: The Secrets Revealed!

  published Sep 15, 2011

  These days, it is not enough to go to a wonderful restaurant and order a meal that's well-prepared and served gracefully. These days, food must be an event.And so we found ourselves, last night, stand... More >>

• Bill Randles: Unknown Polls Almost as Well as Peter Kinder Against Governor Nixon

  published Sep 14, 2011

  Governor Jay Nixon would basically stomp the crap out of his likely Republican challenger, Lt. Governor Peter Kinder, if the 2012 gubernatorial election had been held this week.In fact, according to a... More >>

• St. Louis County Residents Forced to Pay For Recycling After Court Loss

  published Sep 13, 2011

  A group of St. Louis County residents has lost another round in its effort to opt out of a recycling service -- and the quarterly fees that go with it.Today's appeals court decision is the latest (and... More >>

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  PARK(ing) Day to Turn Spaces Into Parks This Friday

  published Sep 12, 2011

  If you're downtown Friday and looking for a place to park on 8th Street between Olive and Pine, well, better keep driving: From 7:30 a.m. to roughly 3:30 p.m., the stretch of metered parking on that b... More >>

• Lee Enterprises Refinancing Plan Fails to Rally Stock

  published Sep 09, 2011

  Late yesterday afternoon, Iowa-based Lee Enterprises, parent company of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other newspapers, announced some potentially pretty good news: The company had gotten an agreeme... More >>

• P-D Parent Co. Gets Debt Extension; Bankruptcy Still an Option

  published Sep 08, 2011

  Lee Enterprises, the Iowa-based owner of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other newspapers, including the Arizona Daily Star, announced late this afternoon that it reached an agreement with "a signific... More >>

• Hercules Agrees to $245K EPA Fine Over Clean Air Act Violations

  published Sep 08, 2011

  A chemical manufacturing plant in Louisiana, Missouri, just north of St. Louis, failed to properly monitor for leaks of hazardous air pollutants, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency charges -- le... More >>

• Your Weekly St. Louis Bestseller List

  published Sep 06, 2011

  Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending September 4, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, P... More >>

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  Ten Biggest Douchebags of the Summer of 2011

  published Sep 02, 2011

  What a long, hot summer it's been! Between pantless parties and dumbshits contracting deadly diseases whilst eating live crayfish, frankly, we're feeling tired and a little bit hungover. We're ready f... More >>

• D'oh! Dealer Texts Sheriff About Drugs for Sale

  published Sep 01, 2011

  We've heard of stupid criminals, but your average dumbass has nothing on Amy R. Horman.According to the Southeast Missourian, this rocket scientist actually sent a sheriff's deputy a text message, ask... More >>

• Report: Missouri Roads, Bridges Suck

  published Sep 01, 2011

  One out of every five rural roads in Missouri is in poor condition, according to a report released today by a Washington, D.C. transportation research group.And nearly as many of Missouri's rural brid... More >>

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  Brothers Bar & Grill CWE Plan Collapses -- Neighborhood Opposed

  published Aug 31, 2011

  Looks like the Central West End won't be getting another frat-tastic bar after all -- not any time soon, anyway.Today the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Brothers Bar & Grill, the Wisconsin-b... More >>

• Good News for Drunks: Appeals Court Tosses DWI

  published Aug 30, 2011

  Here's a little test of deductive reasoning: Say you're a cop, and you're dispatched to an accident scene near a house. Once you arrive, you spot a car with a damaged front end, rut marks in a ditch n... More >>

• Brothers Bar & Grill Coming to Central West End

  published Aug 29, 2011

  There's a new restaurant/bar coming to the Central West End.City records show that attorneys representing a new franchise of Brothers Bar & Grill have applied for a liquor license for the old Past... More >>

• Missouri Ethics Commission: Understaffed, Underfunded

  published Aug 26, 2011

  Yesterday, state Auditor Thomas Schweich released his report on the Missouri Ethics Commission -- which ought to have been interesting, but mostly wasn't. Turns out the auditor has no right to view th... More >>

• Extreme Makeover: The Joplin Edition

  published Aug 24, 2011

  Wondering whether you could be of any assistance in tornado-ravaged Joplin, even after all this timerThe answer is a resounding yes. As the Joplin Globe reports today, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition i... More >>

• Franklin County's New Group Home a Mistake, Expert Says

  published Aug 24, 2011

  In Washington, Missouri, officials have signed off on a deal to lease a building owned jointly by the city and Franklin County to a new nonprofit called the Sisters of Grace of Franklin County. The Si... More >>

• David Barklage Lobbied for China Hub Tax Breaks As Own Taxes Went Unpaid

  published Aug 24, 2011

  Here's an interesting follow-up to that story we first reported last week: David Barklage, the consultant to the Missouri Republican Party who owes more than a half-million dollars in back taxes, has ... More >>

• Keith Conway, Disgraced Kinloch Mayor, Pleads Guilty to Three Charges

  published Aug 23, 2011

  Just three months after an indictment was first brought against him in federal court, former Kinloch Mayor Keith Conway entered a guilty plea to three of the counts against him: wire fraud, federal pr... More >>

• GOP consultant David Barklage owes the Feds big bucks

  published August 25, 2011

  As chief political consultant to Lt. Governor Peter Kinder — and a key strategist for the Missouri Republican Party — David Barklage... More >>

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  Peter Kinder: Eyewitness Contradicts Lt. Gov's Account of Pantless Party

  published Aug 23, 2011

  Last week, attempting some long-overdue damage control, Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder essentially confirmed major chunks of our August 9 blog post -- in which former Penthouse Pet Tammy Ch... More >>

• Lee Enterprises Gets Another SEC Warning -- Stock Faces Delisting

  published Aug 19, 2011

  Lee Enterprises -- parent company of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Arizona Daily Star and a number of other smaller newspapers -- has been warned a second time in as many months that it could be de... More >>

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  Top Missouri GOP Consultant Hasn't Paid His Taxes

  published Aug 18, 2011

  As the main political consultant to Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder -- and a key strategist for the Missouri Republican Party -- David Barklage preaches the gospel of financial responsibility and a... More >>