Rumors & Notes
Rumors & Notes: 10/1/13
- Shutdown’s local impact (Post & Courier).
- Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie, Liberty Square and Charles Pinckney Historic Site all closed until further notice due to government shutdown.
- VA stays open (ABC News 4).
- First day of federal shutdown sends workers home and leaves citizens angry (Post & Courier).
- Company offering boat tours around Fort Sumter in lieu of government shutdown (News 2).
“It ain’t gonna happen” to why it was warranted: S.C. congressmen on the government shutdown (Charleston City Paper).
- Sanford Speaks Out on Government Shutdown (Mount Pleasant Patch).
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley: It’s ‘inexcusable’ Obama let shutdown happen (Charleston City Paper).
- Berkeley schools chief says he’s being investigated, was ‘fighting for kids’ (Post & Courier).
- Awendaw boil water advisory lifted (Live 5 News).
Historical Marker Honors Rice Mill Industry (Mount Pleasant Patch).
- Plaque at MUSC in Charleston honors 1969 hospital workers’ strike (Post & Courier).
- Registration open for 5th Annual AIDS Walk and Red Ribbon 5K (Live 5 News).
- Appeals hearing set for men involved in slayings of Mount Pleasant residents Mike and Thelma King (Post & Courier).
- 3 Candidates, 1 seat: It’s decision day for District 42 (ABC News 4).
- Turnout light this morning in Senate 42 election (Post & Courier).
- Flu Arrives in South Carolina, 5 Confirmed Cases Reported (Columbia Patch).
- Jestine’s Kitchen in downtown Charleston reopened (Post & Courier).
- Jestine’s Kitchen is Finished ‘Remolding‘ (Eater Charleston).
- Got Piggly Wiggly Greenbax? Cash them in while you can (Post & Courier).
- Authorities release video of detention officer allegedly assaulting inmate (Live 5 News).
- Blindsided: Arrested Charleston County 911 dispatcher had raised no red flags (Post & Courier).
Local 616 readies the rumpus (Charleston City Paper).
- Police agencies investigating several Chinese restaurant burglaries (Live 5 News).
- Slight change means Georgetown businesses can open doors (ABC News 4).
- PRT to help boost tourism to Georgetown after fire (ABC News 4).
- Lowcountry men plead guilty in $7.5 million stolen cigarette conspiracy (Live 5 News).
- The Taste of Charleston – In a word “Tasty” (Charleston Daily).
- Dusten Brown and Cherokee Nation fight court order (News 2).
- Men at center of Marley Lion murder charged with earlier robbery (News 2).
- Mt. Pleasant airport runway to close for 5 days (ABC News 4).
- Actors allege racial profiling in Marion County (News 2).
- Coroner: 89-year-old driver killed after stopping on I26 (ABC News 4).
- Talking Tacos with White Duck (Eater Charleston).
- Bus driver hurt in Colleton County school bus accident (Live 5 News).
- Group wants AG to advise on Haley’s reimbursements (ABC News 4).
- Man wanted in Goose Creek murder has son dropped off at police department (News 2).
- Poking Around the Construction at Chez Nous (Eater Charleston).
- No decision on location for Daniel Island-Cainhoy area middle school (Live 5 News).
Boone Hall Corn Maze Goes Pink (Mount Pleasant Patch).
- Norwegian Air again grounds 787s (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
- Charleston Southern adds 13th game to football schedule, will play at Colorado on Oct. 19 (Post & Courier).
- Police release pictures of suspect wanted for credit card fraud (Live 5 News).
- Shoppers descend on James Island Piggly Wiggly for half-price groceries (Post & Courier).
- Letter: Councilman Supports New Town Hall (Mount Pleasant Patch).
- MUSC designated as a ‘baby-friendly’ (Live 5 News).
- Duke Energy donates $5 million to Clemson University for work at Restoration Institute in North Charleston (Post & Courier).
- Construction jobs data offers mixed results in S.C. (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
- Gas prices continue to drop across SC (ABC News 4).
A tasty trip to Edisto with the Lee Bros. (Charleston City Paper).
- Charleston School of Law founder Westbrook: InfiLaw is not the only option for school’s future (Post & Courier).
- Repair work starting on James Island roads (Post & Courier).
- Ex-Haley chief of staff takes over SC prison dept. (ABC News 4).
- Clemson, Swinney support breast cancer awareness (ABC News 4).
- Savannah Highway reopened following semi truck fire in Ravenel (Live 5 News).
- Boeing 787 Dreamliner woes continue as Polish airline flight diverted due to faulty antenna (Star Tribune).
- Clemson notes: “Skinny Swinney” embraces opposing fans’ wrath, even if they point the finger (Post & Courier).
- South Carolina notes: Steve Spurrier says Gamecocks’ Jadeveon Clowney ‘doing fine’ (Post & Courier).