Rumors & Notes: 1/17/14

TOP STORIES

• DHEC alerts Stratford parents to TB case at school (ABC News 4).
  • Berkeley County School officials react (News 2).
• Mother of kidnapped Orangeburg baby talks to News 2 about abduction (News 2).
  • People who found kidnapped baby thought she was a teddy bear (Live 5 News).
• NAACP plans meeting to discuss North Charleston crime (ABC News 4).
• Children’s Nook in Charleston closes suddenly (News 2).
• Georgetown County deputies searching for missing boater (Live 5 News).

FOOD

• Vincent Chicco’s is now open (Charleston City Paper).

• Chef Nico Romo of FISH was named a Monterey Bay Aquarium 2014 Sustainable Seafood Ambassador (Charleston Area CVB).
• Hot or Not? (Charleston Mag).
• Show Cupcake DownSouth What Will “Make My Office Sweet” During Pinterest Contest (Charleston CVB).
• In a Pinch (Charleston Mag).
• Que Syrah Syrah (Charleston Mag).

POLITICS

• Legare’s run for County Council seat might cost him conservation easement on Johns Island Farm (Post & Courier).
• Will Palmetto State make legally-married same-sex couples jump through tax hoops? (Weekly Surge).
  • SC Democratic Leader Todd Rutherford files legislation to allow same-sex couple to file join tax returns (News 2).
• Lindsey Graham: Cuts to Veterans’ Pensions ‘Unconscionable’ (News Max).

• Lee Bright calls for impeachment of federal judge who struck down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban (Charleston City Paper).

• Charleston City Council backs prohibition of alcohol in private parking lots (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
  • Ban could soon include some private property (Live 5 News).
• Sanford to attend I-26 meeting on Jan. 21 (ABC News 4).
• Senate passes appropriations bill with funding for SC Ports projects (Live 5 News).

SPORTS

• Runners react to death of CofC student killed on Crosstown (ABC News 4).
• Charleston Southern rolls past Presbyterian 95-58 (ABC News 4).
• Summerville wrestling team setting sights on another state championship (Post & Courier).
• Beasley to remain at Clemson (News 2).
• Steve Spurrier gets extension, $700,000 raise (News 2).
• Charlie Post Classic 5K, 15K races coming up (ABC News 4).
• Boykin, Moore cornerstones of Bishop England’s basketball success (Post & Courier).

MISC

• South Carolina’s first Tesla car charging station opening in Santee (Post & Courier).
• SC Highway Patrol asking for information in Dorchester County hit and run (News 2).
• NTSB, Japan investigators view battery X-rays (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• The Lowcountry prepares to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (News 2).
• SC Senate approves concealed guns in restaurants (ABC News 4).
• Proposed bill would require motorcyclists to wear helmets (Live 5 News).
• Charleston County’s School of the Arts launches costume design major (Post & Courier).
• Charleston residents intrigued by scandalous reality trailer (Live 5 News).
• SC expo showcasing new crop management technology (ABC News 4).
• ‘Blogs aren’t news’ / Union vote worse for Seattle than for S.C. (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Upgrades coming to downtown Charleston parking garages (Live 5 News).
• Report: Victim’s phone stolen while calling cops for help (Live 5 News).
• Red Cross releases app for pet emergencies (ABC News 4).
• CCSO look for XBox snatcher (ABC News 4).

• Keep Calm and Remain Charleston (Charleston Grit).

• Murrells Inlet TV show ‘Party Down South’ to debut Thursday (News 2).
• The Boulevard seeks commercial tenants (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• $6.9 million Stratford High project will increase cafeteria seats, add classrooms (Post & Courier).
• Duo wanted following armed robbery at Summerville Kmart parking lot (Live 5 News).
• Navy shipyard exhibit returns to North Charleston (ABC News 4).

• Mount Pleasant Town Council makes changes for Six Mile Subdivision (Charleston Regional Business Journal).

• Clemson launches crowd funding website (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Charleston a top place to retire in 2014, Forbes says (Post & Courier).

• 11 taxi drivers overcharged fares in police bust (Charleston City Paper).

• Charleston airport lawyer to continue without a contract for now (Post & Courier).
• Study: S.C. Sea Grant Consortium makes $8.9 million economic impact (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Kyle Dennis performs with Barry Manilow (News 2).
• Sonoco to run Charleston County recycling program (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Man found guilty of attacking ex-wife gets 20 years (ABC News 4).
• DOT Commission elects new leaders (Post & Courier).

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