Rumors & Notes: 3/28 – 3/30

TOP STORIES

• Police: One person shot in West Ashley shooting; Suspects sought (Live 5 News).
• CCSO issues arrest warrant for former exchange club in connection to missing funds (Live 5 News).
• Thomas Ravenel will have S.C. license suspended for 6 months following DWI conviction in New York (Post & Courier).

CofC

• CofC students stage walk-out over McConnell hire (Live 5 News).
• Glenn McConnell on LBGTQ community: ‘It’s not my job to judge people. Someone else will do that’ (Charleston City Paper).
• McConnell addresses protests, plans for College of Charleston (Live 5 News).
• College of Charleston students kicked out of basketball game for protesting trustees who hired McConnell (Post & Courier).

FOOD

• New Restaurant in Upper Mount Pleasant: Former 17 North Purchased (The Barnes Group).

ENTERTAINMENT

• Stephen Colbert in Twitter trouble for racial joke  (USA Today).

• 11 Reasons Bill Murray Is A Bigger Hipster Than You (MTV).

• Indie Film Fest seeking entries (Charleston City Paper).

• Free ‘Kids Run & Wonderfest’ festival is April 4 at Hampton Park (The Digitel).

• Clothes swapping event in West Ashley (News 2).

• Roddy White Pays Up (ESPN).
• 10 reasons to become a Battery fan (CHS Soccer).

MISC

• Officials: Nearly $200,000 embezzled from Coastal Carolina Fair accounts (Live 5 News).
• The politics behind College of Charleston’s search for a new leader (Post & Courier).
• In South Carolina, a same-sex tax break for married couples? (Post & Courier).
• Police: scammer posing as Dorchester deputy (Live 5 News).
• Patrol vehicle stolen after suspect leads deputies on foot chase (Live 5 News).
• In public information clashes with Charleston police, some see need to change bill already in works (Post & Courier).
• Bridge Run road closure schedule announced (Live 5 News).
• Young mom diagnosed with colon cancer, given just weeks to live (The Berkeley Observer).
• NAACP hosts town hall meeting, bus safety hot topic (News 2).
• Baby white dolphin catches eyes in Charleston Harbor (Post & Courier).
• SC bill would require notification of computer security breaches (WBTW).
• Isle of Palms artist reunited with stolen painting after nearly 12 years (Post & Courier).
• S.C. construction jobs rise 3% in January (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Protesters rally against proposed book-linked budget cuts at the College of Charleston (Post & Courier).
• S.C.’s unemployment see largest drop yet (The Digitel).
• Trailer catches fire on I-95, no one hurt (News 2).
• Summerville poised to annex sought-after Sheep Island Road properties (Post & Courier).

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