Rumors & Notes: 4/22/14

TOP STORIES

• Witnesses: Horse carriage crashes at market in downtown Charleston (Live 5 News).
  • Horse spooked (ABC News 4).
  • Slideshow (Live 5 News).

• For North Charleston teens, a day of bicycling with friends turns horrifying in deadly shooting (Post & Courier).

• Police arrest suspect in North Charleston fatal shooting (News 2).

• Crisis Ministries employee brought up on embezzlement charges (Charleston Regional Business Journal).

POLITICS

• U.S. Senator tours climate change effects in Lowcountry (ABC News 4).
• Gov. Nikki Haley’s campaign releases new TV ads (Post & Courier).
• Simpsonville mayor accused of intimidating judge (ABC News 4).
  • No plans to resign following arrest (Live 5 News).

• Hearing scheduled in case against House Speaker Bobby Harrell; attorneys ask to move matter to House panel (Post & Courier).

• Charleston’s 2015 mayoral race kicks into gear (Post & Courier).

• Fact Check: RGA ad slams Sheheen’s legal work (WBTW).
• Rep. Cobb-Hunter tries again for Eartha Kitt Day (ABC News 4).
• Bill would give grandparents legal visitation of grandchildren (News 2).

FOOD

• Softies beg for better wine (Charleston City Paper).
• Rolf & Daughters Plots One-Night Takeover of Butcher & Bee (Post & Courier).
• Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit Gets a Logo (Eater Charleston).
• Maya Del Sol’s Moroccan Mondays (Post & Courier).
• Hello My Name is BBQ has two new trucks on the way – one tiny, one large (Eater Charleston).

ENTERTAINMENT

• 20 remarkable facts you never knew about Stephen Colbert (Salon).
• NEEDTOBREATHE performs on the Late Show with David Letterman tomorrow.

• ‘Southern Charm’ finale: Dysfunctional ever after (Post & Courier).

  • Ravenel ’embarrassed sometimes’ by his appearance on ‘Southern Charm’ (Live 5 News).
  • Watch Thomas and Kathryn’s Break Up in the Southern Charm Finale—But Wait, Didn’t They Just Have a Baby?! (E!).
• BandSwap wants your favorite band (Charleston City Paper).
• Freeloaders: Be Kind to Your Mother … Nature (Charleston City Paper).
• Pet Talent Show Contest (InTown).
• ‘Fun Home’ packs the house at Memminger Auditorium (Post & Courier).

  • Review: Off-Broadway musical Fun Home a hit (Charleston City Paper).

MISC

• Venomous African snake that molted in Mount Pleasant still not found; search scaled back (Post & Courier).

• Deputies investigating armed robbery near Mt. Pleasant restaurant (Live 5 News).
• Farmer cited for strawberry signs by Charleston zoning officials (News 2).
  • 27 others also fined over “nuisance signs” (Live 5 News).

• S.C. jobless rate reaches 6-year low (Charleston Regional Business Journal).

• CPD challenges residents to build a better community (ABC News 4).
• Expedition set to sail to recover sunken gold (ABC News 4).

• This Is The ONE Tourist Trap You’re Missing Out On In Each U.S. State (Huffington Post).

• Major work visible at Charleston International Airport (Charleston Regional Business Journal).

• DIG SOUTH’s preliminary figures for 2014 show that the total festival attendance was 5,035 (DIG South E-Mail blast).
  

• Charleston principal hoping to change reputation of Burke Middle High (Live 5 News).
• Charleston Co. to continue spraying for mosquitoes (Live 5 News).
• Group protects historical land around Berkeley County (News 2).

• USC study finds SCRA’s economic impact on state $1.35 billion in 2013 (Charleston Regional Business Journal).

• I-26 accident in Berkeley County stalling westbound traffic (Live 5 News).

• FBI investigates suspected serial child molester who had residence in Hilton Head (Post & Courier).

• Hundreds show up for funeral of rescue squad founder (ABC News 4).

• Stingrays need to rebound in a hurry; Game 3 Preview (Post & Courier).

• Construction to begin on McLeod Plantation (Charleston Regional Business Journal).

• Easter fire on SC coast claims second life (ABC News 4).
• Charleston police looking for W. Ashley man accused in burglary (Live 5 News).

• C of C women’s golf team looks ahead to NCAA regionals after winning CAA title (Post & Courier).

• Audit: South Carolina pension agency is more transparent than other public pension funds, doesn’t overpay in fees (Post & Courier).

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