Rumors & Notes: 6/6 – 6/7/14

TOP STORIES

• Torrential rain floods Summerville area, brings traffic to a crawl (Post & Courier).
• NCPD: 4 hospitalized following Rivers Ave. drive-by shooting (Live 5 News).
  • Teenage girl dies, others injured after shooting in Longridge community (News 2).
• Patriots Point marks D-Day with symposium, speakers who were at Normandy (ABC News 4).
• Coroner’s office identifies body recovered from Berkeley Co. canal (Live 5 News).

D-DAY

• 8 WWII vets from SC to be given French award (ABC News 4).
• Patriots Point set to commemorate D-Day anniversary aboard Laffey (ABC News 4).
• Local archaeologist explores the hidden battlefield of D-Day (Post & Courier).

JOEHIBITION

• Phony Twitter accounts of mayor and police chief blast bar closing ordinance (Live 5 News).
• Charleston City Council still considering proposed ordinance for earlier closings (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• The City Paper created these posters to put up on King Street (Twitter).

FOOD

• A Taste of Charleston, Old-School and New (New York Times).
• Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry is teaming up with Kona Shaved Ice (InTown).
• West Ashley’s Most Outrageous Burgers (West of).
• Flavorful but uncomplicated recipes appeal to postal carrier and home cook (Post & Courier).
• The Obstinate Daughter Brunch Menu is Here (Eater Charleston).
• 300 gallons of orange juice leaks into swamp following truck accident (Live 5 News).
• Philanthropic chefs step outside the kitchen (Post & Courier).
• HoM reviewed (Burgaholic).
• Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams Opened to Big Crowds (Eater Charleston).
• The hissing dip of a flip (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• No ID? No entry to Nashville bar for country super star Darius Rucker (Post & Courier).
• Texas Tech shuts out College of Charleston, 1-0, in Game 1 of Super Regional (Post & Courier).
• College of Charleston’s Gunnar Heidt taken by Toronto Blue Jays in 13th round (Post & Courier).
• Clowney signs 4-year contract with Texans worth more than $22 million guaranteed (Post & Courier).
• Ayoka Lucas The Trendspotter (Charlie Mag).

• Live Music: Skye Paige; Pillage & Plunder; Tape Waves; Sons of Hippies (Charleston City Paper).

• RiverDogs snap eight-game losing streak (News 2).

• DJ D!Z brings the funk to Charleston via old 45s (Charleston City Paper).

• City Paper founding editor Stephanie Barna makes her exit after 17 years (Charleston City Paper).
• Syked Out holds on to win Bohicket Marina Invitational Billfish Tournament (Post & Courier).

• The Streets of Spoleto (Charleston City Paper).

• South Carolina needs anti-statue statute for sports (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• Federal, state and local election capsules (Post & Courier).
• Haley signs bill allowing cannabis oil for epilepsy (WMBF).
• 26,000 absentee ballots cast in South Carolina primaries (Post & Courier).
• McConnell: Will stay in office until Mid-June (Live 5 News).
  • McConnell: McGill ‘interested’ in Lt. Gov. office (Live 5 News).
• Sen. Lindsey Graham doesn’t trumpet his faith, but says it’s vital part of his life (Post & Courier).
• Four GOP lieutenant governor candidates debate in SC (News 2).
• Sen. Lindsey Graham’s tea party opposition missing a golden opportunity? (Post & Courier).
• Gov. Bobby Jindal headlines South Carolina GOP’s Silver Elephant dinner (Post & Courier).
• Stop the Civil War fight-songs fight (Post & Courier).

MISC

• Tractor trailer wreck shuts down Savannah Hwy in Ravenel (Live 5 News).
• Pedestrians and police worry Avondale intersection could turn deadly (ABC News 4).
• Gullah Geechee Commission meeting in SC (ABC News 4).
• Charleston man who claimed self-defense found not guilty of murder (Post & Courier).
• Boaters thank Berkeley County Rescue Squad (News 2).
• Police: Robbery reported at West Ashley bank (ABC News 4).
• This Week in #CHS Tweets (Charleston Grit).
• Tricounty Family Ministries expands to move people from crisis to stability (Post & Courier).
• North Charleston police say woman pointed gun at officer (Post & Courier).
• Police say: Man mowing grass hit and killed by drunk driver (News 2).
• Two fatal wrecks reported in Berkeley County Saturday (Post & Courier).
• Intro to Movement 4 week Comprehensive Climbing Clinic (InTown).
• Restoration on King launches $15 million expansion project on Wentworth Street (Post & Courier).
• Motorcyclist killed in Berkeley County accident Saturday (ABC News 4).
• Moncks Corner woman sentenced to 17 years in prison for fatal DUI (Live 5 News).
• Andrews police officer spots black bear in neighborhood (ABC News 4).
• Woman charged with pointing gun at officer during dispute (ABC News 4).
• Evictions leave residents of crumbling N. Charleston apartments with few options (Post & Courier).
• Traffic backs up on I-26 after wreck, meth lab find (ABC News 4).
• 1 killed, 2 others injured in crash on I-26 Saturday (ABC News 4).
• Charleston’s World Heritage bid taking shape (Post & Courier).
• Summerville teen killed in accident on Highway 61 (ABC News 4).
• Berkeley County to break ground on senior center Monday (ABC News 4).
• Deck collapse on Pawley’s Island injures 11 (ABC News 4).
• Running 33 miles for 33 kids a world away (ABC News 4).
• Charleston airport renovation project at halfway point (ABC News 4).

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