Rumors & Notes: 7/11/14

TOP STORIES

• Weekend Events, Parties, & Plans (HCS).
• Flowertown Players caught up in latest battle over artistic freedom (Post & Courier).
• Report: Fatality rate on South Carolina’s rural roads highest in nation (Post & Courier).
• Third correctional officer injured in Ridgeville prison ‘disturbance’ released (Live 5 News).
• Judge allows Denzel Curnell’s family to open own investigation into death (Post & Courier).

FOOD/BEV

• Charleston Distilling Co. unleashes its first three products (Post & Courier).
• 8 Extreme Meat Dishes to Conquer Immediately (Eater Charleston).
• Normandy Farm Bakery opens on Society Street next week (Post & Courier).

• Former McCrady’s chef de cuisine Jeremiah Langhorne gets some Washington Post love (Charleston City Paper).

• Texas Monthly barbecue editor’s tips for SC-TX BBQ attendees (Post & Courier).
• Scott’s Bar-B-Que Makes Top Ten List (HCS).
• Witness Craig Deihl’s Deft Butchering of Three Hogs (Eater Charleston).
• Frothy Beard Summer Block Party Rocks North Chuck Tomorrow (HCS).
• Asheville staple White Duck Taco Shop opens on James Island (Live 5 News).
• Beaufort hosts tomato fight this weekend (Post & Courier).
• Commune Dining Series Debuts on July 17th (HCS).

POLITICS

• Thomas Ravenel to file signatures Monday (ABC News 4).
• Poll: Sen. Linsdey Graham likely to win reelection (Post & Courier).
• In South Carolina, piety doesn’t pave roads – but casinos would (Post & Courier).
• Gov. Nikki Haley: American dream is alive and well in South Carolina (Post & Courier).
• Independent candidate for governor Tom Ervin boosts campaign with loan (Post & Courier).
• The immigration debate and what it means for 2016 (Post & Courier).

SPORTS

• Mount Pleasant native enjoying ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ with Gamecocks’ sand volleyball (Post & Courier).
• Andre Ellington and Bruce Ellington free football camp draws 600 kids in Moncks Corner (Post & Courier).
• Shelby Rogers reaches semifinals at WTA event in Austria (Post & Courier).
• CABA, Dixie Majors baseball tournaments bring top teams to the Lowcountry (Post & Courier).
• South Carolina Stingrays Alumni vs. CFD Charity Game (HCS).
• Charleston’s five-game win streak snapped during opener at Savannah (ABC News 4).
• Myrtle Beach attraction offers adrenaline rush for beginners (News 2).
• Public gets to vote on Bridge Run design (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT

• Vote for Charleston’s Favorite Weathercaster (Weatherist).
• The NotWedding Photo Gallery (Post & Courier).
• Lebowski Bash Photo Gallery (Post & Courier).
• Yappy Hour Photo Gallery (Post & Courier).

MISC

• East Bay closed for gas leak, now secured (ABC News 4).
• The World’s First and Only Subcutaneous ICD Implanted in patient at Roper (News 2).
• Fire damages abandoned apartment building in North Charleston (ABC News 4).
  • North Charleston officials suspect arson (Post & Courier).
• Investigators arrest five on prostitution charges in North Charleston (Live 5 News).
• DHEC confirms SC’s first case of chikungunya virus (Live 5 News).
• General: Joint Base Charleston is a ‘crown jewel’ of Air Mobility Command (Post & Courier).
• Charleston competing with New Jersey for 395-job nuclear reactor plant (Post & Courier).
• Tourism agency takes over SC welcome centers (ABC News 4).
• Secretary gets 2 years in prison for stealing more than 1/2 a million dollars from church (Live 5 News).
• New biz hub hopes to lure people northward on Charleston peninsula (ABC News 4).
• Charleston Picked as Southeast’s Best City for Dogs (HCS).
• Myrtle Beach police plan summit on bike festivals (ABC News 4).
• Most Wanted: Stanley Labryant Simmons (Live 5 News).
• Parts supply may delay repair work on recalled vehicles (Live 5 News).
• Bi-Lo employees’ jobs on the line while company reevaluates staffs (Post & Courier).
• Pilot whale dies on beach at Hilton Head Island (ABC News 4).
• This Week in #CHS Tweets (Charleston Grit).

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