Rumors & Notes: 7/12 – 7/14/14

TOP STORIES

• Solicitor: Teen committed suicide, officer never fired gun (ABC News 4).
  • Won’t seek indictment against police officer (Live 5 News).
  • Chief: Scuffle preceded fatal shooting at Bridgeview (ABC News 4).
  • Officer says Denzel Curnell’s ‘odd’ clothing led to investigative stop (Live 5 News).
• Charleston police investigating stabbing at King and Huger streets (Post & Courier).
• Reservist dies at Joint Base Charleston after fitness test (ABC News 4).
• Woman dead, man hospitalized after Charleston County home invasion early Sunday (Post & Courier).
• Vigil held for missing diver, search continues (ABC News 4).
  • Father recounts moments before son went missing during dive (Live 5 News).
• Bravo Renews “Southern Charm” for a Second Season (HCS).

FOOD/BEV

• The Charleston Caribbean Jerk Festival is this Saturday (HCS).
• Charleston Brown Water Society threw a hell of an SC-TX BBQ Invitational (Charleston City Paper).
  • Photo Gallery (Facebook).
• Order One of These 12 Charcuterie Boards Tonight (Eater Charleston).

• Hootie & the Blowfish gets its own beer (Charleston City Paper).

• Caviar & Bananas’ 2nd Annual Burger & Beer Night Set for 7/23 (HCS).
• Charleston Distilling Company is Open for Tastings (Eater Charleston).
• Best Charleston, SC Brunches…You Don’t Even Know About (Charleston Daily).
• What is the Current Status of Anson Restaurant? (Eater Charleston).
• Cook It Raw Film Now Available Online (HCS).

POLITICS

• Sanford saga played out in off Broadway play (News 2).
• Since when did theater reviews become part of Summerville Town Council’s job? (Post & Courier).

• Judge orders mediation in Sanford divorce (ABC News 4).

• Sellers has $194K for lieutenant governor’s bid (ABC News 4).
• Charleston County School Board committee wants to require school visit for transfer process (Post & Courier).

UBER

• State agency: Uber ‘not legal in S.C.’ (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Uber destroys local cab service in one day…apparently… (The Digitel).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Wojcik still coach ‘to my knowledge,’ says new CofC president (ABC News 4).
• Cast your vote for the 2015 Cooper River Bridge Run poster design (ABC News 4).
• Ladybug Release at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens on July 26th (HCS).
• Park Circle Film Society hosts screening of Cinema Purgatorio — and tries to get Bill Murray to attend (Charleston City Paper).
• Taking Flight Comic Book Show back at The Sparrow on 7/26 (HCS).
• Madra Rua Turns to Baseball this Tuesday (HCS).
• Folly Beach Surf Camps (Folly Beach).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Mary Alice Monroe (HCS).

CHARITY/FEEL GOOD

• Half-Moon Surprises Louie’s Kids Campers at Whole Foods Lunch (Louie’s Kids).
• Lemonade stand raises $1300 for James Island boy with Neurofibromatosis (ABC News 4).
• Local WWII veteran skydives at age 88 (Live 5 News).

SHOOTINGS

• Georgetown deputies kill woman with mental issues, SLED investigates (ABC News 4).
• Two shootings at two different gas stations in North Charleston Saturday (News 2).
• Deputies investigating fatal shooting in Hollywood (Live 5 News).
• Arrest made in fatal North Charleston shooting (ABC News 4).

CRIME

• Live 5 Investigates: Charleston’s Entertainment District sees increase in arrests (Live 5 News).
• Police investigating N. Charleston armed robbery, carjacking (Live 5 News).
• Search for NC woman who faked drowning near $50K (ABC News 4).
• Judge: ‘Big man syndrome’ responsible for spike in violence in Tri-county (Live 5 News).

MISC

• Mosquito-borne virus reported in South Carolina (ABC News 4).
• Streets around Roper back open after suspected bomb threat (News 2).
• The Boulevard Phase 2 gets initial approval (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Caught in the climate-change middle (Post & Courier).
• Black tourism can be promoted during boycott, Kwadjo Campbell says (Post & Courier).
• North Charleston Police To Reinstitute STAND Program (The Charleston Chronicle).
• Mixed residential, industrial use in N. Charleston gets mixed reviews (Post & Courier).
• Diverse opportunities promised for North Charleston job fair (ABC News 4).
• The green scum: algae both boon and bane for subdivision ponds (Post & Courier).
• Roper likely will scrap plan for six-story hotel (Post & Courier).
• Body of missing boater on Stono River found, deputies say (ABC News 4).
• 1 person killed in Colleton County crash (ABC News 4).
• Health Care center re-opens on Johns Island under new name (Live 5 News).
• DSS accused of keeping abusive siblings together (ABC News 4).
• Police say gun left behind in SC Wal-Mart bathroom (Live 5 News).
• Georgetown to shut off water on 5 streets Monday (ABC News 4).
• Authorities investigating after 8-year-old drowns in family pool (Live 5 News).

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