Rumors & Notes: 7/26 – 7/28/14

TOP STORIES

• SWAT gives all clear at Northwood Mall after shooting, suspect still at large, mall reopens (ABC News 4).

• Charleston’s midnight bar closing off the table, city says (Post & Courier).
  • City retools bar closing plan, asks for 3-year moratorium on new bars (ABC News 4).

• Appeals Court Strikes Down Same-Sex Marriage Bans in multiple states including South Carolina (Political Wire).

  • Appeals court ruling could bring gay marriage to S.C. (Charleston City Paper).

  • LGBT couples to apply for marriage licenses Wednesday (ABC News 4).

• Fashion designer’s fatal fall prompts concerns with non-emergency police lines (Post & Courier).
• Family says father’s fatal shooting of son was accidental (ABC News 4).

FOOD/BEV

• Stone Brewing says no to S.C., looks at 2 other states (Greenville Online).
• Taco Mamacita Review (Queen of the Foodage).
• The Taste of Charleston & Restaurant Week Set for September (HCS).
• Area chefs join food trucks for Wine + Food launch party (Post & Courier).
• Expect Tortilla Mania at 155 East Bay St. This Fall (Eater Charleston).
• Eat, Drink, and Be Married (Garden & Gun).
• Behold the Progress at West Side Deli on Fishburne (Eater Charleston).
• Guide to the South’s Best Burgers (Garden & Gun).
• Cast-Iron Recipe: Sautéed Shrimp and Okra from Chef BJ Dennis (Garden & Gun).
• Georgean’s Caribbean Soul is a marriage of island and Southern flavors (Charleston City Paper).
• Stack’s Evening Eats introduces new menu (Post & Courier).
• Two Boroughs Larder to Celebrate 3rd Anniversary with Bittermilk (HCS).
• Makeover of Vendue and The Drawing Room brings art to the plate as well as the walls (Post & Courier).
• Charleston’s Required Summer Eating List 2014 (Charleston Food Bloggers).
• Paradise Pools is giving away a Green Mountain Daniel Boone pellet grill and bag of pellets (Facebook).
• Get the Scoop! (Charleston Magazine).
• Torch is Toast (HCS).
• Fuzzco Featured in Food and Wine Magazine (Fuzzco).
• How to Make Gravlax (Charleston Magazine).
• Fish to Host “Throwback Thursday” Moo Shu Lunch (HCS).
• Paprika powder sold in SC stores recalled over Salmonella risk (Live 5 News).

POLITICS

• Gov. Nikki Haley: Immigration situation ‘just wrong’ (Post & Courier).
• Thomas Ravenel challenges fellow U.S. Senate candidates to 11 debates (Post & Courier).
  • No alternate reality for Ravenel’s Senate campaign (The State).
• Libertarian says he was asked to quit campaign (Independent Mail).
• Poll: Medical marijuana legalization has support of SC voters (ABC News 4).
• Sheheen rallies for Charleston support, 100 days from big election (Live 5 News).

• Meet Latta Police Chief Crystal Moore next Wednesday (Charleston City Paper).

• James Island voters go to the polls Tuesday (Post & Courier).

• No need for cities to get upset with Uber (SCNow).

• Gov. Nikki Haley to meet with Atlantic Beach officials about Bike Fest (Myrtle Beach Online).
• Graham, Scott say SRS has money for fuel project (ABC News 4).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Floyd Breeland (HCS).
• SC Supreme Court: Jury trials are for adults only (Post & Courier).

  Read more here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2014/07/25/4374777/gov-nikki-haley-to-meet-with-atlantic.html?sp=/99/209/&ihp=1#storylink=cpy

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Torch Velvet Lounge is now closed. A new concept is in the works (Facebook).
• Locally filmed slasher sequel premieres with red-carpet screening (Post & Courier).
• Comedian Jeff Dunham Brings Disorderly Conduct to the Coliseum (HCS).
• Former Cougar great weighs in on coach abuse saga (ABC News 4).
  • Former College of Charleston star Anthony Johnson feels at home inside TD Arena (Post & Courier).

• Theatre Charleston Awards nominees announced (Charleston City Paper).

• Photos from the O.A.R. & Phillip Phillips Family Circle Concert (HCS).
• Rapper Lil Boosie skips performance at Ladson fairgrounds after disagreement (Post & Courier).
• Panthers receiver Kelvin Benjamin to have knee MRI (ABC News 4).
• Spend some time with your favorite piece at the Gibbes ahead of renovation (Post & Courier).
• CARTA, RiverDogs Partner for Weekly Trivia Contest (HCS).

• Park Circle Film Society shows its Pride with 11 LGBT shorts (Charleston City Paper).

• Downward Facing RiverDog with Kathryn Budig at The Joe this September (HCS).
• ‘Drunk History’ comes to Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Elise Testone Releases New Tune Complete with Video (HCS).

BUSINESS

• Is “Silicon Harbor” an effective label for Charleston’s tech sector? (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Gaillard Center construction crews working 7 days a week (Post & Courier).
• DIG SOUTH is looking for a Sponsorship Director (DIG SOUTH).

• Theatrics Unlimited moving out, Artist & Craftsman moving in (Charleston City Paper).

• Boeing reports reduction in traveled work for 787 program (Charleston Regional Business Journal).

HOUSING

• Study: Charleston Co. homeowners pay state’s highest insurance rates (Live 5 News).
• S.C. below national average for ‘seriously underwater’ homes (Charleston Regional Business Journal).

ROADS/TRAVEL

• Cypress Gardens bridge construction ahead of schedule, says SCDOT (ABC News 4).

• ‘Roundabout on steroids’ coming to West Ashley (ABC News 4).
• SC gas prices drop 4 cents per gallon (ABC News 4).

MISC

• Mount Pleasant police looking for hit-and-run driver who struck pedestrian (Post & Courier).
• Three death row inmates granted reprieves in Dorchester County (Post & Courier).
• Small Earthquake Recorded Near Ladson (HCS).
• Investigation underway into fire at Ashley Oaks Apartments in West Ashley (News 2).
• Waxing poetic: Charleston billboard raising some eyebrows (Post & Courier).
• SC State President optimistic after turbulence (News 2).
• Flight diversions spike at Charleston airport (Post & Courier).
• Murder case possibly placed in jeopardy due to detective’s affair with suspect’s mother (News 2).
• Mary Ashley continues her fight for life on transplant list (ABC News 4).
• South Carolina Medicaid backlog leaves thousands in insurance limbo (Post & Courier).
• Police investigate two suspicious vehicle fires in same North Charleston neighborhood (Live 5 News).
• ‘Chivalrous’ Knight arrested for ‘defending girlfriend’s honor’ (ABC News 4).
• Nightclub owner accused of killing patron (News 2).
• Children release 150,000 ladybugs at Magnolia Gardens event (Post & Courier).
• Patriots Point invites WWII vets to attend Spirit of ’45 Day (ABC News 4).

• Fatal accident in Charleston County (News 2).
• SLED still investigating death of 16-year-old that led to DJJ officer suspensions (The State).
• Officials: Deputy involved in crash will go before review board (Live 5 News).
• SC mom’s arrest sparks child care debate (ABC News 4).
• Man suffers from lacerations after boating accident on Tybee sand bar (Live 5 News).
• Coroner: Grandfather in fatal accident was three times over legal alcohol limit (Live 5 News).
• Deputies: Malnourished infant found living in deplorable conditions (Live 5 News).

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