Rumors & Notes: 8/24/14

TOP STORIES

• Bail for teen in Northwoods Mall shooting prompts change in background checks (Post & Courier).

• Police see positive civil use in military surplus equipment (Post & Courier).
• Goose Creek firefighter and 9/11 first responder Steve Skipton loses cancer battle (ABC News 4).
  • Preliminary Services announced (SC On Fire).
• Lawmaker suggests all S.C. cops need body cameras (Post & Courier).
• North Charleston police still looking for missing 58-year-old man (ABC News 4).
• Wando Grad and Current Clemson Student Suddley Passes Away (Clemson).

FOOD/BEV

• Zeus Grill & Seafood closes, upscale spa to move in (Post & Courier).
• Ballpark Festival of Beers Photo Gallery (Post & Courier).
• Grape Stomping Festival (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT

• Chive On Charleston’s 8th Meet-Up Scheduled for Friday at The Alley (HCS).
• Wild Blue Ropes Back To School Bash Photo Gallery (Facebook).
• The Owner of Bert’s Market Emarks on Cross-Country Scooter Trip for Charity (HCS).
• “Bottom of Love” by Atlas Road Crew can be heard on an episode of MTV’s Finding Carter (Facebook).
• Park Circle Film’s Throws an Endless Summer Party (HCS).

SPORTS

• Wild Pitch Ends Wild Walk-Off Win for Rome (Charleston RiverDogs).
  • RiverDogs Host Drive in Final Homestand of 2014.
  • RiverDogs Champions of Inaugural Battle of the Palmetto State Rivalry Series
• Cam Newton has hairline fracture in rib, won’t play this week (Pro Football Talk).
• South Carolina’s Spurrier ready for kickoff (ABC News 4).
  • Spurrier stands tall as Gamecocks near potential “banner” season (Post & Courier).
  • The Gamecocks can win a Mike Davis chess match vs. Texas A&M, and beyond (Post & Courier).
• Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins Now Available at Riley Park (Charleston RiverDogs).
• First Take: No. 16 Clemson at No. 12 Georgia (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• Election race for SC education chief underway (News 2).
• Rank Charleston school needs before sales tax vote (Post & Courier).

MISC

• Thinking inside the box: Retail subscriptions gain following in Charleston (Post & Courier).

• New SC identity theft unit handles 3,000 calls (ABC News 4).
• Great white shark Katharine tracked heading toward Charleston coast (Post & Courier).
• Capt. James “Buster” Denney passes away at age 93 (ABC News 4).
• North Charleston gun shop owner releases surveillance video burglary (ABC News 4).
• No arrests made after armed suspect reported on USC campus (Live 5 News).
• Video Spurs Questions Of Arresting Methods After Deputies Tase Man Inside Walmart (News 2).
• Tropical Storm Cristobal forms near Bahamas (ABC News 4).
  • Makes slight change towards north (Live 5 News).
• Chaplaincy program teaches students to assist hospital patients facing illness and death (Post & Courier).
• Self-Defense Class will “Support The Girls” (HCS).
• SCHP investigating fatal accident in Williamsburg County (Live 5 News).
• Charleston’s CresCom Bank downsizes newest branch (Post & Courier).
• Ice Bucket Challenge accelerating donations for ALS research (News 2).
• DuPont wants to sell 305 acres at Berkeley plant site (Post & Courier).

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