Rumors & Notes: 1/8/15

TOP STORIES – ALL ABOUT THE COLD

• Chilly dip; Divers, other brave frigid LowcountryWarm on way (Post & Courier).
• Few power outages as temperatures dip into the teens, SCE&G power crews on standby (Live 5 News).
• Shelters see change in demand with cold weather (Live 5 News).
• Bobbing El Nino might mean cold winter, or not (Post & Courier).
• Charleston volunteers deliver hot meals, helping hand during winter chill (Live 5 News).
• Lowcountry workforce battles the cold (News 2).
• Keep your kids warm and safe in cold weather (Live 5 News).
• Experts: Service you car for bitter cold or pay the price (Live 5 News).
• Preventing the flu in your house in the Lowcountry (News 2).
• Icy images from Charleston to Peoria (Post & Courier).

FOOD/BEV

• Creekside Pizza’s Sunday Oyster Roast Features Tajh Boyd (HCS).
• First look: Aya Cookhouse’s new lunch menu (Charleston City Paper).
• Warm Up at the Cocktail Club’s Winter Cocktail Class (HCS).
• SALT at Station 22 closed for renovations (Charleston City Paper).
• An Abundance of Down-Home Hospitality at West Ashley’s Livelihood Cafe (Eater Charleston).
• Good Catch Oyster Fest Scheduled for February 6th (HCS).
• Raskin Around: Charleston Insiders’ Weekend, Restaurant Week South Carolina, Screen Door to open, Chow Down Charleston Food Tours (Post & Courier).
• Mellow Mushroom Celebrates its 14th Anniversary Tomorrow (HCS).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Win one for the Medal of Honor Bowl (Post & Courier).
  • Medal of Honor Bowl stocked with intriguing prospects (Post & Courier).
• TEDxCharleston Announces Date and Venue for 2015 Event (Charleston Chronicle).
• Ocean Course climbs to No. 3 in Golf Digest rankings of America’s 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses (Post & Courier).
• Is Danny McBride shooting his next series here in Charleston? (Charleston City Paper).
  • New HBO show to shoot in Charleston (Live 5 News).
• Gaslight Street To Record Live Album at Home Team in Sullivan’s (HCS).
• Folly Beach Drone Footage – Polar Plunge & Fireworks (Charleston Reddit/YouTube).
• Palmetto Christian multi-sport star Corey Caulder focuses on basketball (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• Senators mull barring domestic abusers in SC from having guns (The State).
• Save Shem Creek corporation holds first public meeting (ABC News 4).
• CCSD records: McGinley resisted Coach Walpole’s removal (Charleston City Paper).
• DHEC Director Templeton resigns from state agency (ABC News 4).
• Acting juvenile justice director picked for post (ABC News 4).

MISC

• Investigators locate Mt. Pleasant fugitives at downtown Charleston home (Live 5 News).
• Lowcountry French seek updates, show solidarity after Paris newspaper attacks (Post & Courier).
• Police investigate North Charleston bank robbery (ABC News 4).
• Charleston isn’t the first town where HomeServe USA received bad press (Charleston City Paper).
• Moped rider at fault in fatal collision, according to Mount Pleasant police (Post & Courier).
• New company offering free, environmentally-friendly rides (Live 5 News).
• Toddler gets hospital exit of a lifetime to celebrate remission (ABC News 4).
• Man, 68, wanted on child sexual assault charges turns self in (Live 5 News).
• South Carolina has nation’s highest rate of traffic deaths caused by drunk driving (South Carolina Radio Network).
• Flu deaths continue mounting in South Carolina (Post & Courier).
• School bus driver taken to hospital after accident (ABC News 4).
  • No students injured in West Ashley bus accident (News 2).
• Bridge gateway boom to wrap up with SpringHill Suites, offices (Post & Courier).
• Murder trial for ex-police chief in unarmed man’s death continues (ABC News 4).
• Disabled James Island woman arrested and jailed for unpaid tickets from 2002 (News 2).
• The Citadel earns Community Engagement Classification (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Disabled vehicles cleared from Ravenel Bridge (Live 5 News).
• Charleston Southern moves up U.S. News list of online bachelor’s programs (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Jet reporting emergency returns to GSP (Live 5 News).
• Agru America expansion to Charleston includes environmental cleanup (Post & Courier).
• Port handles 1.5 million-pound steam generator (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• One injured in Johns Island house fire (Live 5 News).
• Landmark breaks ground on hotel for Gateway project (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• 18-year-old man charged with murder in shooting of teen (News 2).

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