Rumors & Notes: 3/27/15 (Afternoon Edition)

TOP STORIES

• Former dean blasts Charleston School of Law owners over InfiLaw sale (Post & Courier).
• Two injured in North Charleston shooting (News 2).
• Weekend Events, Parties, & Plans: 3/27 – 3/29/15 (HCS).
  • 2015 Cooper River Bridge Run Parties (HCS).
• Charleston County Sheriff’s Office searching for missing James Island man (Live 5 News).
• Couple charged with making meth, child endangerment after explosion at motel (ABC News 4).
• Plane headed for Charleston makes emergency landing at Upstate highway (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• First Look: Chef Robert Carter’s Barony Tavern (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston’s Most Anticipated Spring/Summer Restaurant Openings of 2015 (Eater Charleston).
• Brooks Reitz Choses The 5 Best Places to Drink in Charleston Right Now (HCS).
• Charleston Farmers Market opens 2015 season in Marion Square on April 4 (Charleston City Paper).
• Video: Californians Try South Carolina Food For the First Time (HCS).
• Vegan Restaurant Motobar Bought Out of Business (Eater Charleston).
• 16 South Carolina Restaurants That Will Blow The Taste Buds Out Of Your Mouth (Movoto).
• Edmund’s Oast Included in List of “America’s 33 Best Beer Bars” (HCS).
• For 24 years, Cajun fest celebrates cultural diversity, rare music, Louisiana food (Post & Courier).
• When Chicken Met Waffle (Yelp Charleston).
• Mexican restaurant headed to Bohicket Marina (Post & Courier).
• SALT at Station 22 Hosts the Next Good Catch Dinner (HCS).
• Lana Restaurant Passes Year 10; Bikinis at Bay Street Biergarten (Eater Charleston).
• Lowcountry farmers getting boost from Johns Island facility (Live 5 News).
• Video: Check out Persimmon Cafe’s new “adventure” (Charleston City Paper).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Sol Driven Train gets down on their 12th self-released album (Charleston City Paper).
• The InLaws set to tour with Shovels & Rope (Charleston City Paper).
• Vendors prepare for big Flowertown Festival this weekend (Live 5 News).
• Acoustic rock band The Bushels will play live music every Tuesday in The Bowery at Edmund’s Oast (Facebook).
• According to a post in the Cannonborough-Elliotborough Neighborhood Association Facebook page, 132 Spring Street will eventually become a vinyl store called Eclectic Café and Vinyl. No timetable given.
• Magnetic South showcases young, classical upstarts (Charleston City Paper).
• Tyler Boone Releases Music Video for “Take Aim” (HCS).
• South Carolina needs a major music festival (Charleston City Paper).
• Special Rates for parking during the Cooper River Bridge Run for participants (News 2).
• Photo Gallery: John Mellencamp at the North Charleston PAC (HCS).
• Skydiving team will perform for Cooper River Bridge Run after emergency plane landing (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• Charleston mayor, City Council members to get pay increases (Post & Courier).
  • Don’t scream at City Council members over $50 a week (Post & Courier).
• Haley plans to veto gas tax increase; Riley says it’s essential (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Rand Paul kicking off South Carolina campaign at Patriots Point (Post & Courier).
• Bill would require all SC students to take US Citizenship Test (News 2).
• Boeing’s anti-union campaign hits workers where they eat (Post & Courier).
• S.C. State desperately needs change (Charleston City Paper).
• Episcopalians will appeal, ask S.C. Supreme Court to hear massive case (Post & Courier).
• Report: 183,000 S.C. workers would benefit from Obamacare (Post & Courier).
• I don’t believe the state’s explanation for cutting down trees (Charleston City Paper).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: CCSD Board Member Rev. Chris Collins (HCS).
• Former SLED agent Calvitt “Chab” Clarke talks about why he wants to be Berkeley County Sheriff (News 2).

MISC

• NCPD: Six females charged in IHOP parking lot brawl (Live 5 News).
• Charleston police announces arrests in downtown jewelry heist (Live 5 News).
• Report: Drunk driver wrecked car, left passenger with serious injuries (Live 5 News).
• The tentacle returns: Stinging creatures back on beach (Post & Courier).
• Happy Tails dog park needs your help (Live 5 News).
• Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office taking over Shar-Pei investigation (Post & Courier).
• Mapping Charleston’s public urination problem with the PeeNinsula 5000 (Charleston City Paper).
• H.E. McCracken students learn how 3D printing can change the world (Live 5 News).
• Local Organizations Partner to Raise Awareness about Growing Number of Youth with HIV (Digitel Charleston).
• ‘Hysterical’ woman banged on doors for help after granddaughter shot, 911 calls show (Post & Courier).
• Man killed in officer involved shooting is brother of missing Johnsonville man, family members say (Live 5 News).
• Homeless man in Dorchester County arrested on child porn charges (ABC News 4).
• Deputies release surveillance image in ATM card fraud case (Live 5 News).
• SC lawmaker, officials load supplies for Liberian relief (News 2).
• BAR approves MUSC hospital plans (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Charleston police arrest dog owner on neglect charges (Live 5 News).
• Blotter: Dog ate my passport (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston area’s hotel room count to grow as new hotel opens Friday in Mount Pleasant (Post & Courier).

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