Rumors & Notes: 9/28/15

TOP STORIES

• Capitol Gains Investigation: Candidates enrich themselves with campaign cash, gifts, travel (Post & Courier).
• After close call with tornado, Johns Island neighborhood throws block party (Live 5 News).
  • Clean-up continues for Johns Islanders after Friday’s tornado (ABC News 4).
  • County crews expect 4 weeks of cleanup (Post & Courier).
• Charleston photographer in Trump feud over empty chair shot (Post & Courier).
• Same judge to hear cases of church shooting suspect, friend (ABC News 4).
• CofC public safety steps up patrols after two separate attacks on students (Live 5 News).
  • Report: Victim tells attacker ‘You’re better than that’ (ABC News 4).

FOOD/BEV

• Watch the “Parks Unknown – Charleston” Trailer (HCS).
• Inaugural “Brain Squasher” Zombie Pub Crawl Set for 10/17 (HCS).
• ‘The Rhum Chef’ Paul Yellin Brings Rum Bar to Charleston (Eater Charleston).
• Charity cook-off helps support families fighting pediatric cancer (Charleston City Paper).
• New Belgium’s Clips Beer & Film Tour Returns to Charleston (HCS).
• Best Of Mount Pleasant 2016 Ballot (Mount Pleasant Magazine).
• South Carolina Food Fest in Charleston (London Unattached).
• Delish! Bakery & Bistro Moving to Former Andolini’s Space (Eater Charleston).
• The Lot Goes Cuban For Dinner on the Deck (HCS).
• Ford Fry considers Charleston expansion (Post & Courier).
• Could a Cat Cafe Pounce Into Charleston? (Eater Charleston).
• Closed for Business to Spend the Weekend Celebrating Oktoberfest (HCS).
• Sniffing out the best Vietnamese soup (Post & Courier).
• ‘Gargantuan’ Pork Shanks at The Westendorff; Wings ‘Worthy of a Fan Club’ at Smoke (Eater Charleston).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• ESPN’s College Gameday is coming to Clemson (Greenville Online).
• “So You Thought You Could Spell” Spelling Bee Part Three (HCS).
• Southern Charm Filming In Aiken (FITS News).
• North Charleston Harvest Festival & Block Party Set for October 17 (The Digitel).
• Celebrate the 22nd Race for the Cure at the ‘Tie One On’ Party (HCS).
• Panthers’ Newton crashes Halloween party for cancer-stricken boy, 10 (FOX Sports).
• Swim Around Charleston organizer hopes weather will cooperate for 12-mile, open-water swim (Post & Courier).
• Bark in the Park! Oktoberfest Scheduled for 10/19 (HCS).
• Behind the Seams: The Underdog Brett Gardner (MLB).
• Komen Lowcountry Invites You to Swing For The Cure This Weekend (HCS).
• Rhiannon Giddens on new solo path, future of Carolina Chocolate Drops & using her voice for change (Post & Courier).
• Talk Nerdy To Me (Yelp Charleston).
• Charleston Southern’s Mike Holloway earns Big South honor for performance against The Citadel (Post & Courier).

POLITICS/GOV

• Register to vote in Charleston-area elections by Sat. Oct. 3 (Charleston City Paper).
• County Council weighs incentives for 3 secret projects (Post & Courier).
• Refugee Crisis in Syria Raises Fears in South Carolina (New York Times).
• Powerful SC Lawmaker Staring Down Personal Scandal (FITS News).
• Mayor Joe Riley stops by the News 2 studios (News 2).
• South Carolina abortion clinics meet deadline to prevent closure (Post & Courier).
• The ice cream man, postal carriers, and paperboys can be fined under city’s panhandling law (Charleston City Paper).
• Developer wants OK to nearly double height limit in Mount Pleasant (Post & Courier).
• Plan for old Charleston bridge pier being announced (ABC News 4).
• SCDOT delays Main Rd. drainage work (Live 5 News).
• Corps, Court take up contentious SC cruise terminal (ABC News 4).

MISC

• Campus Candlelight Vigil to Honor Victims of Emanuel AME Church Shootings (CofC).
• Charleston police looking for 3 women who robbed Victoria’s Secret downtown (ABC News 4).
• Hunters discover human remains in Awendaw (ABC News 4).
• Investigators arrest N. Charleston man for deadly Moncks Corner home invasion (Live 5 News).
• Old bridge pier to be painted traditional Charleston colors (ABC News 4).
• Volvo to build S60 exclusively in Berkeley County (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Garco renovation lighting up in North Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Boeing opens research, technology center (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Coyote sightings on the rise in Brickyard Plantation (ABC News 4).
• Quintin’s Close-ups: Andy Paras (HCS).
• One person killed during Berkeley County home invasion (ABC News 4).
• James Island man accused of sexually assaulting teen facing more charges (Live 5 News).
• Man charged with raping drunk teen, providing alcohol and cocaine (ABC News 4).
• Report: SC 7th-Worst State for Teachers (News 2).
• State OKs rate increase to cover SCE&G’s financing costs for new reactors (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Suspended license lifted at Greenville abortion clinic (Live 5 News).
• Two charged in fatal shooting at Haven Oaks (ABC News 4).
• Orangeburg Co. men sought for failing to register as sex offenders (Live 5 News).
• Coast Guard, Lowcountry agencies to conduct mass rescue exercise Wednesday (Post & Courier).
• 15 arrests made in connection with Springdale prostitution bust (Live 5 News).
• Owner of estate sale company facing multiple lawsuits after clients claim they were never paid (Live 5 News).

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