Rumors & Notes: 1/11/16

TOP STORIES

• 1st new Charleston mayor in 40 years inaugurated (ABC News 4).
  • Hundreds watch history in making as John Tecklenburg is sworn in (Live 5 News).
  • Gallery (Post & Courier).
  • Locals react (Live 5 News).
  • John Tecklenburg to begin West Ashley redevelopment plans immediately after inauguration (Post & Courier).
• Police investigating fire at Michael Slager’s former home in Hanahan (Live 5 News).
  • 911 caller: Man threw something before fire at Michael Slager’s former home (Post & Courier).
  • Protesters, group leaders exchange words after Slager protest (Live 5 News).
  • What, if anything, could exonerate Michael T. Slager? (Charleston City Paper).
• SLED asked to investigate ‘irregular accounting’ at Charleston County School District (ABC News 4).
• Clemson, Alabama prepare for national showdown (Live 5 News).
  • Gamecock fan, Citadel grad leading flyover for football title game (ABC News 4).
  • Clemson’s “Beard Gang” hopes to bring home trophy, shaved faces (News 2).
  • What will, won’t, must, must not and might happen in Clemson-Alabama (Post & Courier).
  • Sources: Clemson star corner Alexander hobbled by bad hamstring (Post & Courier).
• Charleston metro ranked No. 17 on Milken’s Best-Performing Cities list (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• O’Malley could be excluded from upcoming Democratic debate in Charleston (ABC News 4).
• Former Berkeley County Sheriff Wayne DeWitt pleads guilty to DUI (ABC News 4).
• Seven candidates make GOP main stage for debate Thursday in North Charleston (Post & Courier).

FOOD/BEV

• Enter to win free AutoBanh Sandwiches for a year (Autobanh).
• Leaf to become Michael Toscano’s Le Farfalle (Charleston City Paper).
• Guest Chefs, Hot Chicken, and Temporary January Closings (Eater Charleston).
• $1,000 reward to the person who returns Aaron “Fiery Ron” Siegel’s notebook (Charleston City Paper).
• New owners up Italian quotient at Al Di La (Post & Courier).
• Co-Owners of Warehouse Opening Southern Tavern Calhoun’s in Bluffton (Eater Charleston).
• 60 Bull Cafe Will Offer Short Rib Hash, Anson Mills Grits, and More (Eater Charleston).
• Slow Runner reunites (Charleston City Paper).
• Keep Your Resolutions (Yelp Charleston).
• Man-made marsh might be future of Lowcountry shellfish, coast (Post & Courier).
• Stephen Colbert’s BLT Rant Is the Best Thing You’ll Watch All Day (Eater Charleston).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Charleston Battery won’t hold Carolina Challenge Cup this year (Post & Courier).
• Cat’s Music in Summerville loses lease, to close after 18 years (Post & Courier).
• 2016 Charleston Marathon Schedule (HCS).
• Is it time for Charleston’s first mayoral rock band? (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston Southern No. 6, The Citadel No. 13 in final FCS poll (Post & Courier).
• Society 1858 Presents “Stork Club” on 1/29 (HCS).
• Post and Courier’s Gene Sapakoff, Charleston’s Gary Smith honored by NSSA (Post & Courier).

POLITICS/GOV

• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Sandy Tecklenburg (HCS).
• Marcus Amaker and Marjory Wentworth read inauguration poem for Tecklenburg (Charleston City Paper).
• Summerville council forces new mayor’s hand (Post & Courier).
• Alternative plan presented to solve Summerville congestion (News 2).
• DHEC chief recommends law changes to avoid future issues with abortion clinics (Post & Courier).

MISC

• Charleston police save woman from burning car after crash (Live 5 News).
• Report outlines progress, challenges fighting human trafficking in South Carolina (Post & Courier).
• Churches to open warming shelters Monday night (Live 5 News).
• Whitney Cox, blogger and mother of 2, dies of cancer at age of 28 (ABC News 4).
• Charleston County woman with 72 rabbits, 32 cats jailed (Post & Courier).
• Police make arrest in New Years Day hit and run (ABC News 4).
• Blackbaud Releases 2015 Fundraising Insights (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Video shows exterminator stealing money from restaurant (ABC News 4).
• CARTA rolls out three new Express buses (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Co-working spaces pop into Charleston area (Post & Courier).
• DaPore steps down as PeopleMatter CEO (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Parking garage pitched to Isle of Palms, Sullivan’s Island and Folly Beach (Post & Courier).
• GCPD officer found not guilty in 2014 DUI case (ABC News 4).
• South Carolina BMW’s record production a boon for Port of Charleston (Post & Courier).
• North Charleston Holiday Inn converted into DoubleTree by Hilton (Post & Courier).
• Red Cross assisting family after fire destroys W. Ashley home (Live 5 News).

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