Rumors & Notes: 2/11/16 (AM Edition)

TOP STORIES

• New owners hint at mix of uses for Morris Sokol site (Post & Courier).
• Mt. Pleasant officials face harsh criticism, infighting over Shem Creek’s future (Charleston City Paper).
  • Showdown at RB’s corral is just Mount Pleasant fighting its growing pains (Post & Courier).
• Daughter arrested after woman found dead in Hanahan home (Live 5 News).
  • Reports: Woman strangled Hanahan mom with extension cord because ghosts told her to (Post & Courier).
• Deputies searching for Charleston woman missing since September (Live 5 News).
• Another section of Charleston’s Tent City cleared (Post & Courier).
  • A weekend inside Charleston’s Tent City (ABC News 4).
  • Tiny House advocates march from Tent City to City Hall (Live 5 News).
• Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nisbet resigns from office (News 2).
• Status hearing scheduled for accused Charleston church shooter (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• Chef John Amato Discusses the Menu at Upcoming Little Jack’s Tavern (Eater Charleston).
• Charleston Dive Bars For All Your Valentine’s Day Needs (Eater Charleston).
  • Charleston Restaurants That Will Still Take Your Procrastinating Heart (Eater Charleston).
• Here’s the menu for Cane Rhum Bar and Caribbean Kitchen (Charleston City Paper).
• Rappahannock Oyster Company opening at The Cigar Factory this fall (Post & Courier).
• Find Seasonal Ceviche and House-Made Gnocchi on the Congress Menu (Eater Charleston).
• Ferry Wharf development could incorporate food hall (Post & Courier).
• Barbecue restaurant in North Charleston reports 262 pounds of pilfered pork (Post & Courier).
• Tin Roof plans family-style Ethiopian dinner (Post & Courier).
• The Gin Joint Offering Cocktail Benefiting Ronald McDonald House (HCS).
• Mt. Pleasant landmark Boulevard Diner has closed (Charleston City Paper).
• O-Ku Names Kazu Murakami as Executive Chef (Eater Charleston).
• Twenty Six Divine Releases Valentine’s Dinner Menu (HCS).
• The spousal teams behind three area restaurants (Post & Courier).
• “Love Bites,” A Slow Sips Event, Returns to Mixson on 2/13 (HCS).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• SEWE romps into town! (Post & Courier).
• Cast the millionth #BOC16 vote, win a VIP Best of Charleston Party prize pack (Charleston City Paper).
• Not there yet: UConn too much for Gamecocks (The State).
• Ray LaMontagne Returns to the PAC this Summer (HCS).
• Pulp bookstore and gallery to add fringe flair to upper King Street (Post & Courier).
• Kickin’ 92.5 Presents “Spring Break Unplugged” in March (HCS).
• Michael Moore’s Where to Invade Next comes to the Lowcountry (Charleston City Paper).
• Return of The MAC! Presents: An Evening of Love and RnB (HCS).
• R’Dogs Release V-Day Packs for Lovers and Loners Alike (Charleston RiverDogs).
• Upscale Women’s Consignment Sale Set for 3/17-19 (HCS).

POLITICS/SCHOOLS

• State lawmaker takes aim at rising rents (Charleston City Paper).
• GOP candidates bring campaigns to South Carolina (ABC News 4).
• Obama’s budget has money for Charleston Harbor maintenance, nothing for Georgetown port (Post & Courier).
• Summerville Town Council votes to weaken mayor’s powers (ABC News 4).
• SC county passes resolution against housing Gitmo detainees (AP).
• Sen. Kimpson files bill to remove Confederate Flag from Citadel’s chapel (ABC News 4).
• Charleston County the latest to study short-term rentals (Post & Courier).
• Kasich hits ground running in the SC Lowcountry (ABC News 4).
• Quintin’s Close-ups: Trey Harrell (HCS).
• Judge dismisses two lawsuits against Citadel officials (Live 5 News).
• Chip Limehouse Slams FITSNews … Again (FITSNews).
• CCSD considers moving more students to Meeting Street Elementary (Live 5 News).
• Proposed bill suggests eliminating CWPs (WISTV).
• Mount Pleasant State of the Town speech addressing unity in a divided town (Live 5 News).
• College of Charleston library to archive Joe Riley’s papers (Post & Courier).
• Former BCSD communications director avoids possible jail time (Live 5 News).
• Quintin’s Close-ups: Dimitri Cherny (HCS).

MISC

• Boeing to cut commercial airplane workforce (ABC News 4).
• Bon voyage, Fantasy, there’s another cruise ship in town (Post & Courier).
• Summerville Police: Man arrested for assaulting several women he met online (Live 5 News).
• $1.6M in hoverboards seized at Port of Charleston (Live 5 News).
• Anti-submarine exercise torpedoes being tested off SC coast (Live 5 News).

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