Rumors & Notes: 4/15/16

TOP STORIES

• Transgender advocates fear bill’s fallout even if it dies (ABC News 4).
  • After Senate hearing, Sen. Lee Bright stands behind “bathroom bill” (Fox Carolina).
• Put animal health first (Post & Courier).
• Citadel considers changes to allow student to wear Muslim head scarf (ABC News 4).
• Patriots Point unveils plans to build seaside resort (Live 5 News).
• Story that Publix worker wouldn’t serve Mount Pleasant cop inaccurate, police and grocer say (Post & Courier).
• Emanuel AME Church to host hundreds of people impacted by gun violence (Post & Courier).
• Weekend Events, Parties, & Plans: 4/15 – 4/17/16 (HCS).

FOOD/BEV

• Dirt: The Lowcountry Local Food Guide (Charleston City Paper).
• Keegan-Filion switching to non-GMO feed; warns meat prices will rise (Post & Courier).
• These food trucks shop local no matter what road they’re on (Charleston City Paper).
• Meet the Yelpers: Diverse group of local winners bond over shared experiences (Post & Courier).
  • Yelp trio reviews Maybank Public House (Post & Courier).
• Help farmers by making your voice heard on proposed legislation (Charleston City Paper).
• Popsicle Bar Crooked Crown Brings Boozy Treats to Spring Street Soon (Eater Charleston).
• Affordable, fun food found at The Darling Oyster Bar (Post & Courier).
• Congress marries the flavors of Italy and Mexico into one solid restaurant (Charleston City Paper).
• Explore the Throwback Dining Room at Little Jack’s Tavern (Eater Charleston).
  • Soft Opening at Little Jack’s Tavern Gives Glimpses of the Menu (Eater Charleston).
  • From beans to bar at Little Jack’s (Post & Courier).
• The Chef & the Farmer (Charleston City Paper).
• Jon Darling opens his farm to returning army vets (Charleston City Paper).
• Rum Runners Charleston Debuts in June (HCS).
• The secretive and slippery world of glass eel fishing (Charleston City Paper).
• GrowFood Carolina hosts Spring Fling dinner with local chefs, farmers (Post & Courier).
• Olive oil gets local food consumption cranking (Post & Courier).
• Get tipsy with 400 years of Southern booze history in Southern Spirits (Charleston City Paper).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• What to expect this weekend at Southern Ground (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston Race Week features more than 250 boats as event turns 21 (Post & Courier).
  • Gray skies not deterring Charleston Race Week sailors (Live 5 News).
• 2016 Party at the Point Schedule (HCS).
• Atlanta-bound playwright and comedian David Lee Nelson discusses the lessons he learned in Charleston (Charleston City Paper).
• Record Store Day 2016 brings releases from Frank Turner, Miles Davis, and Bill Evans (Charleston City Paper).
• POW! Free Comic Book Day is May 7th (HCS).
• NCAA grants Citadel commit’s release after white hood incident (ABC News 4).
• Big weekend for outdoor fitness lovers in the Lowcountry (Post & Courier).
• Bank of America Chamber Music Series brings several debuts to Spoleto (Charleston City Paper).
• Lattimore can’t be on USC staff says NCAA (News 2).
• Pop-Up Charleston celebrates bittersweet ‘Series Finale’ (Live 5 News).
• Chas County’s 17h Annual Earth Day Festival is Set for 4/23 (HCS).
• South Carolina football ends ties with chaplain (ABC News 4).
• Special Olympics Spring Games rained out (Live 5 News).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• South Carolina’s unemployment rate rises to 5.7 percent in March; first increase in over a year (Post & Courier).
• Local leaders ask young gang members to contact them directly (Charleston City Paper).
• Mother Of Transgender Son Speaks Out Against “Bathroom Bill” (FITS News).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Mount Pleasant Mayor Linda Page (HCS).
• Sharon Blackwood named Berkeley Teacher of the Year (Post & Courier).

MISC

• College of Charleston Fire Chief facing charges (News 2).
• North Charleston police officer saluted for bringing Waffle House food to broke, hungry person (Post & Courier).
• 5-year-old named kid hero for calling 911 (Live 5 News).
• Charleston’s permaculture movement arrives at the drafting table (Charleston City Paper).
• Police identify suspect in Charleston shooting (News 2).
• Highway Patrol: 3 teens struck by SUV swerving to avoid stopped traffic (ABC News 4).
  • One of the three teenagers who were hit by a car on Dorchester Rd now paralyzed (News 2).
• Police arrest man wanted for stealing construction equipment (Live 5 News).
• Police: Man breaks leg off coffee table, threatens to break victim’s knees with it (News 2).
• Crews extinguish mobile home fire in Moncks Corner (Live 5 News).
• North Charleston business looking to hire 100+ employees (News 2).
• Suspect charged in armed robbery of Subway restaurant (Live 5 News).

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