Rumors & Notes: 4/21/16 (AM Edition)

TOP STORIES

• Several students at Wando High School diagnosed with chicken pox (ABC News 4).
  • DHEC Recommends students that have not and will not get vaccinated, stay home for at least 21 days (Live 5 News).
• Well known bartender killed in early morning North Charleston shooting (ABC News 4).
• Judge delays dismissal decision in Charleston tour guide lawsuit (ABC News 4).
• State asks for mental evaluation of Dylann Roof (ABC News 4).
  • Event at Emanuel AME Church aims to bring stricter gun legislation (News 2).
• Charleston Gets the “City Guide” Treatment from Bon Appétit.

FOOD/BEV

• Bands, Burgers & Brews Burger Throwdown Gets Grilling on 5/22 (HCS).
• Bohemian Bull Unleashes Spring Menu (HCS).
• Madra Rua, The Sparrow named in wrongful death suit (Post & Courier).
• New grocer coming to peninsular Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Top Chef: Charleston to begin filming mid-May (Charleston City Paper).
• Stephen Colbert and Sturgill Simpson sing an orginal ode to Waffle House (Charleston City Paper).
• There’s an outpouring of craft beer love on James Island (Post & Courier).
• Tin Roof Introduces 5 drinks under $5, For Your Day Drinking Needs (Eater Charleston).
• Cheers to a beautiful cliche: Patio-sipping cocktails (Post & Courier).
• Pink Bellies’ Animal Style Burger Banh Mi Inspired by Kendrick Lamar (Eater Charleston).
• Chocolatier lures men with beer (Post & Courier).
• Spaghetti dumplings on menu for Short Grain/AMS event (Post & Courier).
• Killer views, cocktails, and bar snacks are the main draw at The Watch (Charleston City Paper).
• Xiao Bao Biscuit Gets Fancy With Uni and Caviar (Eater Charleston).
• Meat allergy caused by a tick bite has arrived in the Lowcountry (Post & Courier).
• La Hacienda ordered to pay nearly $1.2M in back wages to Charleston area workers (Live 5 News).
• New generation of eaters is eschewing plates and mixing things up in big bowls (Post & Courier).
• Chef Raul Sanchez Offers Tacos and Quesadillas Downtown (Eater Charleston).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• SC Aquarium Offering After Hours Series For Adults (HCS).
• Widespread Panic’s retirement from the road could signal end of an era for local fans (Post & Courier).
• Giddy Up! Race to The Alley’s Kentucky Derby Party (HCS).
• Piccolo Fringe announces eclectic lineup (Charleston City Paper).
• Meet the “Southern Charm” Season Three Cast (HCS).
• #NewCraig, a new ‘partnershep’ and a not-so-new meltdown on the 3rd episode of ‘Southern Charm’ (Post & Courier).
• Summerville baseball to honor the late Tripp Rabon on senior night (Post & Courier).
• Special Olympics Spring Games held Tuesday at Fort Dorchester (ABC News 4).
• Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden drops hooky, Heartbreakers-style solo LP (Charleston City Paper).
• ‘Constellations’ at Pure Theatre explores unlikely attraction, intimacy (Post & Courier).
• Watch the Boeing 787 Dreamliner put on a show over the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town (Charleston City Paper).
• Welcome to Night Vale brings its suburban strangeness to the stage (Charleston City Paper).

POLITICS/SCHOOLS/GOV

• Nehemiah Action Assembly calls on local leaders for policing reform (Charleston City Paper).
• U.S. News & World Report ranks Academic Magnet as nation’s No. 3 magnet school (Post & Courier).
• Harriet Tubman, new face of the $20 bill, has ties to the Lowcountry (ABC News 4).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Senator Marlon Kimpson (HCS).
• Petition looks at historical significance and drainage issues in West Ashley Circle (Live 5 News).
• Sen. Lindsey Graham has ‘hold’ on bipartisan bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia (Post & Courier).
• College of Charleston Computer Science Students Unveil Solutions to Business Problems (CofC).
• City’s about-face, lack of public input has some opposing ports agency’s office sale (Post & Courier).
• Transgender students face challenges from Columbia and in the classroom
• Citadel to allow cadets with state permits to have guns in cars (Post & Courier).
• Nehemiah Action Assembly calls on local leaders for policing reform (Charleston City Paper).
• S.C. senator proves his conservative bona fides by introducing discriminatory bathroom bill (Charleston City Paper).
• S.C. Democratic Party chairman: Sanders’ campaign rhetoric offensive to Southerners (Post & Courier).

MISC

• Funeral arrangement set for kayaker found at Botany Bay (News 2).
• A seat at history’s table: Charleston man repurposing city’s past (ABC News 4).
• Waterfront Park litter cleanup on Saturday (Post & Courier).
• Cops: Shoeless car vandal nabbed on James Island (Live 5 News).
• Roper St. Francis takes over Nason locations (ABC News 4).
• Kids hit the catwalk for Charleston Children’s Fashion Week (Post & Courier).
• Firefighters prepare for 9/11 walk, hope for thousands to attend (ABC News 4).
• South Carolina entrepreneur to face no charges in shooting (AP).
• Mount Pleasant shooting victim limps to court to face suspect (Post & Courier).
• Report: Suspect found with N. Charleston police captain’s missing gun (Live 5 News).
• North Charleston man accused of raping female friend (Post & Courier).
• Police: 2nd suspect arrested in Mount Pleasant shooting (Live 5 News).
• The fight over medical marijuana hits home (Charleston City Paper).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Dana Beach (HCS).
• As marijuana becomes legalized, ganja-preneurs are growing their products (Charleston City Paper).
• Century Aluminum’s future dim after House subcommittee declines to take action (ABC News 4).
• Berkeley Co. fugitive wanted for child sex charges caught in NC (Live 5 News).
• Dozens of venomous snakes killed in house fire (News 2).
• Suspect arrested after chase, accident (ABC News 4).

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