Rumors & Notes: 5/10/16

TOP STORIES

• Goose Creek resident who shot, burned, buried men granted bail (Post & Courier).
• Early morning blaze damages Citadel Beach Club, closes event venue indefinitely (Post & Courier).
  • Bride-to-be frantically looking for new venue after Citadel beach house fire (ABC News 4).
• Crews battle brush fire in Berkeley County (ABC News 4).
• Officials: Downtown fire started after grill left unattended (ABC News 4).
• Charleston church under fire for mass shooting payouts (CBS News).
• The Citadel rejects cadet’s request to wear a hijab (Live 5 News).
  • Family considers suit after Citadel rejects student’s hijab request (ABC News 4).
• Blinded turtle, four other loggerheads, go back to sea after treatment (Post & Courier).
  • Gallery (Post & Courier).

FOOD/BEV

• Here’s Your Chance to Be a Diner on ‘Top Chef’ Charleston (Eater Charleston).
• Bark For Your Brew Returns to The Joe on May 22nd (HCS).
• Former computer salesman bringing Tex-Mex to Mt. Pleasant (Post & Courier).
• Labor violations uncovered at three more area Mexican restaurants (Post & Courier).
• Wise-Buck Smoked Meats Wants to Lure Crowds From King Street (Eater Charleston).
• Leftovers: Tidbits from the Food & Bev Community (HCS).
• Cary Ann Hearst of Shovels & Rope Cooks Sweet Corn for Charleston Charity (Eater Charleston).
• 5 Healthy Charleston Non-Profits You Need to Know About (The Kale Whale).
• Nation’s Largest One Day Food Drive is Saturday (HCS).
• North Charleston Gets Its Very Own Mellow Mushroom on May 23 (Eater Charleston).
• Time to Celebrate the Sea with Italian Flair (Eater Charleston).
• Halls Chophouse owner forks over $7M for downtown Charleston restaurant site (Post & Courier).
• S.C. pitmasters missing from Big Apple BBQ Block Party roster (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Gibbes Museum’s Annual Street Party is Thursday (HCS).
• Ladson youth get new baseball field and tips from Cal Ripken Jr. (Post & Courier).
• Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally Are Coming To Charleston (HCS).
• Local couples to be featured on NBC’s team challenge show (Post & Courier).
• Interview with Cam (Disco Teepee).
• Comedy for a cause: Theatre 99 introduces new series to benefit local charities (Post & Courier).
• Southern Charm’s Kathryn Dennis rekindles romance with old flame and puts affair with the ex-politician father of her kids Thomas Ravenel behind her (Daily Mail).
  • Thomas Ravenel says he is quitting ‘Southern Charm’ after this season (Blasting News).
  • Confessions of a Southern Charm newbie: Ep 6 (Charleston City Paper).
• Monte Lee faces former team when College of Charleston plays at Clemson (Post & Courier).
• Umphrey’s Mcgee announces the Chucktown Ball will return to a larger outdoor venue (Post & Courier).
• Charleston Southern releases 2016 football schedule (Post & Courier).

POLITICS/SCHOOLS

• Haley farm bill veto may mean hardships for S.C. farms (Post & Courier).
• School Board votes to close Lincoln Middle-High School, raise taxes (Post & Courier).
• Gov. Nikki Haley says gun background check system needs a look before changes are made (Post & Courier).
• City Council seeks to establish Charleston’s first poet laureate (Charleston City Paper).
• Saturday is voter registration cutoff for June 14 party primaries (Post & Courier).
• The College Remembers Beloved Professor Conseula Francis (CofC).
• Berkeley board member: Bathroom decision “opening ourselves to lawsuit” (Post & Courier).
• CCSD changes story after students access porn on school-issued device (News 2).
• Quintin’s Close-ups: Charleston County Councilman Joe Quarley (HCS).

MISC

• Robbed on the streets of the Holy City: Incidents increased last year (Post & Courier).
• Police: Suspect withdrew $20,000 from ATMs with stolen bank info (Post & Courier).
• Confederate Memorial Day marked with less fanfare in SC (ABC News 4).
• Wind turbines cutting edge, old as Charleston itself (Post & Courier).
• Charleston PD search for information about incident at strip club (News 2).
• Construction cranes soar over Charleston skyline (Post & Courier).
• North Charleston man gets year in prison after dog found starved to death (Post & Courier).
• Post and Courier publisher talks Free Times purchase (Charleston City Paper).
• Abused puppy makes new friend, becomes viral star after brutal attack (Live 5 News).
• Two women wanted for shoplifting in Mount Pleasant (News 2).
• New therapy at Roper St. Francis may help breast cancer patients keep their hair (ABC News 4).
• Meet & Garden With Grumpy In Charleston (Southern Living).
• Woman admits taking nearly $100k from church to buy drugs (Live 5 News).
• #TPBTH Day 12, Meet: Graham Ervin (CHS Food Writer).
• #TPBTH Day 13, Meet: Alida Sinkler (CHS Food Writer).
• #TPBTH Day 14, Meet: Hanna Raskin (CHS Food Writer).
• #TPBTH Day 15, Meet: Jenny Dennis (CHS Food Writer).
• VIDEO: Woman documents capture of gator found outside home (Live 5 News).
• Crews respond to house fire in North Charleston (ABC News 4).
• Charleston’s Benefitfocus launches new fund for charitable giving (Post & Courier).

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