Rumors & Notes
Rumors & Notes: 5/24/16 (AM Edition)
TOP STORIES
- ‘You do not have control over your own body’: Opponents implore Gov. Nikki Haley to veto abortion ban (Post & Courier).
- Teen murder suspect tells victim’s mother to ‘shut the f- up’; threatened with contempt (ABC News 4).
- Remains found at Gaillard Center construction site will have new place to rest in peace (ABC News 4).
- Report: Man leads police, deputies on chase from North Charleston into West Ashley (ABC News 4).
- Video shows arrest of Ravenel triple homicide suspect, rescue of child (Live 5 News).
- Killer bees found in Charleston County (The State).
- DHEC investigates James Island assisted living center after death of woman who walked away (ABC News 4).
FOOD/BEV
- Boozy Popsicles Now Available on Spring Street (Eater Charleston).
- #TPBTH Day 22, Meet: Nate Whiting (CHS Food Writer).
- Butcher & Bee sets up new hive in NoMo (Post & Courier).
- Palmetto Brewing Company puts out a new summer ale (Post & Courier).
- Neighborhood Spotlight: French Quarter (Yelp Charleston).
- Rolling with cigar smokers at the King’s Leaf Lounge (Post & Courier).
- Padma Lakshmi’s First Trip to Charleston Includes Catfish Tacos and Tater Tots (Eater Charleston).
- Mercantile & Mash Announces New Executive Pastry Chef (Queen of the Food Age).
- Evil Twin Brewing Founder Stops By Charleston For National Book Launch (Eater Charleston).
- Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi looks to the Lee Bros. for tourist tips (Charleston City Paper).
- Forthcoming Bar Has Another Idea to “Make America Great Again!” (Eater Charleston).
- Apocalypse Chow: Are doomsday dinners worth living for? (Charleston City Paper).
ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS
- The Hadleys, formerly Volcanoes in the Kitchen, talk tragedy, triumph, and Heart Peaks (Charleston City Paper).
- Erwin Redl’s LED installations just might cause you to lose your inhibitions (Charleston City Paper).
- REVIEW: What If?’s roger&tom is a terrific sleight-of-hand, black-box brainteaser (Charleston City Paper).
- USA Today podcast features local musicians (Charleston City Paper).
- Music conference, showcase modeled after SXSW returns to Charleston (Charleston City Paper).
- WATCH Band of Horses perform on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Charleston City Paper).
POLITICS/SCHOOLS
- $40 million farm aid bill becomes law (Post & Courier).
- Lowcountry school boards face school closings and transgender debate (Charleston City Paper).
- Lincoln closing extends trend of unfairness (Post & Courier).
- The Charleston County School District board should be fired (Charleston City Paper).
- Charleston Library Society chronicles the satirical evolution of the editorial cartoon (Charleston City Paper).
- Watch every College of Charleston graduation since 1985 (Charleston City Paper).
MISC
- Disappointed tenants of shuttered Mixson apartments finishing move out (ABC News 4).
- Airbnb to start collecting taxes from South Carolina renters (Post & Courier).
- Mount Pleasant police say juvenile fled in stolen car (Post & Courier).
- Pedestrian robbed near College of Charleston (Post & Courier).
- Man using condominium’s foyer as toilet prompts city to consider public restrooms south of Broad Street (Post & Courier).
- Firm plans $1B deal to develop Charleston’s Laurel Island into new community (Post & Courier).
- Newspaper wins prestigious public service award (Post & Courier).
- Cigar Factory now 95% occupied; 3 new tenants coming (Post & Courier).