Rumors & Notes: 9/6/16

TOP STORIES

• Charleston Police Department issues body cameras to all patrol officers and supervisors (ABC News 4).
• Judge sets jury selection, trial date in Dylann Roof state trial (Live 5 News).
  • Public to have opportunity to sit in on Dylann Roof’s federal trial in November (ABC News 4).
  • Government wants judge to bar Dylann Roof from asking for mercy in federal sentencing (ABC News 4).
• Next bad drought could cripple state, region (Post & Courier).
• SC Officer Who Killed Unarmed Teen Fired 13 Months Later (ABC News).
• Charleston mayor announces plan for soon-to-close Meeting Street Bi-Lo site (ABC News 4).
• New video shows pack of coyotes on Sullivan’s Island Saturday morning (ABC News 4).
• Holy City Sinner Featured in USA TODAY (USA TODAY).

FOOD/BEV

• Upcoming Charleston Restaurant Openings (HCS).
• IN: Rodney Scott, Pizza King, Nacha Mama; OUT: Dell’z Deli, Menkoi Ramen (HCS).
  • Menkoi Ramen House Clears Out Shop (Eater Charleston).
  • Plans for Scott’s Bar-B-Que pit to go before BAR (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston losing more than a store with Bi-Lo’s departure (Post & Courier).
• Sean Brock and Revelry Brewing Release Heritage Grain Malt Liquor (Eater Charleston).
• Mike Lata Leads Charleston’s Seafood Revolution (Gear Patrol).
• Macintosh Celebrates 5th Anniversary with Trio of Events (HCS).
• Farmers & Exchange Looking More Like a Restaurant (Eater Charleston).
• The Glass Onion to Raise Money for Local Charity “Birthdays for All” (HCS).
• Who else is obsessed with Short Grain’s signature rice bowl? (Charleston City Paper).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Charleston Tabbed as 3rd Best U.S. City for Shopping (HCS).
• Local Running Group Trots to “Beer Runners” at the Music Hall (HCS).
• Sixth Party for the Parks Fundraiser Goes Under the Big Top (HCS).
• TEDxCharleston To Offer Live Stream of 2016 Event (HCS).
• Meet the Southern Christian Comic Making a Living Playing Muslim Festivals (Vice).
• Former Clemson QB Tajh Boyd arrested for assault and battery (ABC News 4).
• Charleston Southern ground game overpowers Kentucky St 57-7 (ABC News 4).
• Stephane Wrembel, jazz guitarist, to play two Charleston gigs (Post & Courier).
• No. 2 Clemson, Watson survive 19-13 scare against Auburn (ABC News 4).
• Citadel: Johnson Hagood Stadium visitors’ side will remain up, for now (Post & Courier).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Folly poised to be first to ban polystyrene coolers, cups from beach (Post & Courier).
• 2018 governor’s race starts to loom large after November. So who’s going to run? (Post & Courier).
• Welcome center sales pitch raising complaints from Charleston visitors (Post & Courier).
• Son slain in drug deal, Elizabeth Moffly turns to campaigning (Post & Courier).
• As nation ponders community policing, Scott and Gowdy hope S.C. can engage in the debate (Post & Courier).
• Charleston County looking for storm shelter for people and pets (Post & Courier).
• Mosquito control spraying throughout Charleston Co. starting Wednesday (Live 5 News).
• Abroad or at home, members of S.C. congressional delegation stay busy this summer (Post & Courier).
• Underprivileged’s access to care tops list of tri-county area’s biggest health issues (Post & Courier).
• Trump leads in South Carolina, according to two new polls (Post & Courier).
• Mount Pleasant eyes cruise ship passengers as an economic boost to town (Post & Courier).
• Meet Roads, the donkey born out of the Statehouse roads debate (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Dr. Barbara Holmes (HCS).
• Mount Pleasant Town Hall complex on track for mid-2017 opening (Post & Courier).
• S.C. Apprenticeship Initiative workshop June 29 at Trident Tech (CRBJ BizWire).

MISC

• Family hopes to honor good Samaritan killed in storm through hockey scholarship (ABC News 4).
• Berkeley County teen dies in ATV accident (Live 5 News).
• Folly Beach restaurants, bars thank Hermine for business boom on Labor Day weekend (ABC News 4).
• Berkeley Co. Sheriff’s Office investigation after 1 person shot in Goose Creek (Live 5 News).
• VIDEO: Juvenile ‘severely injured’ in shooting at Carowinds (ABC News 4).
• Parents file suit claiming Johns Island day care negligence led to child’s injuries (Post & Courier).
• Teen killed in Johns Island crash identified (ABC News 4).
• Police search for suspect in convenience store armed robbery (News 2).
• Goose Creek officials warn of telephone scams (Live 5 News).
• Business under fire for “clown free homes” Facebook post (News 2).

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