Rumors & Notes: 12/6/16

TOP STORIES

• Judge declares mistrial in Michael Slager trial (Live 5 News).
  • Solicitor: ‘We will try Michael Slager again’ (ABC News 4).
  • Walter Scott family says they, solicitor ready to try murder case again (ABC News 4).
    • WATCH: Mother of Walter Scott says God will bring justice (ABC News 4).
  • Expert: Don’t expect Michael Slager re-trial anytime soon (Live 5 News).
  • What does a mistrial mean for Michael Slager? (Charleston City Paper).
  • While criticism befalls jurors in Slager mistrial, experts say, ‘They tried’ (Post & Courier).
  • WATCH: NAN holds press conference on Michael Slager trial (ABC News 4).
  • Most asked questions about the Michael Slager trial (ABC News 4).
  • Civil rights leader sends message to President-elect Trump after Slager mistrial (Live 5 News).
• Judge denies motion to delay Dylann Roof federal trial (Live 5 News).
  • Dylann Roof trial moves ahead into new legal terrain (Post & Courier).
• Police: Charges to be filed in I-526 crash that killed Mount Pleasant teen Gracie Benjamin (ABC News 4).
  • Mount Pleasant police release redacted report in hit-and-run that claimed teen’s life (Post & Courier).
• South Carolina’s looming pension crisis (Post & Courier).
• Trump says cancel new Air Force One: Costs ‘out of control;’ Boeing responds (ABC News 4).
• Cops: No charges for mom who accidentally packed gun in son’s bookbag (Live 5 News).
• Baby born on plane diverted to Charleston airport given a fitting name (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• Lee Lee’s Hot Kitchen closes up shop (Post & Courier).
• Tom Colicchio gets heat for filming ‘Top Chef: Charleston’ at former slave plantation (Charleston City Paper).
• The Most Anticipated Charleston Restaurant Openings (Eater Charleston).
• Upcoming Restaurant Pawpaw Releases Menu (HCS).
• 5Church Matching Donations to MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital (HCS).
• FIG Included in List of America’s Best Restaurants (HCS).
• Charleston to get its first “Ladies Bar” (Post & Courier).
  • Big news, gals — Charleston is getting its first “Ladies Bar” (Charleston City Paper).
• Lowcountry Mexican restaurant to pay more than $400k in back wages (Live 5 News).
• Seven Amazing Restaurant Events Heading To Charleston in December (Eater Charleston).
• Scouting Stella’s, bound for St. Philip Street (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Carrie Morey (HCS).
• The Week in Openings With Extra Wine, Cheese, and Cats (Eater Charleston).
• What to Expect from Top Chef: Charleston (Garden & Gun).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Series Based on Stephen King Novel To Film in Charleston (HCS).
• Summerville High School to dedicate gym to Coach Louis Mulkey (Live 5 News).
• Jerry Springer to host The Price is Right Live at the North Charleston PAC (HCS).
• Inaugural Lowcountry Irish Fest Scheduled for February (HCS).
• John Waters Wants to Get Dirtier & Filthier at the Music Hall (HCS).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• S.C. school bus fleet long overdue for replacement (Post & Courier).
• Housing alliance, including Charleston, sues Fannie Mae for racial discrimination over maintenance of foreclosed properties (Post & Courier).
• Two Citadel sex abuse lawsuits nearing settlement (Post & Courier).
• Sen. Tim Scott asks Smithsonian’s African American museum curators to incorporate Clarence Thomas in exhibition (Post & Courier).
  • Sen. Tim Scott leaning toward not running for South Carolina governor (Post & Courier).
• S.C. Senate re-elects Hugh Leatherman as leader (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: K.J. Kearney (HCS).
• Gov. Nikki Haley to visit Capitol Hill in preparation for confirmation hearings (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Kate Darby (HCS).
• Opinion: Being non-racist is not good enough  (Charleston City Paper).
• Former SC labor chief meets with Trump in New York (News 2).

MISC

• North Charleston officer fired for ‘unnecessary’ use of force (ABC News 4).
• Goose Creek neighborhood fighting proposed business in subdivision (ABC News 4).
• Detectives looking for man who used woman’s stolen credit card (ABC News 4).
• Charleston Hope packs TD Arena with presents for local kids (ABC News 4).
• Man driving 120 mph during chase pleaded guilty to shooting pregnant woman 10 years ago (Live 5 News).
• News 2 I-Team Follow-Up: Charleston home builder charged with forgery, breach of trust (News 2).
• Industrial accident claims life at Calhoun Co. plant; 2 others burned (Live 5 News).
• Three arrested following church vandalism in Sumter County (News 2).

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