Rumors & Notes: 12/8/16

TOP STORIES

• Day 2: Jurors view gruesome evidence of shooting at Emanuel AME (Charleston City Paper).
  • ‘Evil as can be’ testimony from survivor leads to call for mistrial by Roof defense (ABC News 4).
  • Day 1: Shooting survivor, first responder take stand in Dylann Roof trial (Charleston City Paper).
  • Dylann Roof’s mom had heart attack during trial says attorney (News 2).
  • Is Dylann Roof wearing his prison jumpsuit on purpose? (Charleston City Paper).
• Video: Michael Slager jury foreman speaks out on mistrial in Walter Scott shooting (Today).
  • Michael Slager Trial Foreman Recalls ‘Passionate, Emotional’ Climate in Jury Room (ABC News 4).
  • During Michael Slager trial, prosecutors dropped North Charleston police charge against jury foreman (Post & Courier).
  • TODAY Show issues apology following Charleston image snafu (News 2).
• 10 students facing charges after fight involving pepper spray at West Ashley High (Post & Courier).
• Haley coasting to confirmation to UN post (The State).
  • Gov. Nikki Haley pounds the Capitol Hill pavement ahead of confirmation hearings (Post & Courier).
• Mount Pleasant residents protest another grocery store while other areas wish they had one (Post & Courier).
• North Charleston police looking for missing teen (ABC News 4).
• Missing Orangeburg teen may be in Charleston, officials say (ABC News 4).
• Two people arrested in Mt. Pleasant teen’s hit-and-run death on I-526 (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• Trattoria Lucca and Coda del Pesce Ready to Celebrate the Holidays (HCS).
• Have you visited Extreme Akim’s Kingdom Bar & Grill yet? (Charleston City Paper).
• Libations – A toast to winter with Megan Deschaine (Elysian).
• The Glass Onion Celebrates the Holidays with Special Events and Offerings (HCS).
• James Island’s Stereo 8 closes its doors (Charleston City Paper).
• Chef Josh Keeler’s 492 redux is mostly on point (Charleston City Paper).
• Henrietta’s Searching For New Executive Chef (Eater Charleston).
• How Chef Emily Hahn Landed on ‘Top Chef’ (Eater Charleston).
• Neighborhood Spotlight: North Charleston (Yelp Charleston).
• Christmas in Charleston: 16 Great Choices for Dining Out (Eater Charleston).
• Sherry’s fortunes still flagging in Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Putting new kitchen equipment to the test with old recipes (Post & Courier).
• Restaurants learn how to warm up ice cream for wintertime (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• At 96, Eleanor Ann Spradlin is still a South Carolina Stingrays super fan (Post & Courier).
• Rick Springfield Returns to the Charleston Music Hall in May (HCS).
• Charleston shopping event expects largest crowd ever (Post & Courier).
• Group Tickets for Riley Park Club Now Available (MiLB).
• Shop Like a Man at Gwynn’s of Mount Pleasant (HCS).
• How Art Thou Jazz Lounge presents national acts once a month (Charleston City Paper).
• Gamecocks assistant Shawn Elliott named head coach at Georgia State (Post & Courier).
• After knee injury, Derek DeBlois poised to return to Stingrays lineup this weekend (Post & Courier).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Lindsey Graham, Democrats plan probes of Russia hacking (CNN).
• South Carolina health care leaders discuss future on Obamacare on Capitol Hill (Post & Courier).
• Anti-LGBT creationist Kevin Bryant could soon be first in line to become governor (Charleston City Paper).
• South Carolina women plan to board a bus to the Women’s March on Washington (Charleston City Paper).
• Karl Rove scolds Trump over Boeing comments (The Hill).
• Quintin’s Close-ups: Dot Scott & Rev. Joe Darby (HCS).
• NASA Chief Bolden to Speak at College of Charleston Winter Commencement (CofC).
• We should welcome and encourage women to run for local office (Charleston City Paper).
• Security officer accused of assaulting girls at D.P. Cooper Charter School (ABC News 4).

MISC

• Escaped inmate accused of stabbing officer arrested at Lexington school (ABC News 4).
• Historic Charleston Battery house sells for $6.2 million (Post & Courier).
• Manatees rescued from Cooper River (News 2).
• Ladson shaken as Indonesia recovers from earthquake; Puerto Rio, California feel rumbles (ABC News 4).
• With so many eyes on the street, justice today might rely only on a video (Charleston City Paper).
• Confusion over beer money lands North Charleston man in jail (ABC News 4).

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