Rumors & Notes: 12/20/16

TOP STORIES

• Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on Crosstown (ABC News 4).
  • Another call for raised crosswalk on Crosstown after latest pedestrian death (Live 5 News).
  • Following latest fatality, state leader continues call for safer pedestrian passage on Crosstown (Charleston City Paper).
• House lawyers say succession issue can be settled in Statehouse, not court (Post & Courier).
• Bond hearing set Thursday for Rep. Jim Merrill (Post & Courier).
• Mt. Pleasant man charged with reckless homicide in fatal Ravenel bridge accident (Live 5 News).
• Private Sector Leaders Help Fund Free CARTA Service for Eastsiders; Challenge Community to Help (HCS).
• Charges filed in North Charleston missing person case from 2005 (Post & Courier).

FOOD/BEV

• Six festive cocktails Charleston can guzzle right now (Charleston City Paper).
• Summerville sweet treat spreads across Southeast (News 2).
• Take a Peek at Le Farfalle’s New Year’s Eve Menu (HCS).
• Top Chef’s Gail Simmons chainsaws ice at The Gin Joint and I incur the wrath of Tom Colicchio (Charleston City Paper).
• Meet Thrillist Charleston’s Chef of the Year: Frank Lee (Thrillist).
• The Grocery celebrates 5 years with menu of old favorites (Charleston City Paper).
• Need a Perfect Holiday Food Gift? This Super-Addictive Southern Snack is a Gail Simmons Favorite (Bravo).
• Opal and Langdon’s Release New Year’s Eve Menus (HCS).
• Le Farfalle Brings Tuscan-Fried Chicken and Waffles to the Brunch Table (Eater Charleston).
• Butcher & Bee and The Daily Announce Holiday Offers & Hours (HCS).
• Bill Murray & Brothers Planning ‘Caddyshack’-Themed Bar in Chicago Suburbs (Eater Charleston).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Gamecocks players “definitely” stand by claims of alleged racial slurs at Clemson (Post & Courier).
• Susto is fine today: Local folk-rock band rings in new year with show, album and tour (Post & Courier).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• A sign of the times: Mt Pleasant Moe’s loses mural appeal (Post & Courier).
• New SC ‘bathroom bill’ would let businesses set rules (Go Upstate).
• Judge approves Kiawah Golf Resort settlement over worker wages (Post & Courier).
• Vincent Sheheen calls own Democratic Party leaders ‘sissies’ (Post & Courier).
• In wake of school shooting, lawmakers press for gun, school resource officer changes (Live 5 News).

MISC

• Reports of child sex abuse cases rising (Live 5 News).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Michael Moore of the International African-American Museum (HCS).
• Princesses help make dreams come true for Charleston-area girls (ABC News 4).
• Goose Creek police release new photos of suspect, car in Walmart shooting, robbery (ABC News 4).
• North Charleston Police arrest second suspect in deadly September shooting (ABC News 4).
• Emergency crews extinguish fire in N. Charleston; residents being assisted (Live 5 News).
• Police arrest suspects at Mount Pleasant hotel on drug and weapons charges (News 2).
• S.C. inmates charged with murder in fatal stabbing at McCormick Correctional (Post & Courier).

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