Rumors & Notes: 1/17/17

TOP STORIES

• Berkeley County officials say heroin was substance found in holding cell (ABC News 4).
  • More than 5 hospitalized (Live 5 News).
• Prosecutors want Slager federal jury chosen from Charleston, Berkeley Counties (Live 5 News).
• Walterboro woman accused in 18-year abduction case handed over to Florida deputies (ABC News 4).
• Charleston’s new area code ready to go, but 843 hangs on longer than expected (Post & Courier).
• BCSO deputy who nearly died in shooting returns to work (ABC News 4).

FOOD/BEV

• New urban farm planned for downtown Charleston affordable housing complex (Post & Courier).
• Sermet’s to be replaced with Gentry Bar by Southern Charm’s JD Madison (Charleston City Paper).
• Home Team BBQ Releases New Winter Cocktail Menu (HCS).
• 3rd Annual Good Catch Oyster Fest Scheduled for Early February (HCS).
• Photo Gallery: Southern Fried Chicken Challenge (HCS).
• Tickets to women’s F&B business conference FAB now on sale (Charleston City Paper).
• 5th Annual Cork Shuckin’ Festival is Next Month (HCS).
• Stems & Skins Celebrates First Anniversary on Sunday (HCS).
• 2 Charleston restaurants make Yelp’s annual Top 100 Places to Eat list (Live 5 News).
• Sorghum & Salt owner ready to break out matcha powder and olive dirt (Post & Courier).
• McCrady’s Makes Critic Believe in Charleston Again (Eater Charleston).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• New International Literary Festival Connects Charleston, U.S. to Charleston, U.K. (HCS).
• South of Broad Charleston house featured in ‘The Patriot’ sells (Post & Courier).
• Lowcountry Couple to Host “Exaugural Ball” this Friday (HCS).
• Annual memorial hockey game to honor fallen Charleston Co. deputy (Live 5 News).
• Southern Charm’s Jennifer Snowden talks about four-month-old son (Daily Mail).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Former mayor of Charleston recalls Dr. King’s influence (Live 5 News).
  • Leaders, community members gather at breakfast to remember legacy of Dr. King (Live 5 News).
• Indivisible Charleston hosts rallies in support of Affordable Care Act (Live 5 News).
• Charleston women to march during first day of Trump administration (News 2).
  • Today Show films local activists for Women’s March on Washington segment (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston city board to reconsider Market hotel (Post & Courier).
• ‘Inappropriate’ social media accounts target West Ashley High School students (Charleston City Paper).
• Local chainsaw artist and Bikers for Trump founder promises ‘wall of meat’ at Trump inauguration (Charleston City Paper).
• Big changes on Folly’s Center Street to mean safer road for pedestrians, drivers (ABC News 4).
• City of Charleston releases new info on West Ashley Master Plan contract (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: SC State Senator Larry Grooms (HCS).
• Report: Wando teacher sped, swerved, and stumbled before DUI arrest (ABC News 4).
• Grapevine: North Charleston gets high marks for economic rebound (Post & Courier).
• Anti-violence coalition rallies for background check legislation in 2017 (News 2).
• Carroll to run for Isle of Palms mayor’s seat (Moultrie News).
• Sen. Hugh Leatherman aims to rid South Carolina of ‘dark money’ with new bill (Post & Courier).

MISC

• James Island’s McLeod Plantation getting national attention (Post & Courier).
• Above the BAR: Preservation efforts branch up Charleston’s peninsula (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Tom Doyle, Sr. (HCS).
• Lowcountry AIDS Services Receives Grant to Expand HIV Testing, Education Program in Rural, High-Risk Communities (The Digitel).
• ‘One-man preservation army’ Ronald Ramsey captures memories of Charleston’s changing cityscape (Post & Courier).
• 1996 Harleyville killing closer to ending after Florida man’s arrest (ABC News 4).
• Police: Robber didn’t get any money during attempted bank heist on East Bay Street (ABC News 4).
• One carriage horse backs into car, another drops to its knees Tuesday in Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Lowcountry volunteers prepare gifts for newborns for ‘National Day of Service’ (Live 5 News).
• South Carolina’s largest bank closes purchase of Augusta lender (Post & Courier).

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