Rumors & Notes: 1/31/17

TOP STORIES

• President’s order bars approved refugees from the Lowcountry (News 2).
  • Dozens rally in Marion Square to oppose immigration ban (Charleston City Paper).
  • The Latest: Graham: ‘I’ll find a way to fix this problem’ (ABC News 4).
  • S.C. university leaders express support for international students and faculty (Charleston City Paper).
• 4 charged after girl fight at North Charleston High School (ABC News 4).
• Would-be Ashley Hall shooter wants to plead guilty (News 2).
• Betsy DeVos narrowly passes first confirmation test while Sen. Tim Scott continues to defend his support (Post & Courier).
  • Sen. Scott: ‘High levels of confusion around Besty DeVos‘ (ABC News 4).
• ‘We need the public to examine their own driving behaviors.’ Highway Patrol targeting aggressive drivers in Charleston area (Post & Courier).
• New bill aims to ban Confederate flags on public property statewide (Charleston City Paper).

FOOD/BEV

• Things not so perfect at Perfectly Franks in Summerville (ABC News 4).
• 492 Announces New Happy Hour Menu (HCS).
• Charleston Wine + Food Gets ‘Top Chef’ Treatment (Eater Charleston).
• 18-wheeler plows through Moncks Corner restaurant (News 2).
• The Daily Has a Busy Winter Planned (HCS).
• Culinary Institute of Charleston looks to high schoolers to increase declining enrollment  (Charleston City Paper).
• Edmund’s Oast Welcomes Back Brooklyn Bartender for Tiki Takeover (HCS).
• Metanoia opens The Macon Cafe on Reynolds Avenue (Charleston City Paper).
• Le Farfalle & Short Grain to Team Up for Super Bowl Party (HCS).
• Two Charleston beverage professionals leave their posts (Post & Courier).
• 13th Annual Shem Creek Mardi Crawl Goes Down on 2/25 (HCS).
• Win free Black Tap Coffee gear at their fifth anniversary party (Charleston City Paper).
• Jews, Muslims gather at College of Charleston for discussion on food and faith (ABC News 4).
• Demolition to begin to make way for Whole Foods, Zoe’s Kitchen in West Ashley (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• The Chainsmokers are Coming to the Coliseum (HCS).
• Music Hall to Welcome Portugal. The Man (HCS).
• Charleston’s Dig South conference nabs top tech executives for 2017 lineup (Post & Courier).
• “America’s Got Talent” Holding Auditions in North Charleston (HCS).
• Charleston Symphony Orchestra Announces New Club Featuring Streaming Performances (HCS).
• The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition Begins on 2/17 (HCS).
• Austell accepts invitation to NFL Combine (Charleston Southern).
• Long awaited, a new teacher leads the West Ashley High orchestra (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Terry Base Bryant (HCS).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Report: 822,000 South Carolinians with preexisting conditions were uninsurable before Obamacare (Post & Courier).
• South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, officials working on letter to President Trump over Real ID (Post & Courier).
• Poll worker charged with trying to coerce SC primary voters (AP).
• About 100 people gather in N. Charleston to protest Trump’s Cabinet choices (Live 5 News).
• Panel requests Department of Juvenile Justice’s plans after report found agency unprepared for riots (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Clay Middleton (HCS).
• S.C. treasurer, armed with attorney general opinion, blasts pension fund management (Post & Courier).
• S.C. Democrats’ 2017 legislative hopes include casinos, legalizing medical marijuana (Post & Courier).
• USC to erect statue of first African-American professor (ABC News 4).
• Police: 5 charged after throwing water balloons at ‘a bunch of liberals’ outside Lindsey Graham’s Charleston office (Post & Courier).
• CCSD: Great-grandmother charged in taking child was on approved list at school (Live 5 News).
• Avery Research Center Closing for Renovations (CofC).
• Clock is ticking to get healthcare coverage for 2017 (Live 5 News).
• Future of working waterfronts in SC to be discussed during public forum (News 2).

MISC

• Help Camp Happy Days Deliver Valentine’s Treats to Kids in Hospitals (HCS).
• This February Tiger Lily’s Charity in Bloom program benefits Chase After a Cure (Charleston City Paper).
• Lowcountry church vows to come back after arson (ABC News 4).
• Century Aluminum files suit against Santee Cooper (Live 5 News).
• Patriots Point expects to reach major milestone Wednesday morning (ABC News 4).
• Police arrest man accused of cutting store employee with knife (Live 5 News).
• Young boy, 7, finds cash from Horry County bank robbery (Live 5 News).
• South Carolina 6th grader dies after meningitis infection (ABC News 4).
• Horse carriage involved in downtown collision (Live 5 News).
• Police say man behind $6000 in bad checks at downtown Charleston store (ABC News 4).
• Search is on for suspects in Food Lion robbery in Ladson (News 2).
• Sleepless along Septima Clark: City drainage work keeps residents up at night (Post & Courier).
• Bicyclist with drugs in his pockets responsible for June stabbing, police say (ABC News 4).
• Deputies: Don’t want your things stolen? Lock your car (ABC News 4).
• North Charleston police charge men with cocaine trafficking (Post & Courier).
• Citizen Check-In program contributes to saving man’s life (Live 5 News).
• Humans’ earliest ancestor, the saccorhytus, are not such a pretty sight (Post & Courier).
• Post office ‘mishap’ cost woman $200 until ABC News 4 got involved (ABC News 4).

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