Rumors & Notes: 2/20/16

TOP STORIES

• Mark Sanford, Tim Scott on the defensive and grilled in South Carolina town hall (Post & Courier).
  • In Charleston, a rare show of civility between left-leaning activists and their conservative congressman (Post & Courier).
• SC Secessionist Party flies Confederate Flags in downtown Charleston (Live 5 News).
  • Groups clash over Confederate Flag, Bree Newsome visit to CofC (ABC News 4).
  • City Officials: Actions were a “misuse” of the city’s garages (Facebook).
  • Group behind Confederate flag-flying to protest at College of Charleston on Wednesday (Post & Courier).
• Trump in N. Charleston: Children will get their ‘American birthright’ (ABC News 4).
• Growling coyote chases Southeastern Spine Institute doctor into Mount Pleasant office (Post & Courier).
• Search for missing plane ended, USCG members injured (ABC News 4).
• Emergency crews recovering body from Charleston Harbor (Live 5 News).
• JFK ‘security incident’ poses ‘minimal risk’ to CHS, officials say (ABC News 4).

FOOD/BEV

• “Top Chef” Alums to Host Benefit Dinner for MUSC Children’s Hospital (HCS).
• Eight years on, Brewvival continues to win the hearts of finicky beer nerds (Charleston City Paper).
• Wagener Terrace scores Herd Provisions restaurant and butcher shop (Charleston City Paper).
• Pancito & Lefty Could Open Very Soon (Eater Charleston).
• 2Nixons hosts Saturday fundraiser for The ‘Wich Doctor’s Jeff Butler (Charleston City Paper).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Ben D’Allesandro (HCS).
• Snafu Brewing Company now open in North Charleston (Charleston City Paper).
• Black Tap barista designs new packaging for Charleston coffee shop (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Proposed renovations for The Citadel’s Johnson Hagood Stadium estimated at $9.8 million (Charleston City Paper).
• Coliseum and Performing Arts Center parking likley jumping from $5 to $7 (Post & Courier).
• Clint Dempsey puts on show for fans in Charleston (ABC News 4).
• Big Bill Morganfield Returns to Home Team BBQ in March (HCS).
• “40 Days of Bridge Run” kicks off (Live 5 News).
• Man about town: Low-key Calvin Baxter making a name for himself as drummer, producer in Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Will season 4 of ‘Southern Charm’ be a rough one for Hilton Head’s Shep Rose? (The Island Packet).
• Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis greets fans, talks retirement while visiting North Charleston (Post & Courier).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Graham: Trump Must Punish Russia for Election Interference (New York Times).
• GCHS coach arrested for DUI in activity bus with students (ABC News 4).
• Black Lives Matter concerned over differing stories in North Charleston school bus brawl (ABC News 4).
  • NAN leader to parents of bus brawl students: ‘Discipline your kids’ (ABC News 4).
• Coffee with a Cop builds relationships with community, officers say (ABC News 4).
• York County lawmaker files bill to ban Confederate flag from any SC public building (The Herald).
• Hundreds at State House rally for social justice reform (Live 5 News).
• Sullivan’s Island town hall unveiled after years of planning (ABC News 4).
• Explosive device found at Little River home during search for man who called in White House bomb threat (Live 5 News).
• Why does the Confederate flag hurt the SC Confederate Relic Room? (The State).
• Recent change by the FCC could cause cost of inmate phone calls to surge in South Carolina prisons (Post & Courier).
• Rival groups readying for gas-tax showdown in SC Senate (The State).

MISC

• NASA Astronaut to Speak About Ron McNair Aboard Yorktown (HCS).
• Divers still searching for missing Santee Cooper security guard Michael Curry (ABC News 4).
• Mom of SC man accused of planning attack in ‘spirit of Dylann Roof’ speaks (WSPA).
• SCHP: Man kicks trooper during arrest, headbangs laptop (ABC News 4).
• Carriage company owner responds after minor incident over the weekend (ABC News 4).
• As millennials flock to Charleston, new research finds economic benefits to living near Mom and Dad (Post & Courier).
• Officers searching for suspects accused of vandalizing Goose Creek bridge (Live 5 News).
• BCSO: Man lied about theft to cover up shooting (ABC News 4).
• Applicants for new Meeting Street office building seek final approval (Charleston City Paper).
• Parents raise eyebrows to children’s iPad game (News 2).

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