Rumors & Notes: 4/27/17

TOP STORIES

• Joey Meek, friend of Dylann Roof convicted of lying to investigators, begins 27-month prison term (Post & Courier).
• South Carolina Senate panel advances ‘personhood’ bill that would effectively ban abortions (Post & Courier).
• BCSO seeks help finding man missing since Saturday (ABC News 4).
• Owner of old Piggly Wiggly site in West Ashley is ‘troubled’ by city’s plan to take the property (Post & Courier).
• Coroner: No foul play in inmate death (ABC News 4).
• South Carolina media outlets file lawsuit over documents in ongoing Statehouse corruption probe (Post & Courier).
• Gunshots fired at Berkeley Electric Co-op line workers (ABC News 4).
• Charleston Animal Society presents proposal on carriage horses (Live 5 News).
  • Charleston Animal Society offers to fund study of carriage horse industry (ABC News 4).
• Wanted: Armed robber threatens to shoot Dollar General employee in Summerville (Live 5 News).
• New details released in Summerville shots fired investigation (News 2).
• City and state legislators push plans to bolster affordable housing in Charleston (Charleston City Paper).

FOOD/BEV

• Short Grain and La Morra Pizzeria Join Forces for Pop-Up at Edmund’s Oast (HCS).
• Bull Street Gourmet Employees Say Friday Is Last Day (Eater Charleston).
• Is Cypress Shuttering After 16 Years on East Bay? (Eater Charleston).
• S.C. lawmakers dedicate April 27 in honor of Duke’s Mayonnaise (Charleston City Paper).
• Home Team BBQ, Revelry Brewing & Virgil Kaine Team for “Talk Derby to Me” (HCS).
• Frothy Beard says it’s expanding its West Ashley brewery just weeks after opening (Charleston City Paper).
• Sorghum and Salt to Host First Beer Dinner in May (HCS).
  • Sorghum & Salt is building a dedicated fanbase one scoop of “olive dirt” at a time (Charleston City Paper).
• Hanna Raskin, Post and Courier’s food editor and critic, wins James Beard Award (Charleston City Paper).
• Richard’s in Mount Pleasant rides it out as one of last minibottle bars (Post & Courier).
• Should the Dewberry’s rooftop bar have been allowed to open? (Charleston City Paper).
• Eat Local Month Spotlight: Geechie Boy Mill (Queen of the Food Age).
• Edison Offers French, Italian, Southern, Vietnamese, and More (Eater Charleston).
• The road to S.C.’s fourth national title might just be paved in prosciutto (Charleston City Paper).
• The Harbinger Brings Pastries and Happy Hour to North Central (Eater Charleston).
• The Rusty Rudder Releases Mother’s Day Brunch Menu (HCS).
• North Charleston trying to bring new grocery store to The Neck (ABC News 4).
• Enjoy Ancho Reyes Verde and Milagro Tequila this Cinco de Mayo (HCS).
• Spate of restaurant closings in Columbia’s Five Points raises concerns (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• “Southern Charm’s” Shep Rose Gets His Own Bravo Series (HCS).
• New Orleans Next to be Invaded by “Southern Charm” (HCS).
• Cameran Eubanks Confirms She’s Expecting Her First Child (Bravo).
  • Cameran Eubanks’ Baby Girl Isn’t Even Born Yet and She Already Has a Boyfriend (Bravo).
  • IOP nixes possibility of reality show featuring “Southern Charm” cast (Live 5 News).
• Clemson’s Mike Williams picked No. 7 by Chargers in NFL draft (ABC News 4).
• Photo Gallery & Setlist: Blink-182 at the North Charleston Coliseum (HCS).
• The Exposure Myth: How a gallery manifesto has stirred the debate on artwork donations (Charleston City Paper).
• Starting ’em young: 3-year-olds learn jiujitsu basics in North Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Life Goals: Charleston Battery players visit kids at MUSC Children’s Hospital (ABC News 4).
• Celebrate the Gibbes with chef’s dishes inspired by museum’s art works (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Gerald Footman (HCS).
• Charleston house shows have long catered to multi-genre audiences (Charleston City Paper).
• Blessing of the Fleet will be a sight to see, with plenty of food and fun on the side (Post & Courier).
• God Bless New Dixie explores the Confederate flag, blustering presidential candidates, and what the South looks like today (Charleston City Paper).
• Online voting underway for 2018 Firefighter calendar (ABC News 4).
• Charleston house shows have long catered to multi-genre audiences (Charleston City Paper).
• NFL dream soon could come true for Summerville’s De’Angelo Henderson (ABC News 4).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Senators advance bill defining antisemitism on South Carolina campuses (Post & Courier).
• CCPL to Serve Free Breakfast to Children in Need this Summer (HCS).
• Lawmakers prepare bill to fix roads, adding a tax increase at the pump (News 2).
• Opinion: It was the best of, it was the worst of  (Charleston City Paper).
• Hanahan Police now keeping food in stock to help homeless and hungry (ABC News 4).
• Leaders-zoning could delay ReThink Folly Road vision (Live 5 News).
• Several students pepper-sprayed at Orangeburg Co. school (ABC News 4).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Floyd Breeland (HCS).
• Fidget spinners: a fun focusing tool, or a distraction in the classroom? (ABC News 4).
• Shortage of prom tickets leaves handful of Fort Dorchester Seniors excluded (Live 5 News).
• Seven-story development at corner of King and Spring streets gains final approval (Charleston City Paper).
• West Ashley High driving home the message about the dangers of distracted driving (ABC News 4).

MISC

• PRICELESS: Teen battles back from brain cancer to live life without limits, help others (ABC News 4).
• Police clear man shown on images in Summerville Goodwill suspicious device incident (Live 5 News).
• Fishy Pharma: People turning to store-bought fish antibiotics over prescriptions (ABC News 4).
• Boeing Co.’s earnings and North Charleston-made 787-10 beating expectations (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Lucille Whipper (HCS).
• Prosecutor: Man sentenced in robbery advertised drugs for sale on Facebook, violated bond (Live 5 News).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Brian Hicks (HCS).
• In Charleston, e-commerce executives say the future of online shopping might be bricks and mortar (Post & Courier).
• Wanted: Downtown Charleston home intruder caught on camera (Live 5 News).
• Authorities searching for wanted subject in Summerville neighborhood (Live 5 News).

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