Rumors & Notes: 5/2/17

TOP STORIES

• Ex-officer Slager pleads guilty to federal charge, state charges to be dropped (Live 5 News).
  • Reaction to Michael Slager’s guilty plea (ABC News 4).
  • Solicitor has ‘confidence in the judge’ after guilty plea from Michael Slager (ABC News 4).
  • ‘The healing starts today:’ Walter Scott family says justice has come following Slager plea (Live 5 News).
    • Mother of Walter Scott thankful for ‘Holy City’ (ABC News 4).
• West Ashley High student reported missing (ABC News 4).
• Coroner identifies teen who drowned in Tailrace Canal (ABC News 4).
  • Tailrace Canal not new to tragedy (ABC News 4).
  • Family of teen who drowned in Tailrace Canal urges others to stay away from area (Live 5 News).
• Bill outlawing all abortions in South Carolina gets set aside (Post & Courier).
• After organizers drop Lowcountry Giving Day, Charleston-area nonprofits push forward with spring fundraisers (Post & Courier).

FOOD/BEV

• Glass Onion Partners with Birthdays For All for Charity Tasting (HCS).
• Oops!..Bay Street Biergarten Did It Again! (HCS).
• Holy City Crawlers Announces The Independence Bar Crawl (HCS).
• Nathan Thurston and Greg Johnsman to open brunch-centric spot in Bull Street Gourmet space (Charleston City Paper).
• Bad Wolf Coffee Cures Espresso Cravings Above the Crosstown (Eater Charleston).
• Former chef of The Watch opening Mt. Pleasant restaurant (Post & Courier).
• Graft Wants to Bring Wine to Charleston in a New Way (Eater Charleston).
  • Announcement of Graft makes three new wine shops for King Street this year (Charleston City Paper).
• Looking for a food-focused summer camp for your kid? (Charleston City Paper).
• No Beard Award for FIG, but big kudos for Bertha’s Kitchen (Charleston City Paper).
  • Bertha’s Kitchen accepts America’s Classic award from James Beard Foundation (Post & Courier).
  • Here Is the Full List of James Beard Foundation Awards 2017 Winners (Eater Charleston).
• Tijuana Flats Announces $2 Specials for Cinco de Mayo (HCS).
• Mike Lata calls on restaurants to consider value of time to employees (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Choose The Lowcountry’s Hottest Firefighters (HCS).
• Charleston’s 2017 Kentucky Derby Parties (HCS).
• Confessions of a Southern Charm Newbie: The Pain of Memory (Charleston City Paper).
  • Pop the Bubbly! Craig Conover Has Officially Passed the Bar Exam (Bravo).
  • Southern Charm’s Craig Conover Is Starting a Clothing Line…and His Girlfriend Probably Won’t Be Wearing It (E!).
• Collective Soul, Our Lady Peace, and Tonic Play the Volvo Car Stadium in June (HCS).
• 11th Annual Charleston Duck Race Scheduled for June (HCS).
• May is Bike Month CHS (HCS).
• Janet Jackson to Perform in Columbia (HCS).
• Gov’t Mule Visits Volvo Car Stadium in August (HCS).
• Kelly Cup Playoff series heating up between rivals as South Carolina Stingrays face Florida Everblades in Game 4 (Post & Courier).
  • Cherniwchan Strikes In 2OT To End Scoreless Marathon (South Carolina Stingrays).
• What’s New in Charleston This Spring (Charleston CVB).
• North Charleston celebrates the arts with annual festival (Live 5 News).
• Ultimate Travel Guide to North Charleston (Charleston CVB).
• Bills decline Sammy Watkins’ option, sign former CSU DB Charles James (Post & Courier).
• 2 USC football players, 1 former player accused of assaulting man at bar (ABC News 4).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Beloved principal moved from Mt. Pleasant school, parents demand answers (ABC News 4).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Charleston Animal Society CEO Joe Elmore (HCS).
• South Carolina Senate advances bill to expunge minor crimes (Post & Courier).
• Timberland High School senior chooses Harvard, makes history (Live 5 News).
• South Carolina Senate advances bill requiring lawmakers to study disturbing schools statute (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Larry Kobrovsky (HCS).
• Charleston photographer who was sued by College of Charleston Foundation defends right to display photograph (Post & Courier).
• South Carolina’s Jim DeMint officially out as president of Heritage Foundation (Post & Courier).
• North Charleston Fire Department awarded Class 1 ISO rating (CRBJ BizWire).

MISC

• Police looking for suspect in Mount Pleasant hit and run (ABC News 4).
• Fire department rescues 86-year-old man after 4 hours in Beaufort County water (Live 5 News).
• Ex-Mount Pleasant Ebola researcher Jian-Yun Dong sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for federal grant fraud (Post & Courier).
• Suspect sought following armed robbery at West Ashley business (Live 5 News).
• Police chase ends with 1 arrest, 2 crashes (ABC News 4).
  • Charleston deputy, NCPD officer collide following pursuit (News 2).
• Man in custody after robbery at Orleans Road Wells Fargo (ABC News 4).
• PHOTOS: Truck crashes into West Ashley fire station (ABC News 4).
• Authorities arrest man after assaulting customers in a Dollar General (Live 5 News).
• South Carolina beach-goers warned of Portuguese man-of-war on the move (Post & Courier).

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