Rumors & Notes: 5/9/17

TOP STORIES

• 66-year-old man dead after shooting in I’On community (ABC News 4).
  • Coroner identifies Mt. Pleasant man killed in shooting (Live 5 News).
  • Mount Pleasant police arrest woman, 31, in father’s shooting death (Post & Courier).
• South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford suggests Comey firing ‘raises questions’ while other delegation members steer clear of calls for special prosecutor (Post & Courier).
• Report: Lowcountry man threatened to shoot woman after killing wife (Live 5 News).
• SC House votes to pass ‘veto-proof’ gas tax (Live 5 News).
• Charleston Thug Life probe: ‘Witch hunt’ or attempt to preserve justice system? (Post & Courier).
• Police: Off-duty officer killed dog as it attacked 7-year-old boy (Live 5 News).
• Two Sea Turtles Being Released Wednesday (HCS).

FOOD/BEV

• Booze Pops are a growing street business, but Charleston city officials are not pleased (Post & Courier).
• Bull Street Gourmet Begins Transition to Miller’s All Day (Eater Charleston).
• New York City food scene chronicler coming to Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Owner of Charleston’s 167 Raw says ‘ongoing legal issues’ compound long wait times (Post & Courier).
• Publix recalls spinach-artichoke dip due to glass fragments (ABC News 4).
• Harris Teeter robbed in Mount Pleasant (ABC News 4).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• The 47th Annual Charleston Greek Festival Begins Friday (HCS).
• Best of Broadway Announces 2017-2018 Season (HCS).
• Charleston Stage Announces 40th Anniversary Season Schedule (HCS).
• Confessions of a Southern Charm Newbie: Letting Ourselves Down (Charleston City Paper).
• ‘Southern Charm Savannah’: New Money, Alcohol, and White People on Boats (Town & Country).
  • ‘Southern Charm Savannah’ recap: This cast wants you to know they went to private school (Island Packet).
• Little Black Dress Party Benefiting M.A.D. to be held Saturday (HCS).
• Clemson football team headed to White House in June (Post & Courier).
• ‘Moonlight’ star and hip-hop artist Jharrel Jerome calls Charleston home for now, lucky for us (Charleston City Paper).
• Dawes Returns to the Charleston Music Hall on November 12th (HCS).
• VIDEO: Demolition continues at The Citadel’s Johnson Hagood Stadium (Post & Courier).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Charleston City Council: No more big developments on city land in James Island — for now (Post & Courier).
• South Carolina and the compulsion to celebrate Confederate Memorial Day (HCS).
• Senate sets stage to debate bill defining anti-Semitism on South Carolina campuses (Post & Courier).
• City of Charleston grapples with building failures with new demolition, emergency order to vacate (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Jessica Bright (HCS).

MISC

• The Bend offers new opportunities to connect North Charelston community (Live 5 News).
• VIDEO: Two dolphins appear to try helping a third found dead in Charleston Harbor (ABC News 4).
• ‘It wasn’t a warning shot,’ man says after shooting at home invasion suspects (ABC News 4).
• Suspects sought in $100K Moncks Corner copper theft (ABC News 4).
• Loggerhead sea turtle rescued from Seabrook Island after shark bite (ABC News 4).
• SC ranked 7th worst state to be a police officer (News 2).
• Fire reported at North Charleston hotel (ABC News 4).

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