Rumors & Notes: 6/18/17

TOP STORIES

• Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run near Summerville (ABC News 4).
• Lowcountry woman paints Folly Boat to honor Charleston 9 and Emanuel 9 (Live 5 News).
• Tim Tebow show brings RiverDogs’ 3 largest crowds of season (Post & Courier).
• Stakes high in South Carolina’s 5th congressional district race (Post & Courier).
• Colucci’s Jewelry Factory owner out of jail after judge sets bond on murder charge (ABC News 4).
• SC treasurer called out for Tweet about possible port threat (AP).
• James Island woman, 76, dies in Charleston wreck (ABC News 4).
• South Carolina identified as a state that will struggle most with Medicaid cuts. Here’s why: (Post & Courier).
• NEW DETAILS: Myrtle Beach shooting live streamed over Facebook Live (Live 5 News).
• Book about S.C. woman’s disorder that will kill her by 55 brings family closer (Post & Courier).

EMANUEL AME ANNIVERSARY

• Emanuel AME Church seeks to balance worship, spotlight as it marks 2nd anniversary of shooting (Post & Courier).
• Emanuel AME announces plans for memorial honoring church shooting victims (ABC News 4).
• The Charleston Forum addresses race relations on eve of Emanuel AME shooting anniversary (ABC News 4).
  • Best Quotes and Moments from The Charleston Forum (HCS).
• WATCH: Hundreds gather to honor Emanuel 9 on second anniversary of tragedy (ABC News 4).
• Re-watching Barack Obama’s eulogy of Clementa Pinckney two years later (Charleston City Paper).
• World renowned artists says God spoke to him inside Emanuel AME (ABC News 4).

CHARLESTON 9 ANNIVERSARY

• Charleston 9: Sunday marks 10 years since deadly Sofa Super Store fire (Live 5 News).
• News 2 Remembers: The Charleston 9 (News 2).
• Forged by fire: Change, progress hallmarks of Charleston Fire Departments recovery from deadly Sofa Super Store fire (Post & Courier).
• Memorial motorcycle poker run honors memory of Charleston 9 (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• Lowcountry Food Bank Celebrates Millionth Meal Milestone with Matching Gift Challenge (HCS).
• Is it hot chicken season already? 2Nixons thinks so (Charleston City Paper)
• Cuban Gypsy Pantry to Open Permanent Downtown Location (HCS).
• SOL Southwest Opens Downtown Location Thursday (HCS).
• Ice Bing Cafe celebrates grand opening at 93 King St. (Charleston City Paper).
• Monarch Wine Merchants to open this Sat. June 17 at 11 a.m. (Charleston City Paper).
• A Mount Pleasant gut doctor, embracing fermentation and social media, wants to change the way we eat (Post & Courier).
• Revelry Brewing Co. releases Up Sh*m Creek lager exclusively for Red’s and Tavern and Table (Charleston City Paper).
• Millennial restaurant workers sticking up for their labor rights (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Book detailing life of Robert Smalls to be discussed Friday, June 23 (ABC News 4).
• Pitt Street Pharmacy Celebrates 80 Year Anniversary With Old-Time Carnival (HCS).
• Fort Dorchester quarterback Dakereon Joyner commits to South Carolina Gamecocks (Post & Courier).
• The Lone Bellow Returns to the Music Hall in November (HCS).
• George’s Loan and Music Co. leaving King Street for good (ABC News 4).
• Mastodon Rocks the North Charleston PAC in September (HCS).
• Corrie Wang’s ‘The Takedown’ makes Seventeen magazine’s top 20 YA books list (Charleston City Paper).
• Catch of the Week: NBA’s Kemba Walker lands shark off Charleston (ABC News 4).
• PURE Theatre Announces Celebratory 15th Anniversary Season Opening Fall 2017 (HCS).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Tyler Boone (HCS).
• Art Pot, the state’s first Hispanic multicultural center, recognized as organization of the year (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston Symphony Renews Ken Lam as Music Director (HCS).
• DeJa Vu II hosts summer punk fest We Wanna Be Sedated! (Charleston City Paper).
• Mr. Bonetangles leaving Charleston (Charleston City Paper).
• Sarah Summer releases “Be Yourself” single and video (Charleston City Paper).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Re-watching Barack Obama’s eulogy of Clementa Pinckney two years later (Charleston City Paper).
• Secessionist Party paints Folly boat (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Peter Shahid (HCS).
• Hicks column: Vetoing school bus money is literally playing with fire (Post & Courier).
• Isle of Palms says no – for the 5th time – to parking RVs near beach off-season (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Kevin Hollingshead (HCS).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Kelly Golden (HCS).

MISC

• South Carolina’s two largest hospital networks to merge (Post & Courier).
• At Ansonborough House, low-income seniors grapple with absorbing costs for furniture lost to bedbug infestations (Post & Courier).
• Man in wheelchair suffers minor injuries after being hit by train in North Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Four-Legged Assistant Helps Change Lives at Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center (HCS).
• On business: South Carolina’s tax-free weekend is back; debate never went away (Post & Courier).
• Timbers Resorts Breaks Ground on Kiawah Island’s Most Anticipated Project (CRBJ BizWire).

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