Rumors & Notes
Rumors & Notes 3/18/13
SC1 PRIMARY IS TOMORROW, HERE’S THE LATEST
- Election Guide: SC-1 Primary (Charleston City Paper).
- Crowded SC 1st District field to be whittled down Tuesday (ABC News 4).
- Everything You Need to Know in SC1 (Mount Pleasant Patch).
- SC1: The Candidates and the Cash (Mount Pleasant Patch).
- South Carolina Republicans aim for Mark Sanford rematch (Politico)
- Get primed on the candidates for the 1st Congressional District (The Digitel Charleston).
- Voters to weigh in on Sanford’s political comeback (The Island Packet).
- Election Information, Polling Place Changes and Photo ID (Charleston County).
FIRES
- Massive fire near Myrtle Beach leaves nearly 200 people homeless (WCBD).
- Brush fire spreads in Carolina Forest, damaging 26 buildings (Live 5 News).
- Haley to address wildfire in Carolina Forest which destroyed homes (Live 5 News).
NOTES
- Budweiser delivery truck driver shot in N. Charleston (Live 5 News).
- Police investigate second North Charleston shooting (ABC News 4).
- Man gets 10 years in prison for throwing dogs into Georgetown canal (Live 5 News).
- Dateline highlights North Charleston drug crime-fighting tactic (Charleston City Paper).
- Edisto Beach Elementary, smallest school in South Carolina (9 students), to close (Post & Courier).
- Philadelphia Phillies trade former Wando High School/USC pitcher Mike Cisco to Los Angeles Angels for ‘no compensation’ (Yahoo).
- Group draws inspiration from Marley Lion for fundraiser (Live 5 News).
- McCaffrey: Woman missing for a year, police release vehicle pictures (WCBD).
- Guard who survived attempt on his life now on mission to jam cellphones in S.C. prisons (Post & Courier).
- Sheriff: Man tasered on birthday after 100-mph chase near St. George (Live 5 News).
- Close call for baby after man fires rifle inside apartment (Live 5 News).
- Could offshoots of The Ordinary be in the works? (Eater Charleston).
- Dorchester Co. man accused of attacking medical staff at 2 hospitals (Live 5 News).
- Vice President Joe Biden to give keynote speech at the SC Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Columbia (The State).
- Forum in N. Charleston to discuss Medicaid expansion (Live 5 News).
- Turn Off Lights for Earth Hour on March 23 at 8:30 pm (Charleston County).
- CARTA improvements track buses in real-time (Charleston City Paper).
- Possible foe seeks Lindsey Graham apology (Politico).
- County Expands Revamped Recycling Program (Mount Pleasant Patch).
- Milkshakes made with beer headline Charleston RiverDogs’ creative concession items (Yahoo!).
- A look at how much City of Charleston employees earn (The Digitel Charleston).
- Orangeburg officials concerned about 3 jail deaths (Live 5 News).
- S.C. jobless rate rose to 8.7% in January (Post & Courier).
- North Charleston man accused of sexually assaulting girl (Live 5 News).
- CSU Heads to Southern Miss for NIT (ABC News 4).
- Law firm moves into historic Kress building in downtown Charleston (Post & Courier).
- Charleston bishop to hold special Mass for Pope Francis (Live 5 News).
- Mount Pleasant Artists to Compete in Regional Contest (Mount Pleasant Patch)