Rumors & Notes: 2/21/14

TOP STORIES

• SLED: 65 gun permits revoked due to reporting law (ABC News 4).
• 27-year-old Columbia woman killed by train during movie shoot (Live 5 News).

• Moorers in custody in connection with Heather Elvis case, police confirm (Live 5 News).
• Sheriff: Teen killed in mistaken retaliation (Live 5 News).

WAIT…WHAT?

• Police: Sumter Man tried to pay tab with TRILLION dollar bill (The State).

FOOD

• Pours and Porridge in South Carolina (Garden & Gun).
• The art of ‘wichcraft’ conjures up a spell of good eating at The Southern General on Johns Island (Charleston Scene).
• Crave to Take Over Space Vacated by Rosebank Farms Cafe (Post & Courier).
• Guess the Chef at Unnamed King/Morris Project (Eater Charleston).
• What to Expect from Ristorante LID (Post & Courier).
• Ristorante LIDI’s menu has been released.
  • Cannon’s (formerly Cork Neighborhood Bistro) brunch menu too.
• Paolo’s Introduces Customizable Cannoli (Post & Courier).
• Berkeley Firefighters hosting 1st annual BBQ Cook off Saturday (News 2).
• A Little Bit of Leon’s for the Day (Eater Charleston).
• Here’s everything on Mellow Mushroom’s new employees-only menu (Thrillist).
• Mayor Riley Didn’t Want to Delay the Gratis Hooch (Eater Charleston).
• Restaurateurs Plan More Small Plates for Upper King (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• Thomas Ravenel: Lindsey Graham’s contempt for liberty can’t go unchallenged (The State).

• Occupy Columbia members reach financial settlement in lawsuit against Gov. Nikki Haley (Charleston City Paper).

• Palmetto Sunrise: McConnell says he’s still in the running for C of C presidency (Post & Courier).
• SC Senate ethics bill wouldn’t change oversight (The Island Packet).
• Lawmakers still studying statewide texting-while-driving ban (WMBF).

• New S.C. gun law will strip mandatory 8-hour training requirement (Charleston City Paper).

• Dear Rep. Garry Smith, I Think We Need To Talk (Cistern Yard).

• Painting Dixie Blue (Politico).

SPORTS

• SEC Network prepares kick-off with USC-Texas A&M (Go Gamecocks).
• USC seeking bids on indoor football practice facility (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Clemson RB Tyshon Dye suffers injury, will miss spring practices (Post & Courier).
• Berkeley’s own Bruce Ellington ready for his close-up at the Combine (Post & Courier).
• Stratford football coach’s emotional goodbye (ABC News 4).
• 60 years later, Citadel basketball players recall their own losing season (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT

• Rachel Kate, Megan Jean, Carnaval, and Zonaea to play SXSW (Charleston City Paper).

• 98 ROCKFEST will be moved to the Fall (Facebook).
• A new Sol Driven Train album is in the works and will include a mix of new songs and previously unrecorded live tunes.  They are eying a summer release.

• Register for SummerStage Musical Theatre Camp begins February 24. You can call (843) 856-3822, visit the Mount Pleasant Studio or click here for more information.

• Win Tickets to Alice in Wonderland! (Charleston City Paper).
• Weekend Round-up: Bruisin’ for a Brewsin’ (Charleston City Paper).
• Patriots Point to launch new programs this spring (Post & Courier).

• A review of SEWE 2014 (Cistern Yard).

MISC

• Charge dismissed against woman arrested over VHS copy of J. Lo movie (WISTV).
• Crews respond to fire in downtown Charleston (ABC News 4).
• Civil rights leader Septima P. Clark to be inducted into state Hall of Fame (Post & Courier).
• Charleston murder-for-hire trial to resume Monday, defense presenting witnesses (Post & Courier).
  • Defense witness files motion to be removed from case (ABC News 4).
• Reward increased for info on puppy shot, left for dead in Ravenel (Live 5 News).
• Police in Colleton County find meth lab in shed behind home (News 2).
• Increased demand leads JetBlue to add bigger jets in Charleston (Post & Courier).
• College of Charleston students pose questions about merger with MUSC, take no official position yet (Post & Courier).
• Charleston Co. school board to vote Monday on middle school merger (Live 5 News).
• Container volumes up 7% at the port (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• New sharks moved into Great Ocean Tank at S.C. Aquarium (Post & Courier).
• Study: Clemson University created 350 jobs in the Lowcountry (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Police release video surveillance images of stabbing in North Charleston (News 2).
• Darius Rucker helps fellow country music star after tour bus crash (Live 5 News).
• Dorchester Co. yard debris sites open every day (ABC News 4).
• Malcolm Jefferson Murder still unsolved, reward up to $4,000 (News 2).

• Gibbes’ Society 1858 announces prize for regional artists (Charleston City Paper).

• West Ashley senior center likely will open in 2016 (Post & Courier).
• Four CCSD school nurses win Palmetto Gold Award (ABC News 4).
• FCC says it will not monitor newsroom operations (Post & Courier).
• CCSO: Drive by shooting suspects crash into daycare (ABC News 4).
• BoomTown’s new application to help agents with leads (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Pro bike group makes pitch for Ashley River Bridge bike lane (Live 5 News).
• James lsland boy with chronic illness gets trip to Disney World (News 2).
• North Charleston plans to board up Garco mill building while planning arts center (Post & Courier).
• Goose Creek to build 2 new fire stations (News 2).
• North Charleston to buy toilet trailer to provide public with proper potties (Post & Courier).
• Since opening in August 2013, The School for Asperger’s/HFA at Trident Academy has reached its classroom capacity and now has a waiting list for admission. The school currently serves students in kindergarten through third grade. Next year, fourth and fifth grade classes will be added.
• News 2 Investigation Update: Fire Inspection changes (News 2).
• College to Host Lecture About Conflicts During the Late Bronze Age (CofC).
• Charleston County school leaders scaling back budget requests, likely won’t see new Mount Pleasant magnet school in 2014 (Post & Courier).
• Police arrest suspect in Friday morning gas station robbery (News 2).
• Union still wants to organize Boeing’s North Charleston workers, official says (Post & Courier).

• This Week In #CHS Tweets (Charleston Grit).

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