Rumors & Notes: 2/22 – 2/23/14

TOP STORIES

• UPDATE: Couple charged with kidnapping in connection to Heather Elvis case (Live 5 News).
• Power finally back for all SC electric customers (ABC News 4).
• SC issues hepatitis warning for restaurant (Live 5 News).
• North Charleston firefighter takes his last ride (Post & Courier).

WAIT…WHAT?

• SC boy swallows blow dart after accepting YouTube challenge (Live 5 News).

FOOD

• Pork, Pints and Pearls Photo Gallery (Charleston Scene).
• Men cook to raise money for underserved students (ABC News 4).
• New restaurants to open on Daniel Island next month (Post & Courier).

SPORTS

• Jadeveon Clowney ready to prove himself one of the best (Pro Football Talk).
• Former College of Charleston star Brett Gardner signs extension with New York Yankees (Post & Courier).
• W. Carolina handles The Citadel with 70-52 win (ABC News 4).
• Charleston Blockade rugby team blocking stereotypes (News 2).
• Stingrays close busy weekend with 5-2 victory over Gwinnett (Post & Courier).
• Charleston Southern pounds Presbyterian 86-47 (ABC News 4).
• South Carolina CB wonders aloud why Shaw’s not more highly-respected as NFL prospect (Post & Courier).
• Wilmington trips Charleston 57-55 in 2OT (ABC News 4).
• No. 4 South Carolina women’s team wraps up at least share of SEC basketball title (Post & Courier).
• Coliseum set for WWE Smackdown, Remembering King Mabel, and The Hulkster returns (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• Graham starts re-election campaign in earnest (ABC News 4).
  • Graham starts re-election campaign in earnest (Live 5 News).
• SC rep facing 2 DUI charges not running again (Live 5 News).
• Bill would legalize industrial hemp in SC (News 2).
• South Carolina’s early presidential favorites (Post & Courier).
  • 2016 South Carolina GOP leaders: Leaning toward a governor (Post & Courier).
  • S.C. Democrats’ top 3? Hillary, Hillary and, yes, Hillary (Post & Courier).
• Council lays rocky path to a bike lane on Legare Bridge (ABC New 4).
• Vote possible on I-26 tree cutting (ABC News 4).

ENTERTAINMENT

• Southern Charm GIFs (Vulture).
• Filmmaker fee hike on hold as Sullivan’s gathers more information (Post & Courier).
• Multiple sources told me that former porn star (and Charlie Sheen ex) Bree Olson (aka Rachel Oberlin) was briefly in Charleston on Friday. She had a busted iPhone that needed fixing.

MISC

• Pier, bridges and beach get new look at Folly (Post & Courier).
• Allegations of animal abuse follow Upstate school’s ‘pig rodeo’ (Live 5 News).
• SC Taxpayers Fined More than $100 Million for Breaking Federal Law (News 2).
• Vigil remembers 20-year-old Goose Creek man murdered in Colorado (Live 5 News).
• Harbor course: Port deepening 101 offered at Charleston schools (Post & Courier).
• Chance the puppy recovering in foster home (Live 5 News).
• Location of Mt. Pleasant gun shop receives mixed reviews (News 2).
• Harbor course: Port deepening 101 offered at Charleston schools (Post & Courier).
• Crews working fire at West Ashley laundromat (ABC News 4).
• Black History Parade in Georgetown (ABC News 4).
• WW-II log tells of German sub’s 2-day hunt for ships off Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Your least favorite place or theirs? (Post & Courier).
• International African American Museum has plans for construction in downtown Charleston (News 2).
• ‘Paws Go Red’ event at James Island County Park (ABC News 4).
• Girl Scouts learn about field of engineering (ABC News 4).
• SC man sentenced in cold case VA. rape (Live 5 News).

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