Rumors & Notes: 2/24/14

TOP STORIES

• Myrtle Beach couple charged with murder in Heather Elvis case (Post & Courier).
  • Warrants: Heather Elvis kidnapped, murdered at Peachtree Landing (Live 5 News).
• Courthouses reopened, all clear given in bomb threat (ABC News 4).
• SLED arrests teacher for violating test security (Live 5 News).
• Charleston police investigating after gunman robs West Ashley bank (Post & Courier).
• Police investigating reported shooting in West Ashley (Live 5 News).
• Report of gunman puts four schools in Goose Creek area on lockdown (Post & Courier).
• Council of Governments passes amendment to cut 7 miles of trees along I-26 (Post & Courier).
  • Local leaders butt heads over vote to save 17 miles of trees on I-26 median (Live 5 News).
• Charleston police ask for help finding 18-year-old girl reported missing (Post & Courier).

FOOD/DRINKS

• Guide to Charleston (Harpers Bazaar).

• A visit to Charleston and Columbia, S.C., turns up much more than just great barbecue (New York Daily News).

• Starting February 27th, Bay Street Biergarten will serve lunch on Thursday’s and Fridays. They will open at 11 am.
• Gallery: Brewvival Draws Big Beers and Happy Crowds (Metronome Charleston).
• Bollywood Cafe Folds Before its First Birthday (Post & Courier).
• Columbia restaurant operator Bessinger dies (ABC News 4).
  • Maurice Bessinger, BBQ baron and unrepentant racist, dies (Charleston City Paper).
• Crave to Take Over Space Vacated by Rosebank Farms Cafe (Post & Courier).

• Striped Pig Distillery’s spirits are finally available statewide (LowcountryBizSC).

• Low Country Paradise at Wild Dunes Resort (The Daily Meal).

SPORTS

• Warren Sapp calls Jadeveon Clowney a ‘freak,’ but is ashamed of his game film (Post & Courier).
• NFL Draft Interview: Citadel’s Brandon Mccladdie (Expanded Sports).
• Citadel Corps of Cadets returning to home side of stadium for football games (Post & Courier).
• ACC Championship Game remains in Charlotte through 2019 (Post & Courier).
• Marcus Lattimore:Tackling Medicaid (News 2).
• Charleston Baseball sweeps series from Rhode Island (Cistern Yard).

BUSINESS

• Charleston hotels weathered winter storms in January, reported strong performances (Post & Courier).
• Jack Nicklaus’ real estate firm opening Charleston office (Post & Courier).
• Duplex sale to support Children’s Hospital (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• ISI Technology secures $2M to launch digital water heater (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Handsome Properties to expand into Meeting Street space (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Ice storm precipitates small revenue loss at Patriots Point (Charleston Regional Business Journal).

REVIEWS

• Heart Ball Photo Gallery (Charleston Scene).
• FollyGras Celebration held Saturday (ABC News 4).
• Darius Rucker, Eli Young Band & David Nail Photo Gallery (Facebook).

MISC

• Gay Faces, Gay Places: Charleston activists send a message to Garry Smith (Charleston City Paper).
• Divorce attorney alleges pair of affairs in murder-for-hire trial (ABC News 4).

• CofC received 100 freshman reading suggestions for 2014 (Charleston City Paper).

• Health fair offers free screenings, health education (ABC News 4).

• Man honked at, then hit Charleston officer helping pedestrian at downtown crash scene, police say (Post & Courier).
• New elementary school coming to North Charleston (ABC News 4).
• Police: Teen behind bars after opening fire outside Upstate Walmart (Live 5 News).
• Spearman joins SC superintendent’s race (ABC News 4).
• Doctor, lawmaker discuss proposed Medical Cannabis Therapeutic Treatment Research Act at MUSC (Post & Courier).
• Access road designed to relieve congestion near airport (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Patient attempted to leave Summerville treatment facility Monday morning (News 2).
• Maybank Mexican restaurant robbed (ABC News 4).
• ‘Party Down South’ Star Busted for Mardi Gras Burglary (TMZ).
• Sullivan’s weighs state advice on managing coyotes (Post & Courier).
• Authorities: More than a dozen illnesses linked to North Carolina doughnut shop (Post & Courier).
• Trident Academy expands program for students with Asperger’s, high-functioning autism (Post & Courier).
• Man charged in Aiken Co. toddler’s death (Live 5 News).
• Dream Girls conference to be held Saturday in North Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Four Charleston County school nurses win statewide awards (Post & Courier).
• Live 5 Investigates: Keeping your privacy “top secret” (Live 5 News).

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