Rumors & Notes: 7/16/14

TOP STORIES

• Charleston re-thinks midnight bar ban (Post & Courier).

  • Weigh in on the midnight bar ordinance Thursday night (Charleston City Paper).

• Wounded men shot each other, Berkeley County sheriff’s deputies report (Post & Courier).

• Road collapses under weight of fire truck in downtown Charleston (ABC News 4).

• 911 calls depict emotions after Curnell death that helped prompt NAACP inquiry into racial profiling (Post & Courier).

FOOD/BEV

• Chic Brasserie Gigi upgrades the Market with French faves (Charleston City Paper).
• Distillery’s pig mascot banned from 2nd Sunday on King Street (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Progress at Bob Waggoner’s New Venture (Eater Charleston).
• Dessert & Craft Beer Tasting at Frothy Beard (HCS).
• Who Screams For Ice Cream? (Yelp Charleston).
• A Quick Look at Union Provisions, Opening Tonight (Eater Charleston).
• Firefly’s Southern Accents Line Adds Red Velvet Cake Flavor (HCS).
• Cupcake craze doesn’t have end in sight for southerners (News 2).
• Five-Course Wine Dinner at Ristorante LIDI on 7/22 (HCS).

POLITICS

• South Carolina’s State Ethics Commission restricts media policy (Post & Courier).
• City council OKs grant for police body cameras (ABC News 4).
• Joe Riley segment on Al Jazeera America airs tonight (Post & Courier).
• Charleston City Council passes building height limit change (Live 5 News).
• Mount Pleasant considered doubling mayor’s pay, upping council salaries (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• SC Supreme Court: Autopsy reports are not public (Post & Courier).
• Stegelin: Summerville Councilmen Statler and Waldorf (Charleston City Paper).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Doug Wojcik’s status at College of Charleston still up in air (Post & Courier).
• Apollo 8 Exhibit at Patriots Point to commemorate 45th anniversary of moon landing (News 2).
• Chomp into Shark Week at the Aquarium this August (HCS).
• Will Schutze brings the art of puppetry to the streets (Charleston City Paper).
• Local piano prodigy wins national competition (News 2).
• North Charleston Performing Arts Center finished as the 43rd Top Selling Theatre in the United States and 58th in the world in Pollstar Magazine’s 2014 Mid-Year Top 100 Theatre Rankings.

• RiverDogs Host “Lend an Intern” Contest, Business-Man’s Special for Monday (Charleston RiverDogs).

• RiverDogs pitchers Lail, Lindgren, and Smith were all been promoted Tampa (Charleston RiverDogs).
• Lowcountry Artist Market Returns to Music Farm on 8/2 (HCS).
• SC Stingrays hit the ice for 2nd Annual Kid’s Day (Live 5 News).
• Summer Reading List (Garden & Gun).
• Charleston Southern running back Christian Reyes recognized for achievements, leadership off field (Post & Courier).
• YOGAPOP Returns on August 28th (HCS).

MISC

• McConnell must do a lot to earn the respect of CofC students (Charleston City Paper).
• City considers tech district for peninsula (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• North Charleston chief asks for public’s help in curbing violence (ABC News 4).
• Pay increases kick in for CCSD but not for district’s lowest paid jobs (News 2).
• Air Force: Charleston air base to lose 19 slots (Live 5 News).
• Lightning hits EMS director’s house as storms leave thousands without power (Post & Courier).
• Hundreds watch loggerhead turtle release at Isle of Palms (Post & Courier).
  • Photo Gallery (Post & Courier).
• James Island man brutally beaten, robbed while walking home (Live 5 News).
• News 2’s Kyle Dennis was chosen as “Charleston’s Favorite Weathercaster” by Weatherist (Facebook).
  
• Prayers for Tristen Allen: Family, friends on social media hold out hope for missing James Island diver (Post & Courier).
• Hoax prompts SWAT response in Greenville Co. (Live 5 News).
• Social media recap: Videos will have you looking at Charleston, North Charleston in a different way (Post & Courier).
• Wal-Mart Market coming to congested Dorchester-Bacons Bridge intersection (Post & Courier).
• Dump truck donation will help DNR oyster recycling program expand (ABC News 4).
• The more mags that proclaim Charleston is the best, the more tourists that flock to our streets (Charleston City Paper).
• Chimney from World War II POW camp to be removed (Post & Courier).
• Indicted GA filmmakers turn themselves in (ABC News 4).
• Charges dismissed for man accused of killing father, son (Live 5 News).

• Deputies: Babysitter arrested for hugging toddler to death (ABC News 4).
• Summerville man sentenced to life in prison for raping two children (Live 5 News).
• Coast Guard: Most of passengers evacuated from stalled casino boat off Georgia coast (ABC News 4).
• SC receives more than $1M in clean vessel funds (ABC News 4).
• 2 women get 30 years in SC fire chief killing (ABC News 4).
• FBI: Kidnapped SC man rescued after 6 days in NC (ABC News 4).

• Mt. Pleasant man accused of sexual contact with children (ABC News 4).
• Man electrocuted trying to steal copper in Marion (Live 5 News).
• Blotter: Rock and roll a burrito all night (Charleston City Paper)

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