Rumors & Notes: 8/4/14

TOP STORIES

• Charleston City Councilman Dean Riegel: For starters, let’s allow bars to stay open until 2:30 a.m. (Charleston City Paper).
• Police: Domestic disturbance turns into fatal stabbing in N. Charleston (Live 5 News).
• Citadel will hire Colorado’s Jim Senter as new athletics director, sources say (Post & Courier).
• JetBlue flight from Charleston makes emergency landing in Boston (Live 5 News).

• South Carolina named one of the “Most Dangerous States” (The Digitel).

FOOD

• Collective Coffee Co. Confirmed on George Street (Eater Charleston).
• Diner to open in old C.W. Westendorff & Son hardware store (Post & Courier).
• Next Guerrilla Cuisine Dinner To Benefit Cystic Fibrosis Awareness (HCS).
• Bac’n me Crazy is on the road (Eater Charleston).
• Locally grown foods look to bigger business (Post & Courier).
• Tattooed Moose Breaks Ground in Johns Island (HCS).
• Edmund’s Oast was recently featured in Bartender Magazine (Facebook).

POLITICS

• Gov. Haley to attend RedState event this week in Texas (Post & Courier).
• Other races to watch (Post & Courier).
• Solicitor: SLED background checks ‘notoriously inaccurate‘ (ABC News 4).
• Sheheen launches ‘back to basics’ education initiative (Post & Courier).

SPORTS

• Mike Davis handles status as a campus celebrity entering junior season (Post & Courier).
• Clemson QB Scares the Bejeebus Out of Teammates with Mannequin Prank (HCS).
• North Charleston’s Corey Washington, Giants WR, dedicates NFL touchdown to his late cousin (Post & Courier).
• Giants long-shot wide out delivers big in Hall of Fame game (ABC News 4).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Sertoma Club President Debbie McKelvey (HCS).
• Former Porter-Gaud standout Brent Demarest wins USA Triathlon Junior National Championship (Post & Courier).
• Charleston Southern seeking consistency (ABC News 4).
• August Fishing Report (Folly Beach).

CHARITABLE/COMMUNITY

• Wounded Warrior event to honor local Marine who suffered severe brain injury (Post & Courier).
• Sea Turtle Release Wednesday on IOP (HCS).
• Local medical missionary recalls trip canceled over Ebola outbreak (Live 5 News).
• National Night Out events in the Lowcountry (News 2).
• Adopt-A-Highway to hold Charleston Co. litter cleanup Sept. 6 (Live 5 News).
• Share Our Suzy pays some basic bills to assist cancer patients (Post & Courier).
• 456 animals find homes during Charleston Animal Society adoption event (Live 5 News).

ENTERTAINMENT

• John Butler Trio Announce November Concert at the Music Hall (HCS).
• 8th Annual Hootie & The Blowfish Homegrown Roundup (News 2).
• DELUGE Returns on August 31st (HCS).
• West Ashley Crab Shack Offering Paint Nite (HCS).

HOUSING/DEVELOPMENT

• Charleston County among most expensive for millennial homebuyers, report says (Post & Courier).
• Development firm plans office building, amphitheater on Charleston’s upper peninsula (Post & Courier).
• As development rushes into Charleston’s upper peninsula, different visions of progress emerge (Post & Courier).

MISC

• SLED seeking permission to buy helicopter (ABC News 4).
• Not just any dirt road: Protection sought for old King’s Highway (Post & Courier).
• Charleston police officer not cited for wreck while responding to burglary call (Post & Courier).
• NCPD: Rowdy crowd shatters cruiser window (ABC News 4).
• James Island man accused of using knife to attack Gilroy’s Pizza employee (Live 5 News).
• Local Activewear Company Adds Women’s Line (HCS).
• 120 first-time teachers to start in Berkeley County (ABC News 4).
• Report: Dogs die after being shot with arrows (Live 5 News).
• Charleston Southern seeking consistency (ABC News 4).
• Report: Man jailed for flashing hotel worker, groping cop (ABC News 4).
• NAACP, Sons of Confederate Veterans share Goose Creek welcome sign (Post & Courier).
• Georgetown County home invasion suspect surrenders (Live 5 News).
• Arrest made in Three Oaks homicide (ABC News 4).
• Save your money with a free “Making Ends Meet” class (News 2).
• Mount Pleasant residents could have more say over new commercial plans (Post & Courier).
• PD confirms scene of earlier fire held meth materials (ABC News 4).
• Alcoa owners tell Santee Cooper they won’t renew South Carolina power contract; talks continue (Post & Courier).
• Trident Breast Care Center gets national recognition (Post & Courier).

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