Rumors & Notes: 8/13/14

TOP STORIES

• Police searching for suspect following stabbing at Mt. Pleasant Towne Centre (Live 5 News).
  • Construction worker fatally stabs coworker (Post & Courier).
• Surveillance photos released in second King Street sucker punch incident (ABC News 4).
• Coast Guard investigating reported fuel spill in Shem Creek (Live 5 News).
• Man surrenders after barricading himself in Mt. Pleasant home, police say (ABC News 4).
• Bond set at $90,000 for doctor accused of leaving dogs in hot car (ABC News 4).
• New interactive map shows effects of sea level rise on Charleston (Charleston City Paper).

FOOD/BEV

• The evolving Charleston food lexicon (Charleston City Paper).
• Little Chef Big Chef at The Ordinary; Tomato Trek (Eater Charleston).
• Charleston plays a part in squeezing every dollar possible out of a prized South Carolina heirloom watermelon (Post & Courier).
• A Short History of the Holy CIty’s March Toward Homegrown Beer (Charleston City Paper).
• Dish Dining Guide on racks today (Charleston City Paper).
• Local couple launches vegan cookie dough company (Post & Courier).
• Eater Insects Could Solve the Problem of Food Sustainability (Charleston City Paper).
• SweetWater’s Waterkeeper Hefeweizen helps raise money for Waterkeeper Alliance (Post & Courier).
• For the founding Peninsula Grill chef and Rutledge Cab Co. owner, consistency is king (Charleston City Paper).
• Longtime Upper King Street bar to reopen as Priya (Live 5 News).
• West Ashley barbecue joint Swig & Swine takes on whole barnyard, meatless side dishes (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• Proposed new bar ordinance promises more of the same (Charleston City Paper).
• State education board to consider conduct grades (ABC News 4).
• S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell schedules tentative one-day session to address unfinished business (Post & Courier).

SPORTS

• Clemson’s Dabo Swinney rips into players, coaches after ‘disappointing’ practice (Post & Courier).
• Wild Blue Hosts a Back to School Bash on 8/24 (HCS).
• Wojcik should man up and leave C of C in peace (Post & Courier).
• Grand slam by Thomas completes RiverDogs sweep (ABC News 4).
• Charleston Battery edges Orange County Blues FC, 3-2 (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT

• Charleston entrepreneur to launch city’s first LGBT magazine (Post & Courier).
• Scott Watson Looks Back on His Piccolo Spoleto (Charleston City Paper).
• The Summer Harvest: The Charleston Music Hall harvests local talent for new festival (Post & Courier).
• Jay Clifford helps the Tarlatans find their pop-rock sweet spot (Charleston City Paper).
• Dog Days in the Lowcountry: Bullheaded Mascots (Charleston Magazine).
• Nickelodeon’s The Fresh Beat Band Returns to The PAC (HCS).
• Dog Days in the Lowcountry (Charleston Magazine).

PATRIOTS POINT

• Marine meet and greet event at Patriots Point (ABC News 4).
• E. Tenn. group rallying to get USS Clamagore from Patriots Point (ABC News 4).

BUSINESS/CONSTRUCTION

• DOT targets year’s end to finish Crosstown overpass study (ABC News 4).
• Plans for downtown Charleston Hotel deferred (Live 5 News).
• Council sets delicate balance on building heights near Shem Creek (ABC News 4).
• Natural cosmetics store to open soon on King Street (Post & Courier).

MISC

• Startup Weekend comes to Charleston (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• EMS: Cruise forced to turn around for injured passenger (ABC News 4).
• Second man sentenced in Goose Creek meth fire that killed 3 (ABC News 4).
• Project Cool Breeze aids those struggling in the heat (Live 5 News).
• No bond set for man accused of Ravenel mobile home park killing (ABC News 4).
• Midlands man with four wives arrested for bigamy after one asks for investigation (Live 5 News).
• Dorchester deputies: Body in Ravenel marsh a criminal investigation (ABC News 4).
• Flooded neighborhood ponds and lakes forcing gators into backyards (Live 5 News).
• Lowcountry officials urge parents to talk to children about dangers of fire challenge (Live 5 News).
  • MUSC Nurse and North Charleston Fire Department warn against “Fire Challenge” videos (News 2).
• Fugitive arrested, another sought after DEU agents nearly run over (Live 5 News).
• Goose Creek man sentenced for manufacturing meth in apartment where fire killed three residents (News 2).
• Sorry Mt. P, you’re not a quaint coastal town, you’re a sprawling suburb (Charleston City Paper).
• Blotter: Stream of continence (Charleston City Paper).

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