Rumors & Notes: 9/2/14

TOP STORIES

• Jenny Sanford demands psych exam, anger classes for Mark Sanford in new court papers (Live 5 News).
• Officials investigating car fire on Folly (News 2).
• Earl Grant Named Head Coach At College of Charleston (Live 5 News).
• Three Sea Turtles to be Released Friday on Folly Beach (HCS).

GUN VIOLENCE

• Deputies on scene of shots fired in Ladson (Live 5 News).
• Police: Suspect dead, Greenville officer wounded in LEC shooting (FOX Carolina).
  • Hollingsworth Homicides Connected To LEC Shooting (News 2).
• NCPD: Brothers shot at in Labor Day armed robbery (Live 5 News).
• Body found in Awendaw with apparent gunshot wound (News 2).
  • Arrest made (ABC News 4).
  • Town shocked (News 2).

FOOD/BEV

• L.I.F.E. is over, Motobar takes over 487 King St. (Charleston City Paper).
• A craft beer lover’s paradise found on Folly Road (Post & Courier).
• Weekly Wine Strolls at Middleton Place return from hiatus (Post & Courier).
• Farm Burger may be looking to expand to the Holy City (Eater Charleston via The Tennessean).
• More than dim sum at new Wong’s Asian Bistro (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• South Carolina Ad ‘Hides’ Key Fact (Fact Check).
• Campaign crunch time (Post & Courier).
• It Ain’t Getting Much Attention, But is Lindsey Graham In Trouble? (Blue Nation Review).
• 2016 in SC: Ted Cruz speaking at state GOP lunch (The State).
• South Carolina political campaign goes to the dogs (Washington Post).
• Consulting group to work on improving DSS’ image (Post & Courier).
• Hillary super PAC makes moves in South Carolina (MSNBC).
• The Charleston County Democratic Party announced that Governor Jennifer Granholm from Michigan will be the headliner for the annual Blue Jamboree (Eventbrite).
• SC inspector general investigating whether disabled residents overbilled (Live 5 News).
• Medical marijuana committee set to untangle bill (Post & Courier).
• The New Political Rating System That Shows the Stakes This Year (New York Times).
• Mount Pleasant council split over tax hike for recreation (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT

• CHER Schedules “D2K” Tour Stop in North Charleston (HCS).
• Elise Testone posted a couple videos from the Led Zeppelin tribute show (YouTube).
• James Taylor To Peform at the Coliseum on 11/21 (HCS).
  • City of North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey was so excited about the James Taylor concert announcement that he broke into song (YouTube).
• Hope Floats, Mt.Pleasant’s First Families (Charleston Grit).
• JO, a book from local author Leah Rhyne, is now available for purchase (Amazon).

SPORTS

• Low-water marks for No. 21 South Carolina, No. 23 Clemson in new AP poll (Post & Courier).
• Former Gamecock Ryan Succop Signs with Titans (WLTX).
• EXPO is the Center of Charleston Water Sports Week (HCS).
• Charleston’s Luis Niebla Named Season’s Final SAL Pitcher of the Week.
• ‘Pouty’ defense earns scorn of Clemson’s head coach, senior captain (Post & Courier).
• Spurrier: RB Davis likely to play vs East Carolina (ABC News 4).
• Steve Spurrier making changes after Gamecocks’ opening loss (Post & Courier).
• Charlie Miller Memorial Golf Tournament on October 10th (HCS).
• Citadel needs big-money games (Post & Courier).
• West Ashley players show support for Bishop England’s Hudson Little (Post & Courier).

MISC

• Report: Suspect wore clown mask in weekend hotel robbery (Live 5 News).
  • Hotels targeted by robbers Labor Day weekend (ABC News 4).
• Transgender teen to sue SC over license photo (Live 5 News).
• Local nonprofit hopes to raise money to help more kids with cancer (ABC News 4).
• Police: Man inhaling hydrocarbons before crashing into Mt. Pleasant building (ABC News 4).
• CofC Named a “Brave Campus for LGBT Students” (HCS).
• Police looking for man who pointed gun at people in Marion Square (ABC News 4).
• College of Charleston looks to admit top ten percent of local high schools to gain more diverse students (News 2).
• Top MUSC neuroscientist taking position at Rutgers (ABC News 4).
• Program aids African Americans in land preservation (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Berkeley woman discusses her abusive relationship, push for tougher laws (ABC News 4).
• Deputies: Man arrested after admitting to poisoning neighbor’s dog (Live 5 News).
• Blackbaud to buy MicroEdge for $160M (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Mt. Pleasant police search for man in credit card fraud, vehicle break-in (Live 5 News).
• Charleston sheriff honored with Patriot Award (ABC News 4).
• Higher occupancy, rates boost hotel revenue in June (Columbia Regional Business Journal).
• Four sought in N. Charleston grocery store attempted armed robbery (Live 5 News).
• Folly Turtles (Folly Beach).
• Last supermoon of summer to be overshadowed by 2017 total eclipse (Post & Courier).
• MUSC, DHEC doctors brief lawmakers on Ebola protocol (Post & Courier).

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