Rumors & Notes: 10/16/14

TOP STORIES

• Nikki Haley: It’s OK to have the Confederate flag at the statehouse because not “a single CEO” has complained (Salon).
• MUSC volunteers to treat patients with Ebola in South Carolina (Post & Courier).
  • MUSC, Roper St. Francis: We are prepared to handle Ebola (Live 5 News).
  • Public health expert on Ebola: Need for caution, not panic (Live 5 News).
• Bond denied for man in Chuck E Cheese shooting (ABC News 4).
• T-Rav Tells the City Paper He’s Done with “Southern Charm” (HCS).

FOOD

• West Ashley neighborhood residents want a farmers market, not a towing business (Post & Courier).
• Home Team BBQ and its pitmaster Aaron Siegel have been invited back to the Annual Starchefs.com International Chefs Congress in New York (StarChefs.com).
• Chef Blake Joyal Leaves The Palace Hotel; Allegations Against the Dive from Previous Chef (Eater Charleston).
• Bubble tea shop Tapio now open on Spring Street (Post & Courier).
• The Mason Jar By Fatboys Gets 2.5 Stars in First Review (Eater Charleston).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Prank calls & kidnappings: Bill Murray’s craziest antics (New York Post).
• Photo Gallery: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band at the PAC (HCS).
• Ex-South Carolina QB Stephen Garcia talks SEC players getting cash (CBS Sports).
• Best of Mount Pleasant Voting is Now Open (Mount Pleasant Magazine).
• North Charleston’s Harvest Festival & Block Party Set for October 25th (HCS).
• Charleston photographers list their favorite, most over-hyped places to shoot (Post & Courier).
• The 66th USS Yorktown Association Reunion will be held this Weekend (HCS).
• For 3 DAYS ONLY: Get $15 off tickets to the Lowcountry Hoedown (Facebook).
• The Huddle Week 8: Breaking down the big games (ABC News 4).
• Fort Johnson Christian School Hosts Lowcountry Boil & Fundraiser this Sunday (HCS).
• For Citadel’s Brandon Eakins, breakout game better late than never (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• South Carolina’s war against ‘equal protection under the law’ (Charleston City Paper).
• AG: Berkeley School District wrong to pay indicted employee’s legal fees (Post & Courier).
• Lawsuit: Mount Pleasant man fired, defamed for speaking against growth (Post & Courier).

HEALTH

• Freezing eggs offers pregnancy options after cancer treatment (ABC News 4).
• Second flu death in S.C. reported in Lowcountry (Post & Courier).
• C-17 pilots to Ebola zone: Safe but no handshakes (Post & Courier).
• Bat exposes West Ashley family to rabies (Post & Courier).
• Trident Medical Center opening $3.9M behavioral health unit in hospital (Charleston Regional Business Journal).

MISC

• Police looking for SUV involved in hit-and-run that injured teen (ABC News 4).
• Man shot swimmer for refusing to pay $5 to leave North Charleston pool (Post & Courier).
• Dispatchers: EMS responds to report of baby falling from 2nd story building (Live 5 News).
• Driver escapes burning school bus without injury in Goose Creek (Live 5 News).
• Fun With Mugshots: Vol. 12 (HCS).
• No Beard, No ‘Stache, No Problem (Yelp Charleston).
• Sample of child patients to test medical marijuana at MUSC (Live 5 News).
• Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure happening this Saturday (News 2).
• In an effort to raise funds for childhood cancer research, Chase After a Cure is offering quality poinsettias at very competitive prices. The red, white, or pink poinsettias come in small, large or hanging. Prices range from $9 to $16. All orders are due by November 23, 2014 and pickup will be the first week of December.If you would like to purchase or sell poinsettias please contact Debbie Rupert or Adam White.
• Walmart to hire up to 95 for new Goose Creek location (Live 5 News).
• Downtown Charleston apartment complex sells for $64 million (Post & Courier).
• Report: Man arrested 2nd time for having child porn on iPhone (ABC News 4).
• Two Charleston School of Law owners seeking approval for InfiLaw sale (Post & Courier).
• Police: 2 arrested in weekend Line St. armed robbery, burglary (Live 5 News).
• Digital Corridor companies report average wage of $70,000 (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Ted Turner selling his secluded island on SC coast (ABC News 4).
• Container volume up again at SC ports (ABC News 4).
• Mom raises thousands to boost reward for clues in teen’s death (Live 5 News).
• Coroner: Man dies after crashing Corvette (ABC News 4).
• SC Journalist Briefly Detained In Russia (News 2).
• Guilty of murder, Hank Hawes given life sentence (Live 5 News).
• Amazon Hiring For 80,000 Seasonal Jobs (News 2).
• Whale Branch Middle School student arrested for making hit list (Live 5 News).

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