Rumors & Notes: 1/1/15

TOP STORIES

• Weekend Events, Parties, & Plans (HCS).
• One person dead after a Moncks Corner shed fire (Live 5 News).
• Will downtown trolleys get back on track? (Post & Courier).
• Berkeley County Sheriff Wayne DeWitt skips swearing-in ceremony (Post & Courier).
  • Dewitt sworn in during private ceremony, officials say (ABC News 4).
• Harbor deepening will harm Folly beaches, mayor says (Post & Courier).

FOOD/BEV

• Upper King Street Tabbed as 8th Best Food Neighborhood in America (HCS).
• Our favorite things: Our critics’ favorite reviewed dishes of 2014 (Post & Courier).
• High Wire Distilling’s Hat Trick Gin received praise in from Soby’s bartender Ashley Wright (Serious Eats).
• Restaurateur Brooks Reitz and Chef Ari Kolender Ready to Release Saint Alban (Eater Charleston).
  • Saunter Through the Interiors at Saint Alban Before the Opening on Monday (Eater Charleston).
• The Orange Spot is now Offering “The Holy City Sinner” (HCS).
• Teppanyaki Grill is now Lucky Grill (Post & Courier).
• Industry Experts on the Biggest Restaurant Grievances of 2014 (Eater Charleston).
• Whole Foods getting whole overhaul in Mount Pleasant (Post & Courier).
• Writers and Editors Predict Restaurant Headlines for 2015 (Eater Charleston).
• Restaurant Week stretches across the state (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• 2014: An Awards Avalanche for Charleston (HCS).
• Polar Plunge is “Freezin’ for a reason” (News 2).
  • Hundreds attend Polar Bear Plunge on Sullivan’s Island (Live 5 News).
  • WATCH: Photographer captures aerial video of Polar Bear Plunge (Live 5 News).
• Medal of Honor Bowl Releases 2015 Rosters (HCS).
• Edge of America rings in 2015 with another flip flop drop (ABC News 4).
• Charleston’s Emancipation Day Parade has a long and colorful history (Post & Courier).
• 5 reasons why you need the naughty North of Spring 2015 calendar (Charleston City Paper).
• Beasley leads bevy of Clemson draft prospects into spring training (Post & Courier).
• Hunting contest celebrating 50th year in SC (ABC News 4).
• Gamecocks keep rolling, turn back Auburn, 77-58 (Post & Courier).
• College of Charleston opens CAA play against William & Mary (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• School choice proponents seek to expand limited program (News 2).
• Lawmakers seek to end tax on military retirement (ABC News 4).
• Publix offers insurance benefits to married same-sex couples (ABC News 4).
• Rep. Wilson unveiling legislative agenda for 2015 (ABC News 4).
• Jeremy McLellan announces 2015 Charleston mayoral campaign (Reddit).
• Commerce to make follow-up trip to India this year (ABC News 4).

MISC

• Highway deaths up in South Carolina in 2014 (ABC News 4).
• Power lines down after an accident on Folly Road (News 2).
• Multiple robberies in Berkeley County on New Year’s Eve (News 2).
• Controversy over Uber ‘surge’ rates in Charleston resurfaces (Post & Courier).
• Gas in the Lowcountry drops well below $2.00 mark (News 2).
• Friends gather to remember fallen firefighter (ABC News 4).
• Charleston man accused of sexually assaulting 17-year-old girl (Post & Courier).
• MUSC and other SC hospitals losing money due to “avoidable” mistakes (News 2).
• Memorial service planned for boy who died in Newberry County (Live 5 News).
• SLED cancels endangered person alert for Easley man (ABC News 4).
• BCSO searching for credit card fraud suspect (Live 5 News).
• More bats found in Orangeburg hospital (ABC News 4).
• Bond denied for Mullins man charged with murder following night club shooting (Live 5 News).
• Newborn found abandoned in SC restroom, police investigating (Live 5 News).
• State euthanizing nuisance turkeys in Beaufort County (ABC News 4).
• Child alerts family to flames in Colleton County (Live 5 News).
• Coroner confirms deadly Horry County shooting Friday night (News 2).
• Batesburg-Leesville High School band marches in parade in London (Live 5 News).
• Deputies continuing search for fugitive wanted on child sexual assault charges (Live 5 News).

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