Rumors & Notes: 1/20/15

TOP STORIES

• Police ask for public’s help in locating missing Charleston teen (News 2).
• Silver Airways to offer nonstop flights between Charleston and Florida (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Water main leak fixed downtown, another pops up to close school (ABC News 4).
• Officer responding to fatal Mt. Pleasant stabbing finds gruesome scene, woman with knife (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• Recovery Room: The PBR Champion of the World (HCS).
• Jack’s Cafe Reopened Today With New Owners (Eater Charleston).
• Taste of Folly Festival Returns This Weekend (HCS).
• Local startup Eatabit to appear on MSNBC program (Post & Courier).
• Former Egan & Sons will reopen as Cumberland Street Smokehouse (Charleston City Paper).
• Bob Carter opens restaurant at Renaissance Hotel next month (Post & Courier).
• Avondale Restaurant Week Underway Through the 25th (HCS).
• Chef Joseph Jacobson returns to Charleston to take over Sweeney’s (Charleston City Paper).
• Wear Your Okonomiyaki Pride With Xiao Bao Biscuit Apparel (Eater Charleston).
• 31 local McDonald’s franchises raise $52K for Red Shoe Walk (ABC News 4).
• Revelry & Smoke Team Up for FEAST! on 1/31 (HCS).
• News 2 shares some favorite recipes for the big game (News 2).
• VANtastic Community & Food Fundraiser on Saturday (HCS).
• Peche’s Ryan Prewitt to demo dishes at L’Atelier (Post & Courier).
• 6th Annual Follywood Oyster Roast is Saturday (HCS).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Inaugural Brew HaHa Festival on Tap at the Performing Arts Center (HCS).
• Shark Tank’s Daymond John will be at the Carleston Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting this Thursday (Charleston Chamber).
• Ryan Adams & Jenny Lewis Play the PAC in May (HCS).
• Charleston pup will play in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with downtown parade (Live 5 News).
• Stingrays to host ‘Frozen’-themed game, postgame skate (Post & Courier).
• The Windjammer Hosts a Polar Plunge Benefiting the Special Olympics (HCS).
• Judge orders release of diary in James Brown estate suit (ABC News 4).
• Laurel Hill County Park opens (Post & Courier).
• Louie’s Kids offering cheap training for Bridge Run (ABC News 4).
• “Weird Al” Yankovic Invades the PAC this August (HCS).
• New owners for CHARLIE mag (Charleston City Paper).
• Northwood Academy’s Erika Martin nominated for McDonald’s All-American (Post & Courier).
• Former Berkeley head coach Jerry Brown resigns from Spring Valley (ABC News 4).
• CAA newbies College of Charleston and Elon adjust to the gauntlet (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• McGinley passed over for top educator in Pennsylvania (Post & Courier).
• New James Island PSD Commissioner quits after swearing-in ceremony, takes it back the next day (Post & Courier).

MISC

• ‘Why are you punching him?’ Columbia police suspend officer after striking man (The State).
• Gen. Sherman’s burning of Columbia recalled 150 years later (Live 5 News).
• Arrest made after shots fired from cars in Mount Pleasant (Post & Courier).
• Volunteer for Trident United Way’s Crisis Hotline (News 2).
• 911 callers describe disturbance, shootout at North Charleston party that killed boy, 16 (Post & Courier).
• Group hosts forum to discuss equity, diversity in CCSD schools (ABC News 4).
• More than 100 remember MLK at Summerville vigil (Live 5 News).
• Cruise-ferry to arrive Tuesday in Charleston to sit out winter (Post & Courier).
• Dorchester Road shopping center sold (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• 15 years for man accused of flying drone to SC prison (ABC News 4).
• School goes on brief lockdown following report of shots fired nearby (Live 5 News).
• 14-year-old accused of leading deputies on chase in stolen ’67 Mustang (Live 5 News).
• ABC News 4 to host NWS storm spotter training (ABC News 4).
• Program provides free veterinary care to elderly and disabled (Live 5 News).
• `Menace to society` Lexington Co. shooting suspect goes on expletive-laden rant in court (Live 5 News).
• Sheriff’s office dog seriously burned in fire laid to rest Tuesday (ABC News 4).
• Utility warns of phone scam targeting customers (Live 5 News).
• Man hospitalized after suffering shotgun blast at Dorchester Co. boat landing (Live 5 News).
• Florence County man engaged in sex act with pre-teen, sheriff says (News 2).
• Alabama’s ServisFirst hires bank exec to launch Charleston expansion (Post & Courier).
• Gunman robs KFC right next door to police station (ABC News 4).

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