Rumors & Notes: 4/17/15

TOP STORIES

• Union cancels vote at Boeing South Carolina (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
  • Vote withdrawal at Boeing could mean tougher road ahead for Machinists union (Post & Courier).
• Bond set at $10,000 for Berkeley County superintendent (ABC News 4).
• Names, more info released in officer-involved shooting in Myrtle Beach (News 2).
• Weekend Events, Parties, & Plans: 4/17 – 4/19/15 (HCS).

WALTER SCOTT

• Fee to Be Charged for Video of South Carolina Shooting, Publicist Says (New York Times).
• NAACP to DOJ: Investigate 20 years of police-involved shootings in Charleston area (ABC News 4).
• Charleston police finalize body camera policy (Charleston City Paper).
• Proviso allows victims fund to help with police body cameras (ABC News 4).
• Civil rights attorney Malik Shabazz to speak at town hall meeting in Charleston Sunday (Post & Courier).

FOOD/BEV

• Fly to the Lowcountry Wingapalooza on April 24th (HCS).
• Lobsters Top One of the Lowcountry’s Most Extravagant Burgers (Eater Charleston).
• HoM Hosts 420 Party this Monday (HCS).
• Lee Lee’s Hot Kitchen Set to Host Mash-Up Dinner with Obstinate Daughter (HCS).
• A new food truck – Captain Blacks Barbecue – is looking for funding (Kickstarter).
• The Evolution of Charleston’s Magnolias’ 25 Years (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Chefs Weigh In on What Makes a Perfect Burger (Eater Charleston).
• Budweiser Clydesdales celebrate anniversary in the Lowcountry (Live 5 News).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Rays Goaltender Jeff Jakaitis Takes Home 2014-15 ECHL M.V.P. Honors (Live 5 News).
• Hundreds of sailboats arrive in Charleston Harbor (News 2).
• SC supporters set 175-mile river trip for military veterans (ABC News 4).
• First-round NFL draft prospect Vic Beasley suffered loss early in final Clemson season (Post & Courier).
• 28 Days You Say? reForm Studios Offering the TakeDown Challenge (HCS).
• Cane Bay hires former Citadel standout Cliff Washburn as basketball coach (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• Lindsey Graham presidential bid leaning more likely than not (Post & Courier).
• Senate leader revives borrowing bill; Haley with veto threat (Live 5 News).
• Presidential hopefuls coming to South Carolina Democratic Party’s state convention (Post & Courier).
• West Ashley tree-trimming case heading to court (Post & Courier).

CCSD Teacher of the Year Finalists

• Mary Ashlie Barnes, Oakland Elementary School (News 2).
• Dana Monahan, Hunley Park Elementary School (News 2).
• Amy Ryan, Charles Pinckney Elementary School (News 2).
• Denisse Stanbery, C.E. Williams Middle School (CCSD Schools).
• Emilie Woody, Wando High School (News 2).

MISC

• New locations presented for James Island Library (Live 5 News).
• Survey of bike use in Charleston to help planners (News 2).
• Man arrested for murder in St. Stephen (News 2).
• Mount Pleasant Hospital gets 5 stars in patient satisfaction survey (Post & Courier).
• College Named a ‘Green College’ by Princeton Review (CofC).
• St. Stephen death considered a homicide (Post & Courier).
• Cross High School student arrested for having gun on campus (Live 5 News).
• Suspect arrested for James Island bank robbery (News 2).
• What would the real Sgt. Jasper think about his namesake high-density, multiuse development? (Charelston Regional Business Journal).
• BCSD: Nearby police operations put Hanahan school on temporary lockdown (Live 5 News).
• Charleston Animal Society receives dogs recovered from Alabama puppy mill (ABC News 4).
• 66 Shar Peis rescued from Summerville home; 4 arrested (ABC News 4).
• Deputies: Teen accused of trying to run cyclists off road in Greenville County (Live 5 News).
• Man sentenced to 16 years on drug trafficking charges (ABC News 4).
• Columbia Man charged with leaving a child in his car for 30 minutes (Live 5 News).

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