Rumors & Notes: 4/20/15

TOP STORIES

• 7 displaced in downtown Charleston apartment fire (Live 5 News).
• Body found in marsh in North Charleston (News 2).
• Earlier today, The Post & Courier won a Pulitzer Prize for their “Till Death Do Us Part” series  (New York Times).
• Coroner: Man, 27, killed in downtown Charleston shooting Saturday morning (ABC News 4).

WALTER SCOTT

• Charleston police respond to Walter Scott protest during Sunday brunch at Hominy Grill (Post & Courier).
• Haley on body cams: It’s been a consideration long before Walter Scott case (ABC News 4).
• After Walter Scott’s death, fight for change in North Charleston divides activists (Post & Courier).
• Black Lives Matter releases new demands for North Charleston (Live 5 News).
• Many South Carolina officers still lack dashcams in their vehicles (ABC News 4).
• More than 100 attend forum on policing and race (Live 5 News).
• Public gets demonstration, demands answers about police body cameras (Live 5 News).
• The cops and the kids: Can community outreach transform policing? (Post & Courier).
• Colleton County Sheriff’s Office already testing body cameras (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• Over 20 restaurants in the works for 2015 (Charleston City Paper).
• Tapas Restaurant La Lola Planned for East Bay Street (Eater Charleston).
• Harris Teeter finalizes deal for new Charleston store (Post & Courier).
• Ellis Creek Fish Camp Scheduling a Summer Opening on James Island (Eater Charleston).
• Blue Bell Ice Cream recalls all of its products after positive test for Listeria (ABC News 4).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• RiverDogs’ seven-run inning halted by Mother Nature (ABC News 4).
• Southern Charm Star Threatens Blogger (FITS News).
• Cameran Eubanks Gets A Dog On ‘Southern Charm’ Along With Shep’s Help (Bustle).
• Shep Rose’s Birthday Party Photos Make It Look More Like ‘The Hangover’ Than ‘Southern Charm’ (Bustle).
• Warehouse to Host Kentucky Derby Social on 5/2 (HCS).
• South Carolina’s Dawn Staley, Charleston’s Warren Peper to be honored by S.C. Athletic Hall of Fame (Post & Courier).
• The Alley Will Host a Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Party on 5/2 (HCS).
• Renovated McLeod Plantation opens to public Tuesday (Live 5 News).
• 11th Annual Share Our Suzy Memorial Event Set for May 23rd (HCS).
• Village Rep’s Seminar is fast, witty, and sharp (Charleston City Paper).
• Sol Driven Train Debuts “Altitude” Music Video (HCS).

POLITICS

• Breakdown: Candidates for Berkeley County Sheriff (ABC News 4).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Clifford Smith (HCS).
• Public weighs in on I-26 traffic plans (ABC News 4).
• CCSD to hold community forum Tuesday night (News 2).

MISC

• One80 Place awarded $2 million grant to help homeless veterans (ABC News 4).
• Two Tornadoes Confirmed in Midlands Sunday (WLTX).
• Fishable? Swimmable? Charleston waters in trouble (Post & Courier).
• Opt out movement grows in South Carolina as more parents say no to standardized testing (Post & Courier).
• Do You Know Someone Who Should be the “Toast of the Town?” (HCS).
• Redesign of Center Street planned at Folly Beach (Post & Courier).
• City likely to ban hammocks, slacklines tied to trees in parks (Post & Courier).
• Goose Creek PD release info on suspect car in fatal hit-and-run (ABC News 4).
• North Charleston police investigating bank robbery on Ashley Phosphate Road (ABC News 4).
• Man charged in bloody beating at North Charleston apartment (Live 5 News).
• United Airlines in new concourse at CHS International Airport (News 2).
• A war’s lasting legacy, 150 years later (Post & Courier).
• Many Charleston shoppers frustrated by Target’s Lilly Pulitzer campaign (ABC News 4).
• Details added to Charleston Holocaust Memorial as hundreds attend rededication (Post & Courier).
• Charleston police investigate armed robbery at King Street business (Live 5 News).
• Man, 26, killed in Goose Creek hit and run (Live 5 News).
• Boaters rescued near Capers Island (ABC News 4).
• Photo Gallery: Morris Island Beach Clean-up (Wounded Nature).
• Room to grow: New Charleston County Sheriff’s office allows more space for investigations (ABC News 4).
• Hendrick submits plans for new Honda dealership in West Ashley (Post & Courier).
• Still another attempt to sell Port Royal falls through (ABC News 4).
• What role does faith have in healing? Local mom says almost everything (ABC News 4).

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