Rumors & Notes: 9/1/15

TOP STORIES

• Record deluge swamps Charleston area (Post & Courier).
  • Red Cross opens shelter for residents with flood damage (Post & Courier).
  • Residents: Not the first time Shadowmoss has flooded (Live 5 News).
  • Charlestowne Village residents return to damaged, smelly homes after flooding (ABC News 4).
  • Sheriff’s office closes all lanes on Main Road to Johns Island due to rising water (Live 5 News).
  • College students fall into storm drain (News 2).
• Former SC police chief sentenced after plea agreement (Live 5 News).
• Activists call on governor to remove Dorchester County coroner over ‘racist’ behavior (Post & Courier).
• Two candidates in runoff for District 45 seat held by Pinckney (Live 5 News).
  • Voter turnout light (ABC News 4).
• Pursuit in Goose Creek leads to arrest, wrecked patrol car (ABC News 4).
• Charleston is apparently one of the worst cities of its size for traffic (USA Today).

FOOD/BEV

• Move over Jeni, there’s a new ice cream in town (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston episode of Parts Unknown to debut at Food Film Festival (Post & Courier).
• Élevé Dinner Menu Full of Seafood, Steaks, and ‘Charleston Receipts’ (Eater Charleston).
• The Grand Bohemian is open for business (Charleston City Paper).
• Data reveals Charleston outpaces nation, Southeast peers in alcohol consumption (Post & Courier).
• Award-Winning Mac and Cheese Recipe Hits the Road This Month (Eater Charleston).
• Middleton cooks up 1800s picnic for new leisure event (Post & Courier).
• Oktoberfest Returns to Charleston on September 18th (HCS).
• Esteemed Fulton Five Shuts Down for Renovations (Eater Charleston).
• Brewers question alcohol distribution system (Post & Courier).
• Charleston Cooks! property on East Bay could be site of new hotel (Post & Courier).
• Stay Up for Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Debut With Col’ Brew – only available in New York (Eater Charleston).
• Rum is back, and looking back (Post & Courier).
• Ellis Creek Fish Camp Keeps the Dining Room Casual (Eater Charleston).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Is football in Cougars’ future? College of Charleston considers costs, benefits, interest (Post & Courier).
• RiverDogs Nearing Record-Setting Finish in the Stands (Charleston RiverDogs).
• Charleston’s Rogers beats Vickery in first round of U.S. Open (Post & Courier).
• Flowertown’s Funky Firkin Fest Set for 9/19 (HCS).
• Lowcountry Jazz Festival entertains, raises awareness of health disparities (Post & Courier).
• Berkeley coach Jeff Cruce: ‘We’re never going to punt’ (Post & Courier).
• Family Circle Cup tennis tournament renamed to Volvo Cars Open (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Garden & Gun magazine opens in Cigar Factory (Post & Courier).
• AP Source: Coastal Carolina to join Sun Belt, move up to FBS (Washington Post).
• Bill Murray takes Keb Mo out to bowl after sold-out show Sunday (Post & Courier).
• Here’s The Complete List Of Stephen Colbert’s First Late Show Guests (CBS).
• City Paper Taking Nominations For 2015 Music Awards (HCS).
• Fan Dies After Falling From Upper Deck at Atlanta Braves Game (News 2).
• Revolve Conference for creatives coming to Charleston region in October (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Chase After a Cure’s Virtual Road Chase Returns (HCS).
• Winners never quit playing football (Post & Courier).
• Former Charleston Comedians Return Home for Benefit Shows (HCS).
• Midnight tonight is your last chance to pre-order your personalized 2016 Charleston Firefighter Calendar. Each benefits the Charleston Animal Society (Charleston Firefighter Calendar).
  
• Oktoberfest 5K Run/Walk Hits the Pavement on 9/26 (HCS).

POLITICS/GOV

• Panhandling ordinance could hurt homeless newspaper sellers (Charleston City Paper).
• House Ethics: Former Speaker Bobby Harrell improperly paid lawyers from campaign (ABC News 4).
• Quintin’s Close-ups: Councilman Mike Seekings (HCS).
• City finally clearing old, abandoned boats from Ashley River (Post & Courier).
• Councilman Dwight Stigler resigns from post (North Charleston).
• Haley to speak of ‘a New South’ (Post & Courier).
• Special Mt. Pleasant meeting to debate short term rentals (Live 5 News).
• Quintin’s Close-ups: Kent Fletcher (HCS).
• Scott Walker takes turn talking tough on foreign policy at The Citadel (Post & Courier).

SCHOOLS

• College students wait in hotel purgatory while construction finishes on 930 NoMo (Post & Courier).
• Charleston School of Law president resigns (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• What are we going to do about Burke High School? (Post & Courier).
• Most USC fraternity recruiting suspended (Post & Courier).
• Canadian regiment to return first Citadel graduate’s Civil War sword (ABC News 4).
• Student Found With “Kill List” At Spartanburg Co. School (News 2).

MISC

• Not Just Awareness: What Charleston’s Jeff Fitzharris is doing for Autism (Charleston Daily)
• Beach Co. plans to reopen Sgt. Jasper Apartments in wake of ‘impasse’ with BAR (ABC News 4).
• Workers at closed South Carolina fire truck plant to receive severance pay (Live 5 News).
• Charleston firefighters hoist patient from hold of freighter ship (ABC News 4).
• Officials switch from rescue to recovery in search for missing crabber (ABC News 4).
• Charleston police chief, mayor honored for Emanuel AME response at Unity Day (ABC News 4).
• S.C. parks bring in record revenue (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Car strikes West Ashley Little Caesar’s restaurant (ABC News 4).
• Police locate missing, endangered man last seen in downtown Charleston (Live 5 News).
• Deputies look for suspect after nightclub shooting (ABC News 4).
• Kiawah Partners And The Kiawah Cares Foundation Raise Over $50,000 For Reverend Pinckney Scholarship Fund (The Island Connection).
• Coroner releases more tragic details in crash that killed 2 young brothers (Live 5 News).
• Community raising money for funeral of 8-year-old girl fatally hit by vehicle at SC school (Live 5 News).
• Deputies: 13-year-old in custody in connection to mother’s homicide (Live 5 News).

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