Rumors & Notes: 9/25/15

TOP STORIES

• NWS survey team says Johns Island tornado ranked EF-2 (ABC News 4).
• ‘More than a church,’ Riley says as street dedicated to Mother Emanuel (ABC News 4).
• City announces plan to divide Emanuel AME Hope Fund (Post & Courier).
• Trump speaks to half-empty room of white people at black business event in North Charleston (MSNBC).
  • Trump lashes out at rivals in half-filled ballroom (ABC News 4).
  • Trump rally in North Charleston baffles black entrepreneurs (Post & Courier).
• Watch PBS’s “America After Charleston” Town Hall (HCS).
• Aggressive policing dominates North Charleston mayoral debate (ABC News 4).
• Greater Charleston taking part in Pope’s visit to the U.S.A. (Live 5 News).
• Friend of Charleston shooting suspect seeks evidence in case (News 2).

FOOD/BEV

• Blind Tiger closing at its current location (Charleston City Paper).
• Small Plate Crawl Scheduled for Early November (HCS).
• Only 5 bars have signed up for voluntary 3 a.m. soft closing (Charleston City Paper).
• The Food Film Festival Returns to Charleston this November (HCS).
• Saint Alban Shuts Down Original Location on Sunday (Eater Charleston).
• No buts about it, Smoke BBQ is the business (Charleston City Paper).
• Lotus Vietnamese Cuisine Hiring Staff and Hoisting Signage (Eater Charleston).
• FINAL: Revelry’s Funkmaster Brett vs. Coast’s 32/50 kolsch (Charleston City Paper).
• Rapper and chef Coolio teaches Bully Pulpit’s Rex Stickel how to cook a panty-dropping meal (Charleston City Paper).
• The Macintosh’s Anniversary Deals; Guigal Wine Dinner at Barony Tavern (Eater Charleston).
• UPDATE: Bad Wolf Coffee coming to a new Upper King food hall called Pacific Box & Crate Development (Charleston City Paper).
• 10 Charleston Craft Beer Destinations (Eater Charleston).
• Let Me See You Lobster Roll (Yelp Charleston).
• Upcoming Mash Cocktail Menu Includes St. Cecilia Society Punch (Eater Charleston).
• Lawsuit filed against Hardee’s amid Hepatitis A exposures (Live 5 News).
• Don’t Miss This Epic Five-Course Feast With Eater + Goose Island at The Macintosh (Eater Charleston).
• Park Circle Wine Bar Stems & Skins Trots Out Logo (Eater Charleston).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Battery sign Cuban star striker — and defector — Ariel Martinez (ABC News 4).
• Who knew a Meeting Street wine bar would make the perfect space for stand-up? (Charleston City Paper).
• 2015 MOJA Arts Festival Began Today (HCS).
• The wildly uncensored Crab Claw aims for a cult classic hit with Pink Eye (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston Battery renews rivalry with Richmond Kickers in USL Playoffs (News 2).
• Painter Crosby Jack reminisces on how King Dusko changed his life (Charleston City Paper).
• Georgetown football team wins appeal, remains in Region 6 (ABC News 4).
• She Returns From War drops a cosmic-Americana treasure with Oh, What a Love (Charleston City Paper).

POLITICS/SCHOOLS

• Candidates: If elected mayor, what legacy would you leave behind? (Charleston City Paper).
• Senate panel advances medical marijuana legislation (Post & Courier).
• Panhandlers adapt to life under new city ordinance (Charleston City Paper).
• Quintin’s Close-ups: Paul Tinkler (HCS).
• Transgender students want to be heard (Live 5 News).
• SC State contractor: State trying to abandon school’s debt (ABC News 4).
• How much should access to a park be worth? (Charleston City Paper).
• Mauldin man sentenced for threatening President Obama (ABC News 4).
• Agencies fight to keep waterways free of derelict boats (Charleston City Paper).
• DOT says work on I-26 in Lowcountry substantially complete (ABC News 4).
• Charleston County to Mail Reassessment Notices Starting Today (Charleston County).

MISC

• New North Charleston job center opening (ABC News 4).
• Neighborhood program helps N. Charleston officers bond with kids (Live 5 News).
• Death of woman in West Ashley ruled a homicide (ABC News 4).
  • Coroner identifies victim; CCSO searching for info (Live 5 News).
• Man pulled from Ashley River pronounced dead (ABC News 4).
• City celebrates new Hyatt hotels as ‘great achievement’ on Upper King (Post & Courier).
• Family searching for man missing since Friday (News 2).
• Wanted: Man uses stolen credit card to buy $300 gift card (Live 5 News).
• El Niño forecasted to bring a cool and wet winter to the Lowcountry (News 2).
• Record year for sea turtle nests at Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge (ABC News 4).
• Carnival Ecstasy coming to Charleston in 2016; Fantasy now leaving for Alabama (News 2).
• Goose Creek police investigating Wednesday morning home invasion (ABC News 4).
• Grandmother earns Habitat Home after difficult summer (News 2).
• Charleston County Sheriff’s deputies charge 2 in Johns Island shooting (ABC News 4).
• WWII Veterans hold reunion in North Charleston (News 2).
• Risk of rip currents along the SC, NC coasts (ABC News 4).
• Blotter: Latchkey-less kids (Charleston City Paper).

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