Rumors & Notes: 2/15/16

TOP STORIES

• Charleston Picked as Best North American City (HCS).
• Author Pat Conroy diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (Live 5 News).
• Charleston Water System announces planned downtown water outages for Tuesday, Wednesday (Post & Courier).
• Mount Pleasant road reopens following police pursuit (Live 5 News).
• Charleston police investigating two robberies Saturday at Tent City (ABC News 4).

PRIMARY UPDATES

• Debates, non-stop media and alternative platforms are driving Republican voter turnout (Post & Courier).
• Democrats make their way south ahead of primary (ABC News 4).
• Presidential race: It’s never been this personal (Post & Courier).
• Jeb Bush, George W. Bush rallying voters in Charleston (Live 5 News).
• Trump rips Cruz as ‘nuts,’ says RNC isn’t honoring pledge (ABC News 4).
  • Do South Carolina voters give a #$!* if Donald Trump curses? (ABC News 4).
• South Carolinians to see record spending on campaign ads (Live 5 News).
• SC Law: Illegal to remove campaign signs (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• Annual Shem Creek Mardi Crawl Goes Down on 2/27 (HCS).
• Slow Food Charleston Announces Inaugural Snail Awards (HCS).
• Butter Tapas Opens in North Charleston; Peace Pie Brings Dessert Downtown (Eater Charleston).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Free Admission at Select Country Parks on March 6th (HCS).
• Captain’s Comic Expo Soars into Mt. Pleasant this Weekend (HCS).
• Drink In PBR’s Dirty South x Southeast Music Festival This March (HCS).
• DockDogs aquatic competition makes a splash in Charleston (Live 5 News).
• Charleston area is a hotbed for ranked tennis juniors (Post & Courier).

POLITICS/GOV

• Bills would raise minimum wage, repeal right to work law (ABC News 4).
• Mt. Pleasant program targets town businesses claiming Charleston as their home base (Live 5 News).
• Annual Governor’s Tourism Conference opening in Charleston (ABC News 4).

MISC

• BCSO arrest security guard they say claimed he was with SLED (ABC News 4).
• 10% of S.C. properties considered seriously underwater at end of 2015 (Charleston City Paper).
• Girl, 8, stable after being hit by car while running to catch bus (ABC News 4).
• S.C. gasoline prices continue to tumble, approach $1.50 a gallon (Post & Courier).
• Boeing donates money to Allen University in name of Rev. Clementa Pinckney (ABC News 4).
• Mount Pleasant Police searching for suspects who fled traffic stop (News 2).
• CARTA route changes in the works (Post & Courier).
• New Roper St. Francis Berkeley hospital expected to cost $113 million (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-ups: Betty Burch (HCS).
• Dream Wranglers Ranch in search of new home for rescued animals (ABC News 4).
• Community rallies around bullied 2nd grader (News 2).
• Dramatic video shows Cayce DPS officer shot during attempted arrest, suspect killed (Live 5 News).
• Charleston County Offers a Free Small Business Bonding Workshop for Small Business Owners (Charleston County).
• Joseph Floyd Manor fire displaces residents (Post & Courier).
• Family displaced after Valentine’s Day fire destroys home (Live 5 News).
• Bearing maker from Italy to set up shop in South Carolina (Post & Courier).

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