Rumors & Notes: 5/3/16

TOP STORIES

• In Eric Brantley shooting, worlds meet with deadly results (Post & Courier).
• Letter: Flats at Mixson residents to be forced out due to structural damage from water (ABC News 4).
  • City has not asked residents at Flats at Mixson to move out (Live 5 News).
  • Mixson apartment buildings ‘unsafe,’ engineers told property owner in March (Post & Courier).
  • Former tenants say Mixson had structural issues “since day one” (News 2).
• KKK flyers — with candy — left in Goose Creek yards concern some residents (ABC News 4).
• Video: Gator crawls up front door of Moncks Corner family’s home (ABC News 4).
• SC health officials report 1st case of travel-related Zika (ABC News 4).
• Judge finds probable cause; Loftis will stand trial for murder (ABC News 4).
• Lowcountry Giving Day deadline extended to noon Wednesday (Live 5 News).
• Bright’s Latest Effort on Bathroom Bill Fails (WLTX).
• Slager’s attorneys object to moving trial date while emails suggest pending Fed action (ABC News 4).
• Charleston police looking for 12-year-old runaway (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• Inaugural Southern Fried Chicken Challenge Set for October (HCS).
• No Beard awards for Charleston this year (Post & Courier).
• Freehouse Brewery wins silver medal for Green Door IPA (Charleston City Paper).
• Long-Standing Hookah Bar to Become Coffee Shop on Market Street (Eater Charleston).
• Downtown Home Team BBQ Launches Late Night Menu (HCS).
• HoM tries to counter staff shortage by recruiting parents (Post & Courier).
• Meeting Street Music Club Breathes New Life Into Vintage Digs (Eater Charleston).
• Dream Team at The Dewberry Brings Next-Level Concepts to Charleston (Eater Charleston).
• Downsized Southern Season opening on Market Street (Post & Courier).
• Butcher & Bee Dinner Showcases Local Produce and Middle Eastern Influences (Eater Charleston).
• Edmund’s Oast Launches “Baller Bottled Beers” Night (HCS).
• Mex 1’s Cinco De Mayo Party to be Held on 5/5 (HCS).
• Scarecrow & Co. Shows Off Ann Street Interiors to Friends (Eater Charleston).
• Red Drum adopts new logo, tweaks menu (Post & Courier).
• #DrinkLocal Challenge in April for Lowcountry Local First (The Cocktail Bandits).
• Kentucky Derby 2016: Where To Party in Charleston (Eater Charleston).
• Edmund’s Oast to Host Italian-American Wine Dinner on Wednesday (HCS).
• Fast-Casual Salad Shop Opens Second Store in Mount Pleasant (Eater Charleston).
• Westside’s new Luke’s Craft Pizza opening soon (Charleston City Paper).
• Former La Hacienda workers reflect on wage theft judgment (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Darius Rucker to sing national anthem at 100th running of Indy 500 (Post & Courier).
• Flamingo party fallout and the disco roller derby disaster on Episode 5 of ‘Southern Charm’ (Post & Courier).
  • Southern Charm S3 E5: Landon and her big ideas (Charleston City Paper).
  • Southern Charm’s Landon Clements on Why She Passed on The Hills: ‘I Wasn’t Ready’ (People).
  • There’s Another Southern Charm Baby on the Way (Bravo TV).
• Best of Broadway presented by Amtrak announces 2016-2017 season (North Charleston Coliseum).
• Charleston Music Hall’s Film Series Continues Through the Summer (HCS).
• Charleston Baseball Hall of Fame Seeks Nominations (Charleston RiverDogs).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Charleston files motion to delay start of judge’s Sergeant Jasper ruling (ABC News 4).
• The Citadel’s Confederate flag came down quietly, years before current debate (Post & Courier).
• Johns Island commuters assemble petition to protest traffic (ABC News 4).

MISC

• Driver had been arrested at least 20 times before high-speed chase (Post & Courier).
• Judge’s ruling expands fired Charleston airport worker’s lawsuit (Post & Courier).
• Therapy dog feared stolen; Shelter warns owners to watch their pets (ABC News 4).
• The Post and Courier’s owner buys Columbia’s Free Times newspaper (Post & Courier).
  • South Carolina’s top daily buys an alt-weekly in the state capital (Columbia Review Journal).
• Sheriff’s office releases dashcam video of high-speed chase with suspect (Live 5 News).
• CARTA route changes go into effect Sunday (ABC News 4).
• Pottery art a family tradition for ArtFields exhibitor Jason Luck (SC Now).
• Closing in on the alligator: Public hunt applications open as survey continues (Post & Courier).
• Authorities investigate after suspect stunned by police dies (News 2).
• Server capacity maxed out during Lowcountry Giving Day, briefly hinders giving efforts (ABC News 4).
• Historic Charleston Foundation honors Charleston’s hidden preservationists (Post & Courier).
• Police searching for stolen camper (Live 5 News).
• Growing Charleston airport wants more taxis (Post & Courier).
• SLED: Coroner, deputies on scene of officer-involved shooting (Live 5 News).
• #TPBTH Day 3, Meet: Laura Ellison (CHS Food Writer).
• #TPBTH Day 4, Meet: Miguel Buencamino (CHS Food Writer).
• #TPBTH Day 5, Meet: Helen Mitternight (CHS Food Writer).
• #TPBTH Day 6, Meet: Juliana Harless (CHS Food Writer).
• #TPBTH Day 7, Meet: Laurie Bohler-Park (CHS Food Writer).
• #TPBTH Day 8, Meet: Teddy Nixon (CHS Food Writer).
• Small plane leaving from Myrtle Beach crashes in New York, three killed (Live 5 News).

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