Rumors & Notes: 7/12/16

TOP STORIES

• Charleston Named World’s Best City in 2016 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards (HCS).
  • Stephen Colbert on His Close Ties to the World’s Best City (Travel + Leisure).
  • 25 photos that show why Charleston was just named the best city in the world (This Insider).
• Report says ‘Charleston loophole’ helped thousands of domestic abusers obtain guns (Post & Courier).
  • Dylann Roof’s attorneys ask federal court to dismiss charges (Live 5 News).
  • On eve of Dylann Roof hearing, Solicitor spells out reasons for leading with state trial (ABC News 4).
• Anti-police violence march shuts down I-26 in Columbia, occupies Statehouse steps Sunday night (Post & Courier).
  • Charleston police committed to maintaining order, safety at upcoming events (Live 5 News).
  • Local law enforcement in Dallas to show support during officers’ funerals (Post & Courier).
  • N. Charleston PD sends officers to Dallas in support of slain officers (Live 5 News).
• Confederate Flag rises again at South Carolina Statehouse in Secessionist rally (New York Daily News).
• Documents Released In Mark Sanford Child Abuse Case (FitsNews).
• Truckers: Traffic delays at Wando port remain, moved to port property (ABC News 4).

FOOD/BEV

• 2016 Taste of Charleston Events Announced (HCS).
• It’s hot — cool off with beer news Revelry and Holy City, plus Ghost Monkey and Two Blokes openings (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston Margarita Festival Debuts Next Month (HCS).
• Butcher & Bee Adds Breakfast Service to the Lineup (Eater Charleston).
• Little Jack’s Tavern is a good steakhouse and so much more (Post & Courier).
• Ms. Rose’s Launches Summer Happy Hour Menu & Nightly Specials (HCS).
• Tides, Locklear’s bid to operate Folly Beach pier restaurant (Post & Courier).
• July 30 Marks Last Service For McCrady’s at Current Address (Eater Charleston).
  • McCrady’s Tavern opens for dinner August 11 (Charleston City Paper).
• Nana’s Donuts is officially open (Charleston City Paper).
• Review of 492 (My Damn Food).
• Southend Brewery deal in Charleston was a craft beer coincidence (Post & Courier).
• The quest for Charleston restaurant bathroom changing tables (Charleston City Paper).
• Chef Frank Lee steps down at Slightly North of Broad; Parker out at Old Village Post House (Post & Courier).
• Food Trucks Are What’s Hot In The Streets (Yelp).
• Hot Quail, Six Courses of Tomatoes, and Five Courses of Peaches (Eater Charleston).
• Twenty Six Divine Hosts Caribbean-Inspired Brunch on 7/17 (HCS).
• Bastille Day Cocktail: Lady Liberte (Post & Courier).
• Edmund’s Oast makes roasted cauliflower fetching with feta (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Pokemon Go has locals scouring their neighborhoods trying to ‘catch them all’ (ABC News 4).
  • Pokémon Go: The good, the bad, and the Blastoise (Charleston City Paper).
• Burning Down the House: 2017 Firefighter Calendar Debut Party Announced (HCS).
• Jeff Dunham Will Be “Perfectly Unbalanced” at the Coliseum (HCS).
• Andrew Walker reimagines Jailbreak, and makes it bigger (Post & Courier).
• SUSTO’s Justin Osborne grapples with his Christian upbringing in “Chillin’ on the Beach with My Best Friend Jesus Christ” (Charleston City Paper).
• 40 years on, planetarium at Francis Marion gets makeover (ABC News 4).
• 3rd Annual Ladybug Release at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens (HCS).
• Charleston Museum plans include new paleontology lab (Charleston City Paper).
• Wando, Presbyterian football mourn death of Stevie Wilson (Post & Courier).
• Local traveling basketball team wins national championship (Post & Courier).

GOV/POLITICS/SCHOOLS

• South Carolina joins suit over transgender student policies (Charleston City Paper).
• Black Lives Matter protest planned for Wednesday at Emanuel AME (Post & Courier).
• Mount Pleasant council rejects moratorium on residential construction (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Councilman Bill Moody (HCS).
• Charleston VA director discusses wait times, parking (Post & Courier).
• Septima P. Clark director under fire over dress code dispute now reassigned (ABC News 4).
• Planning Commission votes to deny rezoning application for Sergeant Jasper site (News 2).

MISC

• Lawsuit filed as coroner looks into in death of 2 year old (ABC News 4).
• Suspects sought in deadly Terry Drive shooting (ABC News 4).
• Convicted arsonist freed from prison; downtown Charleston arsons remain unsolved (ABC News 4).
• Bikers chase down driver they say hit two motorcycles in Mount Pleasant (Post & Courier).
• Summerville man arrested after police investigate report of shots fired at apartment complex (Live 5 News).
• New details uncovered in death of SHS teen (News 2).
• A Day in the Life With Cystic Fibrosis: Vlog By 9-Year-Old from Mt. Pleasant (HCS).
• Truck knocks down power lines, utility pole in downtown Charleston (ABC News 4).
• Young father was brutally beaten in Charleston home (Post & Courier).
  • $1k cash reward offered (ABC News 4).
• Cloned credit card used in Mount Pleasant; Suspects sought (ABC News 4).
• Six more South Carolina residents contract Zika, bringing statewide total to 17 (Post & Courier).
• CFD investigating another firefighter threat on Facebook (Live 5 News).
• S.C. Aquarium joins effort to battle sea rise (Post & Courier).
• West Ashley man reported missing found, police say (Live 5 News).
• Deputies investigating after home invasion in North Charleston (Live 5 News).
• SCE&G keeps lifting your bill higher and higher (Post & Courier).
• Man accused of biting off ex-girlfriend’s nose pleads guilty to lesser charge (Live 5 News).
• Zika virus cases jump in SC (News 2).
• Cops hold community outreach at high crime apartment complex (Live 5 News).
• Georgetown man’s bicylce stolen; police perform good deed for family (News 2).
• Wanted: Chick-fil-A Lowcountry burglars caught on camera (Live 5 News).

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