Rumors & Notes: 12/14/16

TOP STORIES

• Dylann Roof jury to begin weighing his guilt as emotional testimony ends (Post & Courier).
  • Defense rests case without calling witnesses (ABC News 4).
  • Prosecutors paint a troubling picture of accused church shooter (Charleston City Paper).
  • You can listen to the original 911 call (Post & Courier’s Twitter)
• Rep. Jim Merrill indicted in S.C. Statehouse probe; suspended from office (Post & Courier).
• Michael Slager’s federal trial could come around May 1 (ABC News 4).
• Charleston’s homeless and hunger problems ranked against other cities (Post & Courier).
• Police: No evidence lost after malicious software infects Mt. Pleasant PD computers (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• Three years on, Rutledge Cab Co. has secured its Upper Peninsula spot (Charleston City Paper).
• Pancito and Lefty & La Morra Pizzeria Team-up for Charity Pop-Up (HCS).
• Avila rolls into permanent location downtown (Post & Courier).
• Declaration of Greek Food on St. Philip Street (Eater Charleston).
• Feeding the state’s prison population (Post & Courier).
  • Some inmates buy way around ‘institutional cooking’ (Post & Courier).
• Intro To Acai Bowls (Yelp Charleston).
• Olde Colony Bakery and others carry on the good fight for fruitcake (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Brett Gardner visits MUSC Children’s Hospital (Post & Courier).
• Andy Livengood remakes favorite holiday movies (Charleston City Paper).
• Sounding Off : These sound engineers are the unsung heroes of the Charleston music scene (Charleston City Paper).
• ‘Snow Queen’ at Sottile Theatre on Dec. 16-17 (Post & Courier).
• Local poet Matt Foley talks about the power of words (Charleston City Paper).
• Dangermuffin, Travelin’ Kine have double-header at Pour House (Post & Courier).
• Hunting Island State Park to remain closed through Memorial Day (Live 5 News).
• Clemson claims no involvement in Wakeyleaks controversy (Post & Courier).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS/OPINION

• I-526 funding under scrutiny in SIB meeting (ABC News 4).
• SPA president: Approval of harbor deepening money “a great piece of news” (Live 5 News).
• De facto segregation is painfully present in Charleston (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston County dispatch needs 9-1-1 operators (ABC News 4).
• What the Slager mistrial says about our criminal justice system (Charleston City Paper).
• Fire district chief, assistant chief face embezzlement charges (ABC News 4).
• Ashley Hall families, students to donate holiday gifts to students at Chicora Elementary (News 2).
• South Carolina Ports Authority to discuss traffic issue at Wando terminal (Live 5 News).
• Gas tax, school bus seatbelts, guns in schools among SC Senate prefiled bills (News 2).
• C of C Student Business Project Seeks to Help S.C. Companies (Moultrie News).
• Warming center to open in Berkeley County Thursday night (Live 5 News).
• Charleston County encourages recycling–with care (News 2).

MISC

• Services scheduled for motorcyclist killed in IOP crash, driver charged (ABC News 4).
• Several changes in store for peninsular Charleston’s retail scene (Post & Courier).
• Man gets 17 years for killing another man’s mother on New Year’s Day (Live 5 News).
• CARTA gets funding for new shelters, buses (ABC News 4).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Pastor Thomas Dixon (HCS).

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