Rumors & Notes: 12/29/16

TOP STORIES

• Judge orders new competency hearing for convicted Charleston church shooter (Live 5 News).
  • Legal Analyst: Roof wants to be looked at as a hero, not mentally ill (Live 5 News).
• State retrial of Michael Slager set for March 1, ahead of federal proceeding (Post & Courier).
• Cat shot by arrow recovering, but has nerve damage and broken leg (ABC News 4).
  • Reward for info offered (Live 5 News).
• Aiken County Sheriff’s Office says it may release Rep. Chris Corley dash cam footage (Post & Courier).
• The top Charleston news stories of 2016 (Charleston City Paper).
• Billboards pay tribute to Carrie Fisher (ABC News 4).
  • Company follows up with tribute to mom Debbie Reynolds (ABC News 4).

FOOD/BEV

• Nine unforgettable dishes from our 2016 Charleston restaurant reviews (Post & Courier).
• Reflecting on a year of comfort eating (Charleston City Paper).
• Maryland crab tradition takes flight at Boone’s (Post & Courier).
• Mostly a sweet ’16: Veteran players kept the sizzle in Charleston’s food scene this year (Post & Courier).
• 10 Charleston restaurant trends that need to end with 2016 (Charleston City Paper).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Music Hall Ready to Debut “Charleston LIVE” Series (HCS).
• Patriots Point’s 6th Annual “Pay-What-You-Can” Weekend is on the Horizon (HCS).
• Every Time Bill Murray Made 2016 Less Awful (Eater Charleston).
• City Paper theater critic takes a look back at some this year’s best local performances (Charleston City Paper).
• Gamecocks fall short in OT at Birmingham Bowl against USF Bulls, 46-39 (ABC News 4).
• Beach parks struggle to recover from Hurricane Matthew (Post & Courier).
• West Ashley’s art scene grows, Redux moves, and the city gets its first poet laureate (Charleston City Paper).
• New Year’s race adds pajamas to the mix (Post & Courier).
• CP writers choose their favorite records from 2016 (Charleston City Paper).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• With deadly crashes on SC roads reaching nearly 1,000, SCHP asks you to plan now for NYE (ABC News 4).
• What Your S.C. Lawmakers Are Planning for 2017 (Free Times).
• DHEC hopes to help smokers with New Year Quitline (ABC News 4).
• Sen. Kimpson announces ‘Time To Give Back’ grant recipients for 2016 (ABC News 4).
• Roundabout, pedestrian bridge planned for Sangaree Elementary School area (ABC News 4).
• Have your say on which intersections need to be changed on I-526 (News 2).
• State to get $65M in federal aid to rebuild after Matthew (ABC News 4).
• Mayor Tecklenburg’s honeymoon period is over (Charleston City Paper).
• Mark Sanford fields questions from his youngest voting constituents at Stratford High (Post & Courier).

MISC

• Man shot in the face during altercation outside Charleston strip club, suspect charged (Post & Courier).
• Group seeks end to violence in Lowcountry (Live 5 News).
• Next summer’s total eclipse already creating a buzz in Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Armed robbery reported in North Charleston (ABC News 4).
• Restaurant job helps North Charleston man succeed after homelessness (Post & Courier).
• Facebook message to girl’s mother leads to sex crimes charges for Summerville man (ABC News 4).
• Emily Anna was strangled to death by her boyfriend. Now, her mother is pushing to make strangulation a felony in S.C. (Post & Courier).
• Lawsuit over Silicon Valley currency startup spills into Charleston (Post & Courier).
• County, Coast Guard crews search for dog missing in Mount Pleasant marsh (ABC News 4).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: ABC News 4’s Andy Paras (HCS).
• Woman dies after being shot at South Carolina gun range (Post & Courier).

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