Rumors & Notes: 1/20/17

TOP STORIES

• Sentencing scheduled for friend of Charleston church shooter (Live 5 News).
• Reward of $9K offered in Charleston woman’s hit-and-run death (Live 5 News).
• Machinist union files petition to vote on unionization at Boeing (News 2).
  • Boeing: Employees are smart and will keep things the way they are (ABC News 4).
• Charleston police net 30 suspects in undercover narcotics operation (Live 5 News).
• Lowcountry republicans celebrate Trump inauguration (Live 5 News).
  • Inauguration protests in North Charleston (News 2).
    • Lowcountry sees peaceful protests on Inauguration Day (Live 5 News).
  • College of Charleston grad named special assistant to president in Trump administration (Post & Courier).
  • South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley turns 45 at inauguration of 45th President Donald Trump (Post & Courier).
  • Mount Pleasant students put down book to see history made during Inauguration (ABC News 4).
    • Despite complaints, Lowcountry school districts say students not ‘forbidden’ from watching inauguration (Post & Courier).
  • Columbia’s landmark ‘Obama’ gas mart shrugs off Donald Trump’s inauguration (Post & Courier).
  • S.C. lawmakers attend inauguration, read different meanings into Trump’s big speech (Post & Courier).

FOOD/BEV

• Charleston cat cafe marks Trump inauguration with sign of the times (Post & Courier).
• Poogan’s Smokehouse Offering Super Bowl Takeout (HCS).
• 7th Annual Bo Roast & Chili Cook-off Scheduled for 1/28 (HCS).
• Tonight on Top Chef: Restaurant Wars break out (Post & Courier).
  • Was the blue team’s food really that bad? (Spoiler: Yes.) [Post & Courier).
• The Granary Moves to Coleman Boulevard With Familiar Flavors, New Faces (Eater Charleston).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Charleston RiverDogs & Palmetto Goodwill Partner for Jobs at The Joe Hire Me! Events (Charleston RiverDogs).
• With new pageant title, Charleston woman becomes a spokesperson for professional rodeo (Live 5 News).
• RiverDogs to Partner with CCSD for “Reading Around the Bases” (Charleston RiverDogs).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Off-duty North Charleston firefighter dies in crash with tractor-trailer (Post & Courier).
  • Statement regarding the death of a member of the NCFD (Facebook).
• CCSD Choice applications now available for 2017-2018 school year (Live 5 News).
• Gov. Haley hands out Order of the Palmetto to her staff, agency heads (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Councilman Mike Seekings (HCS).
• Andrews High student arrested after paper airplane hits teacher in eye (ABC News 4).
• Police: Lockdown at Westview lifted; Student told teacher someone had a gun outside school (ABC News 4).

MISC

• Coroner identifies man killed in multi-vehicle accident on Rivers Ave. (Live 5 News).
• MUSC Offers Research Opportunities for Smokers (HCS).
• 1000s of photos, children’s underwear found in Orangeburg man’s home in ongoing search (ABC News 4).
• Summerville police investigating report of shots heard (Live 5 News).
• Deputies: Woman arrested after allegedly trying to kill toddler (Live 5 News).
• Photos with a horse named Trump (ABC News 4).
• Hilton Head fisherman works to preserve ‘large number’ of great white sharks off SC (ABC News 4).

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