Rumors & Notes: 4/1/17 (AM Edition)

TOP STORIES

• 40th Annual Cooper River Bridge Run Coverage (ABC News 4).
• Solicitor: Dylann Roof will plead guilty, avoid state trial in Emanuel AME church shooting (ABC News 4).
• First they found rats. Now, College of Charleston has discovered thousands of honeybees in a campus brick wall (Post & Courier).
  • ‘Ongoing’ rodent issue has closed another CofC dining facility (ABC News 4).
• Free bicycles given to every Pepperhill Elementary student (Live 5 News).
• Ladson teen arrested by feds for trying to join ISIS (Post & Courier).
• Infant shot, man dead after shooting on East Montague Avenue in North Charleston (ABC News 4).
• What one near-fatal overdose can teach South Carolina about the need for new drug laws (Charleston City Paper).
• 3 men injured in James Island shooting (ABC News 4).

FOOD/DRINK

• South Carolina’s liquor license law unconstitutional, high court rules (Post & Courier).
• Mercantile and Mash Starts Brunch Service Saturday (HCS).
• La Morra Pizzeria Departs for LA This Summer (Eater Charleston).
• Eat Local Challenge Bloggers to Follow (Lowcountry Local First).
• La Morra Pizzeria Returning to Edmund’s Oast (HCS).
• Check Out the Gullah-Inspired Menu at Gentry Bar & Room (Eater Charleston).
• Here are the 30 soft-shell crabs a Charleston man ate in two weeks (Charleston City Paper).
• More Than 20 Breweries on Tap for this Year’s Charleston Beer Garden (HCS).
• Crawfish-topped hot dogs, duck wing ramen, and Cracker Jack cotton candy burgers are all on the RiverDogs’ new menu (Charleston City Paper).
• Progress Spotted at Forthcoming French Restaurant Goulette (Eater Charleston).
• Celebrate PBR week at Rec Room, April 24-30 (Charleston City Paper).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Darius Rucker to be Featured on “CMT Hometown Heroes” (HCS).
• High Water Festival Announces Schedule (HCS).
• Why the best year in South Carolina’s filmmaking history might be its last good year (Charleston City Paper).
• The 45th Flowertown Festival Begins Friday (HCS).
  • More than 13k to feel impacts from 45th annual Flowertown Festival (Live 5 News).
• Watch the “Southern Charm Savannah” Trailer (HCS).
• Hank Williams Jr. Plays the Volvo Car Stadium in July (HCS).
• 5 things to know about the Cooper River Bridge Run (Live 5 News).
  • American Olympians competing in Cooper River Bridge Run (ABC News 4).
  • Veteran amputee on a mission to tackle Bridge Run 2017 (Live 5 News).
  • Many bike corrals off-limits before Saturday’s Cooper River Bridge Run (Live 5 News).
  • At 87, runner and volunteer Bill Boulter embodies spirit of Bridge Run (Post & Courier).
• Lowcountry Native Charlamagne Tha God to Host Book Signing & Talk (HCS).
• Charleston Friends of the Library to Host Pop Up $1 Book Sales (HCS).
• The Brick’s 4th Anniversary Fire Party is Going to be Hot (HCS).
• Friends of McLeod Host Spring Celebration on 4/7 (HCS).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s Yuriy Bekker (HCS).
• Lady Gamecocks advance to NCAA title game with win over Stanford (ABC News 4).
• 420 Festival Blows Into Town Next Month (HCS).
• The Royal American will Host Summer Shindig 2017 in June (HCS).
• Spend a “Night at the Races” in May (HCS).
• Itinerant Literate Books Hosts Independent Bookstore Day Event (HCS).
• SceneSC drops another killer compilation (Charleston City Paper).
• Multiple Businesses Hosting Fundraisers for Darkness to Light (HCS).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Charleston leaders consider ordinance to eliminate 86 potential future hotel locations (Live 5 News).
• Charleston City Council gives final approval to new carriage horse heat standards (Charleston City Paper).
• South Carolina House passes bill banning ‘dismemberment’ abortions (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Dr. Mel Goodwin (HCS).
• CCU cheerleading team suspended; cheerleader says anonymous letter alleged prostitution, misconduct (Live 5 News).
• County’s Consolidated 9-1-1 Center to Partner with Joint Base Charleston (Charleston County).

MISC

• From STDs to DUIs: Ranking the health of South Carolina counties (Charleston City Paper).
• New list names Beaufort County healthiest, Marion County least healthy in South Carolina (Post & Courier).
• Comcast to install 300 public Wi-Fi hotspots for Charleston-area customers this year (Post & Courier).
• 80-foot parking garage, hotel by the Ravenel Bridge in Mount Pleasant moving ahead (Post & Courier).
• Charleston-based USCG ship returns home after seizing 5 tons of cocaine (ABC News 4).

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