Rumors & Notes: 4/3/17 (AM Edition)

TOP STORIES

• Lady Gamecocks claim 1st national title with win over Mississippi State (ABC News 4).
  • HISTORY! South Carolina wins NCAA championship (Live 5 News).
  • Locals fans proud of South Carolina women’s basketball first national championship win (Live 5 News).
  • USC women’s national championship celebration to be held on Monday (News 2).
  • Bill Clinton congratulates Coach Staley, Gamecocks on National Championship title (Live 5 News).
  • Some undergrad classes at USC cancelled Monday following historic win (News 2).
  • USC students take to Thomas Cooper Library fountain to celebrate title (Live 5 News).
  • South Carolina men loses nail-biter to Gonzaga, 77-73 (ABC News 4).
• North Charleston trying to emerge from troubled times after Walter Scott shooting (Post & Courier).
• Car struck, ripped apart by train in North Charleston (ABC News 4).
• Truck went over Westmoreland Bridge; Rescue crews called to marsh (ABC News 4).

COOPER RIVER BRIDGE RUN

• Bridge runners react to American winning race for first time since 90s (ABC News 4).
• Bridge run winner and wife rake in big money at Cooper River Bridge Run (ABC News 4).
• Jen Rhines wins women’s master race of Cooper River Bridge Run (ABC News 4).
• Bridge Run participant has died from a heart attack, one of two suffered during 40th event (Post & Courier).
• Bridge run participant runs for more than just the experience, but for another (ABC News 4).
• Cooper River Bridge Run volunteers provide vital service (ABC News 4).
• Now that Charleston’s 40th Bridge Run is in the books, what’s in store the next 40?  (Post & Courier).

FOOD/BEV

• Parisian-inspired Cocktail Bar Coming to Upper King Street (HCS).
• The Dish: Charleston pitmaster John Lewis (CBS News).
• Many Lowcountry farmers markets open this week (News 2).
• Glass Onion Partners with Lowcountry Local First for Charity Tasting (HCS).
• Short Grain Takes Over The Darling Raw Bar (Eater Charleston).
• Where to Eat at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park, Home of the Charleston RiverDogs (Eater Charleston).
• Ditch the Happy Hour in Favor of Yappy Hour (HCS).
• Prepare to say “Arrivederci” to La Morra Pizzeria (Charleston City Paper).
• Wine Down Wednesday Returns this Month (HCS).
• Sober up: Small SC liquor shops hope court will reconsider (Live 5 News).
• Fast-growing pizza chain rises up in Mount Pleasant (Post & Courier).
• Circa 1886 Hosts Craft Beer Dinner in June (HCS).
• James Beard dinner is Farm to Table Event Co.’s latest win for Columbia (Post & Courier).
• Check Out the Gullah-Inspired Menu at Gentry Bar & Room (Eater Charleston).
• Holy Trinity releases 60th edition of record-setting Greek cookbook (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Mermaids Are Back at the South Carolina Aquarium (HCS).
• Battery Host “Punts & Pints” this Saturday (HCS).
• 1st round of Volvo Car Open begins today (ABC News 4).
  • Shelby Rogers in Monday’s line-up at Volvo Car Open (Live 5 News).
• Volvo Car Open wraps up qualifying rounds (ABC News 4).
• Charles Carmody brought Charleston Music Hall to life in past five years (Post & Courier).
• Spoleto Festival USA Presents Three Operas Spanning Nearly Three Decades (HCS).
• Exchange Club turns fun into funds for local non-profits (ABC News 4).
• Shape Up Charleston can help you get your beach body back (ABC News 4).
• Saving the bee’s knees at the Honey and Bee Expo (ABC News 4).
• Citadel advisor Stacy Pearsall to have photos featured in Smithsonian exhibition (Charleston City Paper).
• Sofar Sounds arrives in Charleston with plans for intimate gigs in private homes (Post & Courier).
• Charleston native Margaret Anne Florence brings music history to life in Sun Records (Charleston City Paper).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Charleston ports agency has put hundreds of thousands in embattled consultant’s pocket. But there’s no bids, no review, no contract. (Post & Courier).
• Trump’s budget proposal would gut South Carolina after-school programs (Post & Courier).
• Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley emerges as a fierce, but unnuanced, voice on US foreign policy (Post & Courier).
  • Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley insists Trump ‘has not once’ told her to stop ‘beating up on Russia’ (Post & Courier).
• For what it’s worth, Thomas Ravenel thinks John Tecklenburg is the nation’s worst mayor (Charleston City Paper).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Tony Lewis (HCS).
• Bennett development at Patriots Point gets first review from lawmakers (Post & Courier).
• First responders could get certified to take a guns on campus (Live 5 News).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Representative Lin Bennett (HCS).

MISC

• Police looking for answers in downtown assault (ABC News 4).
• Wreck, downed power line, and a sink hole closes Charleston streets (ABC News 4).
• Goose Creek man charged with impersonating U.S. Marshal (Live 5 News).
• Downtown hotel will soon offer what may be the most expensive room in Charleston (Post & Courier).

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