Rumors & Notes: 5/14/17

TOP STORIES

• $25 million lawsuit: Fearing Walter Scott-like backlash, Charleston County officials misled public in deputy shooting (Post & Courier).
• 3 dead, 4 injured after Dorchester Road crash (ABC News 4).
  • 3 identified in fatal multi-vehicle Dorchester Rd. accident, others recovering (Live 5 NewS).
• South Carolina consulting firm’s ‘tentacles’ have created an ‘unprecedented’ political power structure (Post & Courier).
• Two saved, one possibly missing after boat capsizes (ABC News 4).
• Man arrested for downtown shooting death (ABC News 4).
• Marlboro County man charged with killing woman and kidnapping her 8-year-old daughter (ABC News 4).
  • Deputies: Unidentified body found, investigation into May 5th murder and kidnapping continues (Live 5 News).
• Mother charged in baby’s death denied bond (ABC News 4).

FOOD/BEV

• Earth Heart Growers Hosts Fundraising Event at Chico Feo (HCS).
• Sweet Belgium serves up Mother’s Day breakfast ideas (News 2).
• Everything There Is To Know About Buzzy New Workshop (Eater Charleston).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Memorial Day Concert Feature Lee Brice, A Thousand Horses, and more (HCS).
• Charleston’s Colbert & Rucker Celebrating Birthdays Saturday (HCS).
• A young Charleston potter with Down syndrome is ready for his close-up (Post & Courier).
• Pure Theatre to Present Two One-Man Shows During 2017 Piccolo Spoleto (HCS).
• Marcus Amaker Announces Creation of Charleston’s First Poetry Festival (HCS).
• Spoleto Festival Welcomes Back Jazz Series (HCS).
• Trio of Local Organizations Plan Kids Summer Camp (HCS).

POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS

• Early West Ashley revitalization concepts revealed Saturday (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Dr. Gibbs Knotts (HCS).
• Five health insurance companies once sold Obamacare policies in South Carolina. Now there’s just one (Post & Courier).
• Wando High School student charged with assault on an officer (News 2).
• Past students visit Stono Park Elementary before demolition (Live 5 News).
• Analysis: Did the Emanuel AME Church massacre push New Orleans to remove Confederate monuments? (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Representative Lin Bennett (HCS).
• Staying on top: Columbia getting aggressive about annexation (Post & Courier).

MISC

• Downtown Charleston’s tourist district continues to expand with changes on Cannon Street (Post & Courier).
• Experts say lead poisoning levels could be higher in children than we think; lead paint still prevalent in old Charleston homes (Post & Courier).
• When the largest container ship to ever visit the East Coast came to Charleston, a dolphin was there to greet it (Post & Courier).
• Police: South Carolina woman charged after hitting son who didn’t give her a Mother’s Day card (Post & Courier).
• Dee Norton Launches Multimillion Dollar Campaign, Announces Expansion to Mt. P (HCS).
• TheDigitel is going into archive mode (TheDigitel).
• 28 arrested, birds seized in Colleton cockfighting case (ABC News 4).
• Man arrested, charged with felony DUI in fatal McClellanville collision (Live 5 News).
• Check out the winner of our Mother’s Day Makeover Contest! (News 2).
• Think you lack the skills needed to work at Volvo? Think again (ABC News 4).

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