NATIONAL TOP STORY
- Shooting at Fort Hood Military Post in Texas (Al Jazeera America).
TOP STORIES
FOOD/DRINKS
- Mike Lata's Fresh Culinary Philosophy (Austin Food & Wine Festival).
- Egan & Sons delivers on posh pub fare (Charleston City Paper).
- O-ku will open at 10:30 am on Saturday for the Bridge Run. The restaurant will have food/drink specials including $6 Sriracha Bloody Marys, $6 sake bombs, and $10 bento boxes (Facebook).
- Get A Brew Attitude (Yelp Charleston).
- Liquid Assets: What's happening on the beverage scene (Post & Courier).
- In Park Circle, Orange Spot’s house-made Butterscratch soda inspired by Harry Potter’s butterbeer (Post & Courier).
- Edmund’s Oast Peanut Butter and Jelly Beer (Post & Courier).
- Family Circle Cup invites you to “Slam” down its cold brew (Post & Courier).
- East Bay Street bars holding out hope one year after fire (Live 5 News).
BRIDGE RUN
- Prepping for the Bridge Run Expo (ABC News 4).
- Nature vs. Music: Picking the perfect Bridge Run playlist (ABC News 4).
SOUTHERN CHARM
- Patricia Altschul's moneyed connections (Muckety).
- Thomas Ravenel of “Southern Charm” sells Charleston home for $3.3M (Post & Courier).
- Southern Charm: The One Where Whitney’s the Moral Compass? (McKenzie Wild).
POLITICS/POLICY
- S.C. House backs off proposed merger, offers new University of Charleston (Post & Courier).
- S.C. House passes CBD oil bill, a narrow medical marijuana exception (Post & Courier).
- SC House passes law aimed at reducing DUI deaths (Live 5 News).
- Battle over natural birth centers heats up again (ABC News 4).
- S.C. Senate panel advances bill intended to improve DSS transparency (Post & Courier).
- SC bill seeks to strengthen reporting on dead kids (ABC News 4).
CofC
- Donors concerned about College of Charleston presidential search process; Faculty Senate votes ‘no confidence’ in board (Post & Courier).
- Rep. Garry Smith takes on CofC student on Twitter (Charleston City Paper).
- Donors concerned about College of Charleston presidential search process; Faculty Senate votes ‘no confidence’ in board (Charleston City Paper).
- Stegelin: Changing scenery at CofC (Charleston City Paper).
- College of Charleston's African studies program wants to commemorate the Rwandan genocide anniversary through film (Charleston City Paper).
- Daniel Ravenel voted off College of Charleston’s board by state legislators (Post & Courier).
MISC