TOP STORIES
FOOD
- Big Belly nears opening date (Post & Courier).
- Charleston Place offers wine camp discount to locals (Post & Courier).
- Summer suppers: Great restaurant patios – includes Kitchen 208 (USA Today).
- Cooking at Zero George; Local Angus Beef Dinner (Eater Charleston).
- SOL Presents Tequila Thursday Happy Hours (HCS).
- Shrimp season expands in South Carolina (ABC News 4).
- EVO Pizzeria's Summer Produce Dinner Set for June 30th (HCS).
POLITICS
- An outline for your busy voting day with local elections all across the tri-county area (ABC News 4).
- US Sen. Graham seeks to fend off tea party in SC (ABC News 4).
- ‘We will no longer educate children’ – mistaken Nikki Haley tweet goes viral (Post & Courier).
- 12 candidates running for SC Education Superintendent despite limited powers (News 2).
- Zais: Those who say SC will keep Common Core ‘have never read the standards’ (Post & Courier).
- Lawmakers frustrated with Charleston County School District (News 2).
- Folly Beach police chief takes chief’s job in Newberry (Live 5 News).
CHARITABLE/DO-GOODERS
- Dana Beach: Environmental Crusader (Charlie Mag).
- Community activists working to curb violence in the Lowcountry (News 2).
- RiverDogs Accepting Nominations for HOPE Week 2014 (Charleston RiverDogs).
- ‘Near death’ green sea turtle brought back to health, ocean (Post & Courier).
ENTERTAINMENT
WEATHER
- Heat, humidity could spawn thunderstorms, hail throughout South Carolina (Post & Courier).
- Red Cross: Make preparations now for hurricane season (News 2).
SPORTS
- Jadeveon Clowney plans to buy mother ‘whatever she wants’ after signing $22 million contract (Post & Courier).
- Former Gamecocks cornerback Victor Hampton signs with Cincinnati Bengals (Post & Courier).
- Clemson’s five 2014 NFL draftees command $30 million in potential earnings (Post & Courier).
- Former Gamecocks cornerback Ahmad Christian commits to Utah (Post & Courier).
- Max Schrock taking summer off to rest, does not require back surgery (Post & Courier).
- The ChuckTown BikeDown Goes Down on 6/22 (HCS).
- Jack is back: Clemson baseball coach Leggett to return in 2015 (Post & Courier).
- Gamecocks catcher Grayson Greiner agrees to contract terms with Detroit Tigers (Post & Courier).
MISC
- New filing reveals possible reasons behind Chris Latham’s sentencing postponement (Post & Courier).
- Ousted James Island Charter High School principal settles lawsuit (Post & Courier).
- Recognize these (alleged) Canebay Thieves? (Charleston Thug Life).
- Quintin's Close-Ups: Miss South Carolina Brooke Mosteller (HCS).
- North Charleston police say mom, 23, made up kidnapping story to explain nude photo with daughter (Post & Courier).
- Tickets now available for the Influential Women in Business Award Luncheon (SC Biz News).
- Discussion on DD2 bell schedule changes extended until December (ABC News 4).
- Hollings Cancer Center director accepts job in Arizona (Post & Courier).
- Fashion stylist Josh Ratliff, 23, found dead in downtown Charleston parking garage (Post & Courier).
- Search for car, people, who drove away from meth lab explosion in home (Live 5 News).
- Surfside Beach woman designs toilet paper wedding dress (Live 5 News).
- 82nd Airborne soldier dies on leave in St. Stephen (ABC News 4).
- Driver transported to the hospital after car crashes into tree in Charleston Co. (Live 5 News).
- Runaway teen’s photo pictured on missing, exploited kids website (ABC News 4).
- A Tribute to Sublime's Bradley Nowell Scheduled for 6/19 (HCS).