Rumors & Notes: 5/5/15

TOP STORIES

• Jason Stanhope wins James Beard award for Best Chef Southeast (Post & Courier).
• Police arrest 16-year-old charged in downtown Charleston purse snatching (Live 5 News).
• Hanahan man charged with murder in missing Summerville woman case (ABC News 4).
• Woman, 51, reported missing in North Charleston (Live 5 News).
• #LifttheLowcountry has already raised $3.5 million for nonprofits on Lowcountry Giving Day (ABC News 4).
  • Local non profit thankful for Lowcountry Giving Day (Live 5 News).

FOOD/BEV

• Revelry Brewing to Debut Summer BBQ Series with John Lewis (HCS).
• Steven Niketas’ quest to renovate a 125-year-old St. Philip St. hardware store into a new restaurant (Charleston City Paper).
• Charleston Culinary Tours Introduces a Distillery Tour (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Craft beer giant Deschutes considering Charleston for East Coast expansion (Post & Courier).
• Upcoming James Island Restaurant Screen Door Announces Impending Opening (Eater Charleston).
• Deadline passes for Food Truck O’Rama liquor license protests (Live 5 News).
• The Review: Charleston Grill (Charleston Mag).
• More Parking Spots for Saint Alban and Leon’s Oyster Shop (Eater Charleston).
• Edmund’s Oast to Host Benefit Dinner for Lowcountry Street Grocery (HCS).
• Johns Island produce stand, Rosebank Farms, to re-open later this month (Live 5 News).
• Mixson Farmers Market Opens on May 9 (HCS).
• Gibbes Street Party Features Top Restaurants; $5 Rosé at The Macintosh (Eater Charleston).
• Coda del Pesce Offering Mother’s Day Brunch at the Beach (HCS).
• James Islander rolls out Mitla Tortilleria (Post & Courier).

ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS

• Charleston in running with 6 other cities for NBA D-League team out of Charlotte (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Thousands attend North Charleston Arts Festival (Live 5 News).
• Southern Charm recap: The crazy trip to Delaware (Lowcountry Current).
  • Craig: It Really Felt Like a Slap in the Face (Bravo).
  • Delaware charms ‘Southern Charm’ stars (Delaware Online).
• Charleston Greek Festival Returns this Weekend for its 45th Year (HCS).
• Pat Conroy and Catherine Seltzer to speak at the Charleston Music Hall (Charleston City Paper).
• Win a Weekend at an IOP Beach House Courtesy of Mellow Mushroom (HCS).
• ‘Charleston County Parks’ app announced (Post & Courier).
• AVATAR-Inspired Cirque du Soleil Visits Coliseum in February 2016 (HCS).
• Sue Monk Kidd’s novel The Invention of Wings rediscovers the lives of important Charleston women (Charleston City Paper).
• Music Hall Schedules Several Movie Screenings (HCS).
• Enough Pie takes bold step into street arts with next Awakening event (Post & Courier).
• Frank Martin confirms three departures from USC team (News 2).
• Wando sailing team competing for national championship (Post & Courier).
• Soccer all-star rosters include 19 area players (Post & Courier).

POLITICS

• Turnout for Berkeley sheriff runoff under 10 percent (ABC News 4).
• Budget debate begins in Senate amidst noisy politics (Post & Courier).
• Huckabee camp names South Carolina campaign director (Post & Courier).
• DHEC holding hearings statewide on SC Health Plan (ABC News 4).
• SC Senate tentatively approves $7 billion spending plan (Live 5 News).
• South Carolina owes feds $1.6M for Medicaid mistake (Post & Courier).
• Gay leaders happy even with anti-discrimination bill failing (ABC News 4).
• South Carolina African-American Chamber urges black voters to `keep an open mind` (Live 5 News).
• SC House member expects to pay off ethics fines by fall (ABC News 4).
• Sullivan’s Island looking to fill council seats in Tuesday election (Live 5 News).
  • Robust turnout reported for Sullivan’s Island elections (Post & Courier).
• Quintin’s Close-Ups: Charleston County GOP Chairman Larry Kobrovsky (HCS).
• House buries Democrats’ call to lead the way on sexual-orientation protections (Post & Courier).
• Lawmakers propose to redefine Dorchester County coastal zone (News 2).
• George Pataki to visit Clemson wind turbine site Friday (Post & Courier).

MISC

• Coroner locates family of man whose body found in N. Charleston marsh (Live 5 News).
• Suspect to be charged with murder in case of missing Summerville woman (Post & Courier).
• Charleston doctor: New Alzheimer’s study could change future (ABC News 4).
• Wife of ex-CIA Director Petraeus to speak at Joint Base Charleston (Live 5 News).
• Berkeley County School Board reopens superintendent search (News 2).
• Nerdwallet ranks Ladson best place in Lowcountry for millennial job-seekers (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Two South Carolina companies win Dig South startup contests (Post & Courier).
  • Bidr auction platform wins $10,200, first place at Dig South pitch event (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• South Carolina’s first breast milk bank opens in North Charleston (Post & Courier).
• Former cop saves choking child in West Ashley (News 2).
• Yorktown receives $26,000 grant for engine room work (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• New developments into murder investigation of Lucas Cavanaugh (News 2).
• CCSD releases bell schedule proposal, associated costs for buses (ABC News 4).
• Hospital notifying patients of lost flash drive (Live 5 News).
• SCE&G Donates $150,000 to Roper St. Francis Hospital (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• Dog in guarded condition after found impaled on tree limb (ABC News 4).
• Emergency crews contain fire near Kapstone plant in N. Charleston (Live 5 News).
• I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: Life As a New Dad (Charleston Grit).
• $28.5M apartment complex to go up in Mount Pleasant (Charleston Regional Business Journal).
• CofC uses praying mantises for bug mitigation (News 2).
• Coroner identifies man found in St. Stephen canal (Live 5 News).
• Charleston boy named Children’s Miracle Network’s SC champion ambassador (ABC News 4).
• Charleston School of Law scales back graduation events (Post & Courier).
• Long-time barber hangs up the razor at The Citadel (Live 5 News).
• Charleston police: No victims found after shots reported on peninsula (ABC News 4).
• Deputies search for runaway Anderson Co. teen (Live 5 News).
• 1 dead in shooting in Beaufort County (ABC News 4).
• 3-year-old boy killed after being ejected from Bobcat loader (ABC News 4).

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