TOP STORIES
- Charleston Picked as Best North American City (HCS).
- Author Pat Conroy diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (Live 5 News).
- Charleston Water System announces planned downtown water outages for Tuesday, Wednesday (Post & Courier).
- Mount Pleasant road reopens following police pursuit (Live 5 News).
- Charleston police investigating two robberies Saturday at Tent City (ABC News 4).
PRIMARY UPDATES
FOOD/BEV
- Annual Shem Creek Mardi Crawl Goes Down on 2/27 (HCS).
- Slow Food Charleston Announces Inaugural Snail Awards (HCS).
- Butter Tapas Opens in North Charleston; Peace Pie Brings Dessert Downtown (Eater Charleston).
ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS
- Free Admission at Select Country Parks on March 6th (HCS).
- Captain’s Comic Expo Soars into Mt. Pleasant this Weekend (HCS).
- Drink In PBR’s Dirty South x Southeast Music Festival This March (HCS).
- DockDogs aquatic competition makes a splash in Charleston (Live 5 News).
- Charleston area is a hotbed for ranked tennis juniors (Post & Courier).
POLITICS/GOV
- Bills would raise minimum wage, repeal right to work law (ABC News 4).
- Mt. Pleasant program targets town businesses claiming Charleston as their home base (Live 5 News).
- Annual Governor’s Tourism Conference opening in Charleston (ABC News 4).
MISC
- BCSO arrest security guard they say claimed he was with SLED (ABC News 4).
- 10% of S.C. properties considered seriously underwater at end of 2015 (Charleston City Paper).
- Girl, 8, stable after being hit by car while running to catch bus (ABC News 4).
- S.C. gasoline prices continue to tumble, approach $1.50 a gallon (Post & Courier).
- Boeing donates money to Allen University in name of Rev. Clementa Pinckney (ABC News 4).
- Mount Pleasant Police searching for suspects who fled traffic stop (News 2).
- CARTA route changes in the works (Post & Courier).
- New Roper St. Francis Berkeley hospital expected to cost $113 million (Post & Courier).
- Quintin’s Close-ups: Betty Burch (HCS).
- Dream Wranglers Ranch in search of new home for rescued animals (ABC News 4).
- Community rallies around bullied 2nd grader (News 2).
- Dramatic video shows Cayce DPS officer shot during attempted arrest, suspect killed (Live 5 News).
- Charleston County Offers a Free Small Business Bonding Workshop for Small Business Owners (Charleston County).
- Joseph Floyd Manor fire displaces residents (Post & Courier).
- Family displaced after Valentine’s Day fire destroys home (Live 5 News).
- Bearing maker from Italy to set up shop in South Carolina (Post & Courier).
