TOP STORIES
FOOD/BEV
- 5Church, a new restaurant from Charlotte, presses pedal on some dishes a little too hard (Post & Courier).
- Alton Brown Launches ‘Eat Your Science’ Tour in Charleston (Eater Charleston).
- Ryan's restaurant in West Ashley closes down for good (News 2).
- Fleet Fest Returns to Fleet Landing on 2/21 (HCS).
- CARTA adjusts schedule for restaurant workers (Post & Courier).
- Luke’s Craft Pizza Takes Over Ashley Avenue Address (Eater Charleston).
- Explore the Handsome Renovations at Charleston Favorite FIG (Eater Charleston).
- Sleeper burger at Burwell's (Post & Courier).
- Stereo 8 Names Tias Gerke as Executive Chef (Eater Charleston).
ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS
- 2nd Annual Brew HaHa Festival will be Tapped on 6/18 (HCS).
- Groundhog Day Concert performers reveal the shows they’d relive if they could (Charleston City Paper).
- Panthers assistant enjoys return to Super Bowl for first time since being a Citadel cadet (ABC News 4).
- Sold-out showdown: No. 1 UConn vs. No. 2 USC to draw a full house of 18,000 in Columbia (Post & Courier).
- RiverDogs Take on Pelicans in Exhibition in First Installment of Highway 17 Showdown (Charleston RiverDogs).
- PHOTO REVIEW: Colin Hay at the Music Hall (Charleston City Paper).
- St. Paddy’s Pawlooza Returns to Wannamaker County Park (HCS).
- Broken jaw doesn't change the way Stingrays' Patrick Gaul plays (Post & Courier).
- Touchdown with the Rusty Rudder this Super Sunday (HCS).
- Yonder Mountain String Band’s Adam Aijala was a metal head, but then he discovered weed (Charleston City Paper).
- The FollyGras Parade & Festival is Tomorrow (HCS).
- Thanks to residencies, artists have the freedom to follow their muse (Charleston City Paper).
- African American Heritage Festival cancelled (ABC News 4).
- The 13th Taking Flight Comic Book Show is Tomorrow (HCS).
POLITICS/GOV
- Officials: Summerville police wrong in withholding public information on sex crimes (Post & Courier).
- Plastic bag ban sought for Charleston; House bill would deny new bans (Post & Courier).
- North Charleston, Mount Pleasant police setting up safe zones for online purchases (ABC News 4).
- Quintin’s Close-ups: Kaye Koonce (HCS).
- Four properties along Shem Creek to be claimed by Mount Pleasant (ABC News 4).
- Chelsea Clinton campaigning for her mother in South Carolina (Post & Courier).
MISC
- Harper Collins publishing book by local authors about Emanuel AME history (ABC News 4).
- Local man collects water, fills a truck for Flint (ABC News 4).
- S.C. Aquarium's sea turtle hospital inspires (Post & Courier).
- Holy City Sinner Rides with CARTA (Storify).
- ‘It’s been 1003 days,’ says woman’s son after finding out case reclassified as a homicide (ABC News 4).
- Police: 8 arrested in N. Charleston prostitution sting (Live 5 News).
- Sheriff: `Likely more victims` of teen arrested for sex assault of girl, 13, boy, 12 (Live 5 News).
- Moped driver arrested after low-speed pursuit in Goose Creek (ABC News 4).
- Deputies: Lieber security guard arrested for assaulting co-worker (Live 5 News).
- MUSC student’s project helps young patients see better (ABC News 4).
- Quintin’s Close-ups: Dr. Kylon Middleton (HCS).
- Hundreds of pieces of chicken spilled in wreck in Jasper Co. (Live 5 News).
- Authorities say man died playing Russian roulette (ABC News 4).