TOP STORIES
FOOD/BEV
- Bands, Burgers & Brews Burger Throwdown Gets Grilling on 5/22 (HCS).
- Bohemian Bull Unleashes Spring Menu (HCS).
- Madra Rua, The Sparrow named in wrongful death suit (Post & Courier).
- New grocer coming to peninsular Charleston (Post & Courier).
- Top Chef: Charleston to begin filming mid-May (Charleston City Paper).
- Stephen Colbert and Sturgill Simpson sing an orginal ode to Waffle House (Charleston City Paper).
- There's an outpouring of craft beer love on James Island (Post & Courier).
- Tin Roof Introduces 5 drinks under $5, For Your Day Drinking Needs (Eater Charleston).
- Cheers to a beautiful cliche: Patio-sipping cocktails (Post & Courier).
- Pink Bellies’ Animal Style Burger Banh Mi Inspired by Kendrick Lamar (Eater Charleston).
- Chocolatier lures men with beer (Post & Courier).
- Spaghetti dumplings on menu for Short Grain/AMS event (Post & Courier).
- Killer views, cocktails, and bar snacks are the main draw at The Watch (Charleston City Paper).
- Xiao Bao Biscuit Gets Fancy With Uni and Caviar (Eater Charleston).
- Meat allergy caused by a tick bite has arrived in the Lowcountry (Post & Courier).
- La Hacienda ordered to pay nearly $1.2M in back wages to Charleston area workers (Live 5 News).
- New generation of eaters is eschewing plates and mixing things up in big bowls (Post & Courier).
- Chef Raul Sanchez Offers Tacos and Quesadillas Downtown (Eater Charleston).
ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS
- SC Aquarium Offering After Hours Series For Adults (HCS).
- Widespread Panic's retirement from the road could signal end of an era for local fans (Post & Courier).
- Giddy Up! Race to The Alley’s Kentucky Derby Party (HCS).
- Piccolo Fringe announces eclectic lineup (Charleston City Paper).
- Meet the “Southern Charm” Season Three Cast (HCS).
- #NewCraig, a new ‘partnershep' and a not-so-new meltdown on the 3rd episode of ‘Southern Charm' (Post & Courier).
- Summerville baseball to honor the late Tripp Rabon on senior night (Post & Courier).
- Special Olympics Spring Games held Tuesday at Fort Dorchester (ABC News 4).
- Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden drops hooky, Heartbreakers-style solo LP (Charleston City Paper).
- ‘Constellations' at Pure Theatre explores unlikely attraction, intimacy (Post & Courier).
- Watch the Boeing 787 Dreamliner put on a show over the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town (Charleston City Paper).
- Welcome to Night Vale brings its suburban strangeness to the stage (Charleston City Paper).
POLITICS/SCHOOLS/GOV
- Nehemiah Action Assembly calls on local leaders for policing reform (Charleston City Paper).
- U.S. News & World Report ranks Academic Magnet as nation's No. 3 magnet school (Post & Courier).
- Harriet Tubman, new face of the $20 bill, has ties to the Lowcountry (ABC News 4).
- Quintin’s Close-Ups: Senator Marlon Kimpson (HCS).
- Petition looks at historical significance and drainage issues in West Ashley Circle (Live 5 News).
- Sen. Lindsey Graham has ‘hold' on bipartisan bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia (Post & Courier).
- College of Charleston Computer Science Students Unveil Solutions to Business Problems (CofC).
- City's about-face, lack of public input has some opposing ports agency's office sale (Post & Courier).
- Transgender students face challenges from Columbia and in the classroom
- Citadel to allow cadets with state permits to have guns in cars (Post & Courier).
- Nehemiah Action Assembly calls on local leaders for policing reform (Charleston City Paper).
- S.C. senator proves his conservative bona fides by introducing discriminatory bathroom bill (Charleston City Paper).
- S.C. Democratic Party chairman: Sanders' campaign rhetoric offensive to Southerners (Post & Courier).
MISC
- Funeral arrangement set for kayaker found at Botany Bay (News 2).
- A seat at history’s table: Charleston man repurposing city’s past (ABC News 4).
- Waterfront Park litter cleanup on Saturday (Post & Courier).
- Cops: Shoeless car vandal nabbed on James Island (Live 5 News).
- Roper St. Francis takes over Nason locations (ABC News 4).
- Kids hit the catwalk for Charleston Children's Fashion Week (Post & Courier).
- Firefighters prepare for 9/11 walk, hope for thousands to attend (ABC News 4).
- South Carolina entrepreneur to face no charges in shooting (AP).
- Mount Pleasant shooting victim limps to court to face suspect (Post & Courier).
- Report: Suspect found with N. Charleston police captain’s missing gun (Live 5 News).
- North Charleston man accused of raping female friend (Post & Courier).
- Police: 2nd suspect arrested in Mount Pleasant shooting (Live 5 News).
- The fight over medical marijuana hits home (Charleston City Paper).
- Quintin’s Close-Ups: Dana Beach (HCS).
- As marijuana becomes legalized, ganja-preneurs are growing their products (Charleston City Paper).
- Century Aluminum’s future dim after House subcommittee declines to take action (ABC News 4).
- Berkeley Co. fugitive wanted for child sex charges caught in NC (Live 5 News).
- Dozens of venomous snakes killed in house fire (News 2).
- Suspect arrested after chase, accident (ABC News 4).