TOP STORIES
FOOD/BEV
- Trattoria Lucca and Coda del Pesce Ready to Celebrate the Holidays (HCS).
- Have you visited Extreme Akim’s Kingdom Bar & Grill yet? (Charleston City Paper).
- Libations – A toast to winter with Megan Deschaine (Elysian).
- The Glass Onion Celebrates the Holidays with Special Events and Offerings (HCS).
- James Island’s Stereo 8 closes its doors (Charleston City Paper).
- Chef Josh Keeler’s 492 redux is mostly on point (Charleston City Paper).
- Henrietta's Searching For New Executive Chef (Eater Charleston).
- How Chef Emily Hahn Landed on ‘Top Chef' (Eater Charleston).
- Neighborhood Spotlight: North Charleston (Yelp Charleston).
- Christmas in Charleston: 16 Great Choices for Dining Out (Eater Charleston).
- Sherry’s fortunes still flagging in Charleston (Post & Courier).
- Putting new kitchen equipment to the test with old recipes (Post & Courier).
- Restaurants learn how to warm up ice cream for wintertime (Post & Courier).
ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS
- At 96, Eleanor Ann Spradlin is still a South Carolina Stingrays super fan (Post & Courier).
- Rick Springfield Returns to the Charleston Music Hall in May (HCS).
- Charleston shopping event expects largest crowd ever (Post & Courier).
- Group Tickets for Riley Park Club Now Available (MiLB).
- Shop Like a Man at Gwynn's of Mount Pleasant (HCS).
- How Art Thou Jazz Lounge presents national acts once a month (Charleston City Paper).
- Gamecocks assistant Shawn Elliott named head coach at Georgia State (Post & Courier).
- After knee injury, Derek DeBlois poised to return to Stingrays lineup this weekend (Post & Courier).
POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS
- Lindsey Graham, Democrats plan probes of Russia hacking (CNN).
- South Carolina health care leaders discuss future on Obamacare on Capitol Hill (Post & Courier).
- Anti-LGBT creationist Kevin Bryant could soon be first in line to become governor (Charleston City Paper).
- South Carolina women plan to board a bus to the Women’s March on Washington (Charleston City Paper).
- Karl Rove scolds Trump over Boeing comments (The Hill).
- Quintin’s Close-ups: Dot Scott & Rev. Joe Darby (HCS).
- NASA Chief Bolden to Speak at College of Charleston Winter Commencement (CofC).
- We should welcome and encourage women to run for local office (Charleston City Paper).
- Security officer accused of assaulting girls at D.P. Cooper Charter School (ABC News 4).
MISC
- Escaped inmate accused of stabbing officer arrested at Lexington school (ABC News 4).
- Historic Charleston Battery house sells for $6.2 million (Post & Courier).
- Manatees rescued from Cooper River (News 2).
- Ladson shaken as Indonesia recovers from earthquake; Puerto Rio, California feel rumbles (ABC News 4).
- With so many eyes on the street, justice today might rely only on a video (Charleston City Paper).
- Confusion over beer money lands North Charleston man in jail (ABC News 4).