TOP STORIES
FOOD/BEV
- 13 Restaurants and Bars in Charleston to Watch March Madness (Eater Charleston).
- Bertha’s and FIG make Eater’s 38 Essential Southern restaurants list (Charleston City Paper).
- James Island gains a fast/casual spot with Hen and The Goat (Charleston City Paper).
- Swig & Swine Summerville Hosts Charitable “Thank You” Party on Sunday (HCS).
- Customers aren’t bugging out over Pancito and Lefty’s guac (Post & Courier).
- The Granary Restarts Brunch With $4 Mimosas (Eater Charleston).
- Afternoon tea finds a home at Twenty Six Divine (Post & Courier).
ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS
- Charleston’s Bill Murray is having a better year than you are (Post & Courier).
- Just hours after Carmike sells property, James Island movie theater closes after nearly 30 years (Post & Courier).
- 27th Annual Folly Beach Sea & Sand Festival Scheduled for April 7 & 8 (HCS).
- Darius Rucker debuts wax figure in Nashville (Live 5 News).
- The Charleston Museum presents a one-off exhibit each month, from samurai suits to exotic insects (Charleston City Paper).
- Racing down memory lane: Riley looks at 40 years of the bridge run (ABC News 4).
- ETV Endowment and SCETV host free public preview screening of The Great War (Charleston City Paper).
- Quintin's Close-Ups: T.J. Phillips and Jessica Chandler (HCS).
- Gamecocks don’t consider themselves the underdog headed into Sweet 16 game with Baylor (ABC News 4).
- South Carolina freshman point guard Tyasha Harris ‘calm, cool, collected’ as Gamecocks face Quinnipiac in NCAA’s Sweet 16 (Post & Courier).
- Wild Dunes Resort Debuts Young Executive Memberships (HCS).
- Ric Flair scheduled to appear at S.C. BBQ Shag Festival (SCNOW).
POLITICS/GOV/SCHOOLS
MISC
- Patriots Point beefing up security measures for Yorktown visitors (Post & Courier).
- On-demand massage service Zeel to launch in Charleston this week (Post & Courier).
- New app considered ‘Uber’ for boats launches in Charleston (Live 5 News).
- Deputies looking for person who stole from Berkeley animal rescue center (ABC News 4).
- Arrest made in gas station shooting (ABC News 4).
- Colleton County Sheriff's Office searching for missing teen (Live 5 News).
- Teen charged in West Ashley vandalism (ABC News 4).
- Tropics stir early, cyclone possible off Southeast coast (Post & Courier).
- Tips lead to arrest of assault suspect (ABC News 4).
- Math symbol leads to suspect’s arrest in Mount Pleasant CVS robbery (Live 5 News).
- Expect heavy traffic on Hwy 41 as police respond to vehicle in marsh, car collision (Live 5 News).
- CPD: Man chased down, shot at ex-girlfriend (ABC News 4).
- Storage facility infested with rats, rarely inspected (News 2).
- Three convicted for sex trafficking throughout the Southeast (Live 5 News).
- Charleston-area firm’s execs, facing fraud charges, claim FBI agent misconduct (Post & Courier).