🌱 Coyote On Don Holt Bridge + Charleston Carriages Give Back

Happy Saturday, people of Charleston! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

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First, today's weather:

Pleasant with periods of sun. High: 71 Low: 51.

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Here are the top stories today in Charleston:

1. Animal Control officers with the Charleston Police Department (CPD) on Thursday were unsuccessful in their attempts to capture a coyote that made its way to the top of the Don Holt Bridge. CPD received multiple calls about a dog on the bridge shortly before 3:00 p.m; when officers arrived, they realized that the animal was a coyote. Officers and Animal Control blocked traffic in one outside lane and tried to capture the animal, but it ran away. The coyote ran up into a tarp that is above the roadway and remained there when the teams decided to call off the rescue effort. (WCBD News 2)
2. Three Charleston horse carriage companies are coming together to raise money for a local nonprofit that's fighting homelessness. The member companies of Charleston C.A.R.E.S. — Charleston Carriage Works, Old South Carriage Company, and Palmetto Carriage Works — will contribute 10 percent of today's sales to One80 Place. Each company will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. this Saturday. (holycitysinner.com)
3. After a heated debate that fell along partisan lines, the Charleston County Council has moved to require affordable housing on a county-owned Charleston peninsula property that's estimated to be worth $30 million. (Charleston Post Courier)
4. Though South Carolina has been able to avoid the worst of the supply chain crisis until now, there are now 25,000 import containers sitting at the Charleston ports — some of which have been there for over a month. (WTMA)
5. Charleston's own DJ NattyHeavy has announced the release of two children's books. (WCBD News 2)

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Today in Charleston:

• Holiday Reindeer Bell Hunt ( Hampton Park ) (All Day)
• Vacuna de Covid Gratis (9:00 AM)
• Cosmic Keys for Transformation with Jean Houston and Anneloes Smitsman (10:30 AM)
• Collagraphy Printmaking: Weekend Workshop w/ Susan Vitali (12:30 PM)
• Atardecer Llanero Familiar (2:00 PM)
• Paint & Sip @ Dashi Restaurant.: Vintage Christmas Truck ($35pp) (4:00 PM)
• Comedy Night at Southern Roots Park Circle with Chris Cope and Ray Money Jr (7:00 PM)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.