🌱 Wando Dollar Store Robbery + Rucker Sings At Bangkok Lounge

Morning, Charleston! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's what's happening today in town.

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First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 73 Low: 60.

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Here are the top stories today in Charleston:

1. Charleston police officers are searching for an armed robber who they say dragged a Dollar Store employee into the store then demanded money. The incident happened at the store on Clements Ferry Road in the Wando area on Thursday morning. Employees were setting up merchandise outside when a man approached one of them with a knife, then grabbed her around the neck and pulled her into the store. While the suspect was holding the knife and dragging the victim into the store, he said, "Don't say anything, give me everything." (Live 5 News WCSC)
2. It's not every day the person before you at karaoke is a Grammy-winning singer. Yet, a patron of the Bangkok Lounge had that exact experience when Darius Rucker decided to take the mic at karaoke earlier this week. In the bar's video, Rucker serenades the bar with Marc Cohn's "Walking in Memphis."(ABC NEWS 4)
3. The City of North Charleston will soon award bonuses to fully vaccinated employees to thank them for complying with the municipality's controversial vaccination mandate. City Council voted Dec. 9 to dish out $1,100 to staff members who have either gotten their COVID-19 vaccination shots or have been properly exempted from the vaccine policy, issued Sept. 1. (Charleston Post Courier)
4. Beginning in the new year, the Charleston County Public Library system is expanding weekday operating hours for most branches. (holycitysinner.com)
5. A day before the first scheduled hearing in the MUSC lawsuit against Trident Medical Center for intellectual property infringement, the former settled with six doctors originally listed as defendants. (Live 5 News WCSC)

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Today in Charleston:

• Take An Interactive Tour Of The Ultimate Smart Home (9:00 PM)
• High Ropes Experience - James Island County Park (9:00 AM)
• 'tis the Season Art Pop Up ( St. Julian Devine Community Center ) (11:00 AM)
• Challenge Course Adventures - James Island County Park (1:00 PM)
• Live Action TikTok Creator Tour (2:00 PM)
• The 4th Annual Christmas Bar Crawl - Charleston (4:00 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.