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Just a couple years ago, it was the sweet and yeasty scent of sourdough rye that wafted from the ovens at 1209 Broad St. in Augusta. In a few months, it will be the more fiery-sweet tang of roasting brisket: BBQ is coming to the building that once housed Sunshine Bakery.

“We’re excited. It’s something I feel like we do really well already,” said Havird Usry.

Usry, who with his father, Brad Usry, runs Fat Man’s Hospitality Group and its four brands – the original Fat Man’s Cafe, plus Southern Salad at 1008 Broad St., Sno-Cap Drive-In in North Augusta and, now, Bradley’s BBQ – said the new venture has already been turning at the group’s Enterprise Mill headquarters for nearly two years.

“We’re just going to be more equipped down there and have a spot to come visit us,” he said.

Sunshine Bakery closed in 2020 after more 70 years in business. Fat Man’s bought the property last fall, and with permits pulled this month for renovating it, the hospitality group hopes to have Bradley’s BBQ in there late this summer or early fall.

The past couple of years that Fat Man’s has catered Bradley’s have been a matter of perfecting the brand that will have to measure up to a notoriously choosey critic: this isn’t just a venture into BBQ; it’s a venture into BBQ in the South.

“I don’t think there can be any weaknesses,” Usry said. The meats, the sides, the sauces, “There’s always going to be a food critic when it comes to barbecue in the South.”

It’s also a venture into operating a restaurant that has a full bar, something Fat Man’s hasn’t done before.

“We’ll have some different ways to hang out, not just come in and grab a meat-and-two or meat-and-three during lunch. I mean, this is going to be six days a week, lunch and dinner,” Usry said. “I think for downtown, it’s really necessary to create the volume you need for a good business.”

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While the Bradley’s BBQ brand has been slow turning for upward of 24 months, and the full bar is a new option for the group, this is still a notably Fat Man’s venture in that it carries on the group’s tradition of investing in properties — or brands — that resonate with the life here of the past several decades.

Fat Man’s Cafe has a legacy that stretches back to 1948 when Havird’s grandfather, Horace Usry, got it going as just a small part to his larger holiday store. When the retail end of the business closed in 2010, Fat Man’s relocated to the historic Enterprise Mill.

With the Usrys’ second investment — their “clean greens in the dirty South,” Southern Salad — Fat Man’s was able to leverage historic preservation tax credits when renovating the building at 1008 Broad St.

And Sno-Cap... when the Usrys bought it in 2019, it had already been a drive-in fixture in North Augusta for 50 years.

“We try to look for projects that are more historically geared and/or have some nostalgia to them, whether it is the building itself or the brands we look for and what we design,” Usry said.

The group is now working with Historic Augusta on getting historic preservation tax credits for upcoming renovations at Sunshine Bakery.

The idea, Usry said, is to build an ambience that’s “almost kind of a lighter tavern-ish sort of feel” but with some darker elements, too, something “very rustic that fits with the barbecue theme.”

11:13 A.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello. (Applause.) Please, si- — thank you. (Applause.)

Thanks for bringing me home. (Laughter.) You all think I’m kidding.

For the longest time, when I was a young public defender and a United States Senator, I went to — if you’ll excuse me — an AME church — I apologize — (laughter) — with Reverend Beaman.

You brought it all back, Rev.

REVEREND GRAHAM: Amen. (Laughter.)

THE PRESIDENT: I’ll tell you what, the man can preach, can’t he? (Applause.)

To the whole congregation, I’m genuinely honored to be here. I sincerely mean that.

And I’m especially honored to have one of your own working with me, your former mayor running things for me in Washington, D.C. (Applause.) And he was baptized here and married here.

And A’ja Williams [Wilson] is from here. (Laughs.) (Applause.) Can that woman play basketball. Whoa. That’s the only reason I was coming. I thought she was here. (Laughter.)

I’m only joking. I know she’s not. I’m going to get in trouble with my wife if I keep fooling around. (Laughter.)

But I want to thank Steve for his friendship and his leadership.

You know, it’s a covenant we have with each other that comes from a — from the commands of scripture: “Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and all thy mind and all thy soul. Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Easy to say but really hard to do. Easy to say but hard to do.

But in those commands is the essence of the gospel, is the essence of what I believe to be the American promise. And I mean that sincerely.

You know, we’re unique in all the world — America. We’re the only country that is formed not based on ethnicity, based on geography — based on an idea — an idea — and I mean this sincerely — the only country in the world. An idea we’ve never lived up to, but we’ve never walked away from. That “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights” — life, liberty, et cetera.

It’s an idea that we can’t abandon. And some want to see it abandoned.

In my life, I’ve tried to walk my faith. Like I said — I was kidding with Jim — I — I’d always go to 7:30 mass at St. Joe’s, which is a — a church built — a Catholic church built by indentured serv- — Irish servants working for the DuPont family. It’s kind of — kind of — it always kind of made me angry. The head- — the cornerstone of the church, 1848, says, “Built for our Catholics.” I never figured we were their Catholics. But any rate —

But all kidding aside, then I’d go to 10:30 mass — 10:30 service at — with Reverend Beamon and — during the Civil Rights era, when I was working hard as a young man as a public defender.

And, you know, you said it, Rev. My — my mother would say, “You got to be who you say you are. You got to do what you say you’re going to do. Just get up. Just get up.” And that’s what I tried to do: tried to walk the — my walk of faith.

But here’s what I learned, as many of you might have learned as well: We’re all imperfect beings — all of us. And we don’t know where fate is going to take us or when it’s going to take us. It can, like many of you, sn- — and me, snatch an entire family from your grip with an accident.

But we can do our best to seek the light and the hope and love. You know, from where I come from, that’s the power of faith. That’s the power of faith. That’s the power, as I was saying to the Rev outside when we — when — before he invited me in, that’s what the Black Church has done for American — Black Americans for their — I mean, imagine what would have happened would there been no Black Church all those periods of darkness.

Well, you give us a mountaintop. You give us a promised land. You give us a dream and a faith that we shall overcome, we can overcome. You know, and you push us toward a more perfect union — you really do — to bend the arch of the moral universe toward justice together. And what a gift to the nation and the world you’ve been.

Your prayers mean everything. And they’re — we’ve — in my church, we’ve taken the 22nd Psalm and turned it into a — a hymn, basically. It says, “May he raise you up on eagle’s wings and bear you on the breath of dawn, make the light to shine on — upon you. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand.”

That’s my wish for all of you.

Thank you for being so good to me. (Applause.) I appreciate it very much.

1:19 A.M. EST

COLUMBIA, S.C. – It is going to feel more like January for the new work week with several sunny days.

First Alert Headlines

· Winds will decrease tonight with lows in the lower 40s.

· Plenty of sunshine with seasonable temps Monday and Tuesday.

· A weak low brings the chance for some showers Wednesday.

First Alert Summary

In the wake of our cold front last night the winds have been whipping across the Midlands today with gusts over 30 mph.

The winds should finally die down tonight allowing our temperatures to cool off as lows will dip into the upper 30s to lower 40s.

High pressure will build over the region Monday creating plenty of sunshine for the Palmetto state with temperatures closer to seasonable levels in the upper 50s.

Winds will still be a touch breezy Monday afternoon with gusts up to 20 mph.

Tuesday morning will be quite cold with lows near freezing in the lower 30s.

After the cold start highs will again be on the cooler side as we will top out in the mid to upper 50s Tuesday afternoon under mostly sunny skies.

Wednesday has a weak upper level system will dive down over the Carolinas bringing lots of clouds and a few scattered light showers throughout the day with temperatures only topping out in the mid 50s.

Another high pressure system pushes into the region to wrap up the work week and with this high coming in from the west our temperatures will warm up a little bit with highs back closer to 60 on Thursday and we should get into the low to mid 60s on Friday.

First Alert Forecast

Tonight: Winds dying down and cooling off with lows dropping to near 40.

Monday: Sunny skies and breezy. Highs to the upper 50s.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Highs will be in the upper 50s.

Wednesday: Rather cloudy with a few light showers. Rain chance about 30%. Highs in the middle 50s.

Thursday: Mostly sunny skies with highs near 60 degrees.

Friday: Mix of sun and clouds. Milder with highs in the low to mid 60s.

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CENTRAL — When Jordan Tate moved to town, he wanted to make an impact on the community he now calls home.

With his latest and largest mural installation during Central’s Trick or Train event, the Sacred Kingdom Tattoo shop owner has done just that.

“I’m trying to make an impact and make my presence felt in the area — in a good way,” Tate said. “Tattooing can come with a stigma, and I’m trying to break that. I’m a firm believer in Christ, and our family isn’t the same as ‘typical tattoo folk,’ whatever that means.”

His tattoo shop, the walls filled with his own charcoal and watercolor art, sits on the corner of Watkins and West Main streets, across from the bright blue Bangkok Street Foods.

During his drives to and from the shop, he spotted the plain white façade of Carolina’s Juice Bar, just a few stores down from his own. It sits back off the road and could use a little pop, he thought.

He’d always been a doodler, a drawer, as a boy, he said. He found his love for tattooing and did an apprenticeship in California, even having his tools shipped overseas during one of two deployments while he was in the Navy.

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Calling on his lifelong art skills and a bit of inspiration from his uncle’s murals, he came up with a vibrant produce-heavy design and approached the owners. They said yes, and Tate got to work with his spray paints.

That was in March, and his artwork now graces five public buildings, private residences and dugouts — and he’s just getting started.

He hopes the pop of color benefits the local shops he’s painting and makes the town a place people want to visit and hang out. Bringing new life to older buildings is just a perk of being able to create on a large scale for Tate.

Tech Shack owner Ireland Pfeiffer easily spotted the fruits of Tate’s labor at Carolina’s and quickly set up a consultation for a similar installment.

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“I get the comment all the time, ’I never knew you guys were here,” she said. “Since I’ve had it, I’ve had people come in and say, ‘How long have you guys been here? I’ve never noticed you.’ Then I get to say, ‘We’ve been here 15 years.’ So it’s definitely getting the job done.”

The sunset scene on Mullinax Tree Service’s building was a similar process. Tate drove by, saw the perfect place for a sunset scene and quickly sent his draft to owner Will Mullinax.

The gray wall had seen its last days.

The back-and-forth of the mural design process is similar to tattooing, Tate said. Once a final decision is made, there are fine lines, shading and saturation components similar to the work he does inside Sacred Kingdom.

“I still get to create and have that freedom, but I’m moving around and I’m not sitting there hunched over like a tattoo,” he said. “I get to climb up ladders and I’m outside, the kids can do it with me and it’s just kind of a whole different experience.”

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Central is where he, his wife, Chelsea, and their three — soon to be four — young boys are putting down roots after their California-to-Charleston relocation wasn’t the best fit. After a visit to the Upstate, they knew where they wanted to call home.

“I opened a tattoo shop in Powdersville, and we bought a home in Six Mile — that’s how we really found Central,” he said. “That’s when I closed the Powdersville shop and moved it here. It’s a great community.

“You know, we’re transplants from California, so it’d be easy for them to not be so welcoming, but they are awesome.”

Tate’s work can be seen on his website, sacredkingdomtattoo.com, or on Instagram @sacred.kingdom.

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SC Upstate Spartans @ NC Central Eagles

Current Records: SC Upstate 3-5, NC Central 4-4

The SC Upstate Spartans will head out on the road to face off against the NC Central Eagles at 3:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium. SC Upstate might want some stickum for this match since the team gave up nine turnovers on Wednesday.

Last Wednesday, it was a hard-fought match, but the Spartans had to settle for a 72-70 defeat against the Chanticleers.

Even though NC Central has not done well against Coastal Carolina recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Sunday. The Eagles walked away with a 70-58 victory over the Chanticleers.

The Spartans have been struggling recently, as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season. As for the Eagles, the last time they lost on the road was back back in November. Having now won three straight away contests, they've pushed their record up to 4-4.

SC Upstate is hoping to beat the odds on Saturday, as the experts think they're headed for a loss. Bettors picking them against the spread have some confidence (to put it mildly), as the team is sitting on a three-game streak of failing to cover when playing on the road.

This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: SC Upstate have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 33.2 rebounds per game. However, it's not like NC Central struggles in that department as they've been even better at 35.9 per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to find expert analysis of the match and other NCAA Basketball content.

NC Central is a 3-point favorite against SC Upstate, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 3-point spread, and stayed right there.

The over/under is set at 133 points.

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NC Central has won both of the games they've played against SC Upstate in the last 4 years.