St. Helena water main break brings boil advisory
Some St. Helena Island residents are being urged to boil their water after a water main break in the Lands End Road area Wednesday, according to a press release from…Click to Continue »
View ArticleBeaufort County: Don't get complacent about hurricanes
With hurricane season set to begin this week, Beaufort County officials urged residents not to be complacent, even though it's been years since a hurricane landed near the county.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSuspect sought in Jarvis Park incidents
The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office is looking for a Hispanic male who used a pistol to threatened two women walking on a trail at Hilton Head Island's Jarvis Creek Park…Click to Continue »
View ArticleSpanish Wells Road-Bluebell Lane sewer work to start Friday
The Hilton Head Public Service District will begin installing sewer service on Spanish Wells Road near Bluebell Lane and the Spanish Wells Business Center starting Friday, weather permitting.Click to...
View ArticleTwo Beaufort High seniors win National Merit Scholarships
Two Beaufort High School seniors were announced Wednesday as winners of National Merit Scholarships.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBeaufort County buys 42 acres, eyes trash transfer and recycling station site
Beaufort County has bought 42 acres in Okatie that could one day be home to a countywide trash and recycling transfer station.Click to Continue »
View ArticleGovernor's School brings digital summer camp to Beaufort County
Beaufort County middle school students will swap the traditional arts and crafts for developing mobile apps, as summer camp goes high-tech.Click to Continue »
View ArticleCommercial shrimp season opens today; Beaufort Co. shrimpers optimistic
Shrimp season officially begins at 8 a.m. today, and Larry Toomer of Bluffton Oyster Co. plans to be out on a boat so he is poised to drop his nets…Click to Continue »
View ArticleBeaufort County sheriff's captain to become new Sea Pines security chief
After 25 years at the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, Capt. Toby McSwain will step into a new role July 1 as Sea Pines' director of security.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFormer Jasper County Council chairman charged with assaulting student at school
Former Jasper County Council chairman Samuel Gregory was arrested last week for allegedly assaulting a student at Hardeeville-Ridgeland Middle School.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBody of missing Wimbee Creek swimmer recovered
The body of a Beaufort man who disappeared while swimming Monday near the Wimbee Creek Landing was recovered by authorities Wednesday morning.Click to Continue »
View ArticleCables replaced to fix polygraph machine used by Beaufort County Sheriff's...
Problems with a Lafayette polygraph machine previously used by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office were fixed by replacing cables that measured sweat, according to the Sheriff's Office.Click to...
View Article'German curse' no more for NYC Spelling Bee champ
New York City has its first Scripps National Spelling Bee winner in 16 years. Arvind Mahankali has never had a "knaidel," but he was able to spell the German-derived Yiddish…Click to Continue »
View ArticleFBI: Ricin letter to Obama sent from Wash.
Three poison-tainted, hand-addressed letters postmarked on the same day in Spokane, Wash., were mailed to President Barack Obama, a federal judge in Spokane and a post office in that city,Click to...
View ArticleIsraeli police: Jerusalem church vandalized
Israel police say an investigation is underway to find vandals who defaced one of Jerusalem's best known churches.Click to Continue »
View ArticlePhotos: Crowd welcomes hatchlings to Port Royal Cypress Wetlands
Seventy-five to 100 people were on hand recently to welcome the arrival of hatchling wading birds at Port Royals Cypress Wetlands. We've got photos of the folks who turned up…Click to Continue »
View ArticleVIM Hilton Head wins breast-health grant
The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program has awarded a one-year, $40,486 grant to Volunteers in Medicine Hilton Head Island to increase awareness about the importance of early detection of breast…Click...
View ArticleWorld Affairs Council to talk French culture
The World Affairs Council Hilton Head will hold the first of its summer forums June 5.Click to Continue »
View ArticleThursday's crime reports
The following reports were released Thursday by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office and the Beaufort Police Department:Click to Continue »
View ArticleWater-boiling advisory lifted
An advisory to boil water issued Wednesday for some parts of St. Helena Island was lifted Thursday afternoon, according a news release from the Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority and…Click to...
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