Parris Island cancels 4th of July events
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island has canceled its annual 4th of July celebration, citing the across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration.Click to Continue »
View ArticleLecture about Civil War-era U.S. Colored troops to be held Friday night
The Mitchelville Project and Hilton Head Island Land trust will host a lecture at 5:15 p.m. Friday about the legacy of the U.S. Colored troops who served in the Civil…Click to Continue »
View ArticleCounty rejects CenturyLink's contract protest
Beaufort County has denied a company's request to reopen bidding for a $2.35 million fiber-optic contract awarded last month to Hargray Communications.Click to Continue »
View ArticleS.C. Attorney General to speak to Hilton Head Republican group
S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson will speak at the Hilton Head Island 1st Monday Republican Lunch Group meeting at noon Monday at Aunt Chilada's Easy Street Cafe on Pope Avenue.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSanford to speak at Beaufort chamber
U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford will speak Monday at the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce's Business for Breakfast.Click to Continue »
View ArticleDespite cancer, Hilton Head business owner celebrates 30 years on island
In the 1970s, Russ Brown played for the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants and never imagined he'd make a life on an out-of-the-way island called Hilton Head.Click to Continue »
View ArticleChildren's consignment shop moves; new clothing store comes to Beaufort
An established Beaufort business is moving to a new location uptown, and a new business has moved into a vacant storefront downtown.Click to Continue »
View ArticleHilton Head motorists get fewer tickets, more warnings; town collects less money
Hilton Head Island motorists are getting fewer traffic tickets and more second chances from Beaufort County sheriff's deputies, resulting in less money collected by the Town of Hilton Head...
View ArticleMurder charges added for 2 arrested in connection with fatal St. Helena...
Two previously arrested suspects have been charged with murder -- and one man with killing his own brother -- in a fatal shooting last summer at a St. Helena Island…Click to Continue »
View Article166 graduate from Ridgeland-Hardeeville High
The 166 students of Ridgeland-Hardeeville High School's Class of 2013 graduated Friday in a ceremony at the school's football stadium.Click to Continue »
View ArticleQuakes kill 2 in Taiwan, injure 33 in Philippines
A strong earthquake jolted Taiwan on Sunday, killing two people and injuring at least 21 others and causing panicked shoppers to rush out of a shaking multi-story department store, officials…Click to...
View ArticleLong-awaited Bulger murder trial to begin in Mass.
James "Whitey" Bulger is no longer the feared man who swaggered around South Boston and later became one of the nation's most-wanted fugitives.Click to Continue »
View Article3-D printing goes from sci-fi fantasy to reality
Invisalign, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customized, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printer to pump out…Click to...
View ArticleEgypt: Court rules legislature illegally elected
Egypt's highest court ruled on Sunday that the nation's Islamist-dominated legislature and constitutional panel were illegally elected, dealing a serious blow to the legal basis of the Islamists' hold...
View ArticleKey witnesses expected to testify in Bulger trial
Some key witnesses expected to testify at the racketeering trial of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger, according to witness lists and statements made by prosecutors and Bulger's attorneys. These...
View ArticleSchumer: Immigration bill to pass Senate by July 4
A senator guiding an immigration overhaul bill through Congress says he wants the Senate to pass the measure by July 4 and predicts as many as 70 votes in support.Click to Continue »
View ArticleErdogan rejects 'dictator' claims
Turkey's prime minister on Sunday rejected claims that he is an authoritarian leader, dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe even as hundreds moved back into the landmark square that was…Click...
View ArticleHezbollah, Syrian rebels clash on Lebanese soil
Syrian rebels fought with the gunmen from the Hezbollah militia in a deadly clash on Lebanese soil, a security official and local media said Sunday, in the latest sign Syria's…Click to Continue »
View ArticleSouthern Calif wildfire explodes in size overnight
A fire that has burned at least five structures and is threatening about 1,000 others exploded in size overnight, burning dangerously close to two foothill communities north of Los Angeles.Click to...
View ArticleBluffton to host hurricane preparedness forum June 19
Bluffton Township Fire District and town of Bluffton officials will hold a hurricane preparedness meeting at 6:30 p.m. June 19 at Town Hall, 20 Bridge St.Click to Continue »
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