United Way touts increase in reading scores
Students in five Beaufort County schools and two Jasper County schools participating in the United Way of the Lowcountry's Early Grade Reading Program saw increases in the reading portion of…Click to...
View ArticleRidgeland clinic added to those offering Tdap shots
A state clinic in Ridgeland has been added to a list of other area clinics offering free "Tdap" immunization shots new state regulations require for rising seventh-graders.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFriday's crime reports, Aug. 9
The following reports were released Thursday by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office:Click to Continue »
View ArticleJellyfish company owes money for Port Royal demonstration
A Beaufort electrical company says it still awaits payment for work done this spring for a business that wanted to bring a jellyfish processing operation to the area.Click to Continue »
View ArticleLt. Dan Concert leader: Ticket sales needed to avoid cancellation
The main organizer of the Lt. Dan Band Concert is reporting slow sales for the Sept. 14 show at The Citadel, but a cancellation is not inevitable, he said.Click to Continue »
View ArticleLady's Island family loses home to fire
A fire destroyed a Lady's Island house early Thursday, and by the afternoon, the community was rallying to help a man and his three teenage sons who lost their home…Click to Continue »
View ArticleHealth fair, back-to-school event Saturday
Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services and S.C. Primary Care will offer free health screenings for hypertension, diabetes, asthma and breast cancer during a health fair at Beaufort High...
View ArticleMexican drug cartels topic of council's talk
The World Affairs Council of Hilton Head will host a talk by Lawrence McElynn, chief judge of the Summary Court of Beaufort County, at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the community…Click to Continue »
View ArticleLiteracy Volunteers announces fall registration
Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry will hold fall registration for adult learners beginning Aug. 19.Click to Continue »
View ArticleRenee Burcin joins Curry Printing HHI
Renee Burcin has joined Curry Printing HHI Inc. as an account executive.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBluffton couple wins $200,000 in lottery
A retired Bluffton couple won $200,000 in the Carolina Cash 6 game this week.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSaturday's crime reports, Aug. 10
The following reports were released Friday by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office and the Beaufort Police Department.Click to Continue »
View ArticleNelems tapped to lead Bluffton business incubator
Bluffton resident David Nelems, founder and former president of an Atlanta-based technology company, has been chosen to lead the Don Ryan Center for Innovation.Click to Continue »
View ArticleLocal WWII veteran recalls atomic bombings during anniversary week
A "Little Boy" and a "Fat Man" changed countless lives 68 years ago.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBike ambassadors aid Hilton Head Island tourists, make paths safer
They patrol Hilton Head Island's bike paths, carrying a pouch of tools and looking for disoriented tourists.Click to Continue »
View ArticleNew group seeks commercial airline for Hilton Head Airport
A group of Beaufort County officials hopes to woo another commercial airline to Hilton Head Island.Click to Continue »
View ArticleConstruction begins on Crystal Lake boardwalk
When people tell Peggy Allard, president of Friends of Crystal Lake, they can't find the lake that will become part of a park, she tells them there's a good reason.Click to Continue »
View ArticleReality and the real world, 'Mountain Man' style
The way Eustace Conway sees it, there's the natural world, as exemplified by his Turtle Island Preserve in the Blue Ridge Mountains. And then there's the "plastic, imitation" one that…Click to...
View ArticlePilot in deadly Conn. wreck survived earlier crash
The plane accident that killed four people in a Connecticut neighborhood was not the first crash for the pilot, a former Microsoft executive who was taking his teenage son on…Click to Continue »
View ArticleLawyer: Other suspect in DEA killing may go free
Defense attorneys believe freedom is imminent for a second member of the trio of Mexican drug kingpins responsible for the 1985 slaying of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, one of…Click to...
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