Ben Racusin, Hilton Head's first mayor, dies at 98
Benjamin M. Racusin, who pushed for "full government with limited services" as the Town of Hilton Head Island's first mayor, died late Sunday at the Fraser Health Center in The…Click to Continue »
View ArticleVan causes fire at Hardeeville car dealership
A van in one of the maintenance bays at a Hardeeville car dealership caused a fire Wednesday morning.Click to Continue »
View ArticleRoll Tide! Alabama No. 1 in AP preseason poll
Alabama will begin this season the way it ended the last two — No. 1.Click to Continue »
View ArticleRoyals INF Tejada suspended 105 games for PED use
The scourge of drugs and baseball claimed its third former MVP in a month when Miguel Tejada was suspended Saturday for 105 games after testing positive for an amphetamine.Click to Continue »
View ArticleEgypt: Islamists hit Christian churches
After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like "prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women working at the school…Click to...
View ArticleSF Bay Area building demolition fuels quake study
It took just seconds for a 13-story building overlooking San Francisco Bay to implode, spewing smoke and chunks of concrete as it crumbled into a heap of rubble. But U.S.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBolt is indisputably golden in 200 at worlds
Forget the race. With Usain Bolt, the real fun happens after he crosses the finish line.Click to Continue »
View ArticleDivers search Philippine ferry for dozens missing
Divers combed through a sunken ferry Saturday in search of dozens of people missing after a collision with a cargo vessel near the central Philippine port of Cebu that sent…Click to Continue »
View ArticleAP-NORC Poll: Parents back high-stakes testing
Often criticized as too prescriptive and all-consuming, standardized tests have support among parents, who view them as a useful way to measure both students' and schools' performances, according to...
View ArticleMore crews arrive to help battle Idaho wildfire
Fire officials say a wildfire pushed by strong gusts and fed by dry timber and brush made a push north and forced more evacuations near the Idaho resort town of…Click to Continue »
View ArticleLaVerne Greenleaf
LaVerne Greenleaf, 85, of Beaufort and widow of Roy Greenleaf, died Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.Click to Continue »
View ArticleJudy Stevenson
Judy Stevenson, 72, of Beaufort died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSanford to be in Beaufort County Tuesday and Wednesday
Rep. Mark Sanford will be in Beaufort County Tuesday and Wednesday as part of a week-long visit through his 1st Congressional District.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBeaufort County to offer emergency-response training
Beaufort County's Community Emergency Response Team will teach residents how to be self-sufficient during a disaster and provide emergency assistance to family and neighbors.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBluffton chamber plans networking event
NEO restaurant in Moss Creek Village will host an evening networking event for the Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSaturday's crime, Aug. 17
The following reports were released Friday by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office and the Beaufort Police Department.Click to Continue »
View ArticleWalterboro businesses seek opportunity in Beaufort
Walterboro business owners have been eyeing Beaufort lately as a city of opportunity, either relocating stores or opening second locations in the area.Click to Continue »
View ArticleGary Bensch files for Bluffton Town Council
Add one more candidate to the Bluffton Town Council list -- Gary Bensch filed Thursday for one of the two seats up for grabs in the Nov. 5 election.Click to Continue »
View ArticleUSC to ban tobacco use effective next year, USC Beaufort considering similar...
The University of South Carolina's Columbia campus will go tobacco-free Jan. 1, school president Harris Pastides announced last week, and its Beaufort branch might follow suit.Click to Continue »
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