Dale News

Beaufort County has taken a significant step this week to improve the future for its most vulnerable children.

Police have arrested the boyfriend of a South Carolina woman who was killed with her 4-year-old son earlier this month.

Jeanine Mullen had an infectious laugh, inviting smile and big heart, family and friends said Saturday during the funeral for Mullen and her 4-year-old son, Waltfredo, who were found shot to death last week in their Dale home.

BEAUFORT -- A person is being questioned in the shooting deaths of a South Carolina woman and her 4-year-old son at their home.

A mother and her 4-year-old son are dead and her 2-year-old son is in critical condition after being shot at their home.

A Lowcountry woman and a four-year-old boy are dead after a Sunday night shooting in the Dale area, near Seabrook, in Beaufort County.

A couple were forced from a home Tuesday morning in Dale and into a car by two men - one armed with a gun and the other with a crowbar - while three children were inside the home, according to a Beaufort County sheriff news release today.

Pleas send items for Harley's column at least two weeks in advance. Fax to 843-706-3070 or e-mail to features@beaufortgazette.com. Area churches are celebrating fall by offering a feast for the soul as well as the senses through annual bazaars and festivals -- even a choir festival featuring singers from both sides of the Broad River.

Items for Harley's column should be sent at least two weeks in advance of the event via fax to 843-706-3070 or e-mail to features@beaufortgazette.com. Almost a year ago Beaufort Church of God Pastor Dwayne Strickland's spleen was ruptured, and he suffered a major concussion after his motorcycle collided with a car.

Beaufort County was awarded a $436,060 community development grant to extend water service and connect households in Dale, the S.C. Department of Commerce announced Monday.

State Sen. Tom Davis learned Gov. Mark Sanford had a year-long, extramarital affair just hours before it was publicly announced Wednesday.