Ridgeland News

The job markets in South Carolina and Beaufort County have had a rough summer, particularly for construction workers.

The least we could do is pop off a few fireworks. Or take a dolphin cruise, stage a WineFest, play silent movies in a tent to the strains of a visiting orchestra, send off a few King Neptune postcards, put on ...

Local tourism industry officials are reporting mixed results for this year's family vacation season, which is drawing to a close.

A 20-year-old Ridgeland man died instantly Sunday morning when the car he was riding in ran off Interstate 95 and skidded into a tree.

The family of the late Proctor R. Bright extends a most gracious appreciation. You stood with us.

Photo: Dye's Gullah Fixin's features home-cooked soul food, including fried chicken, macaroni and cheese and collard greens.

The South Carolina State Library's Center for the Book announces the recipients of the 2008 South Carolina Center for the Book Awards for Writing, Teaching and Literary Arts Advocacy.

In this file photo, John Giljam, co-owner of Cool Amphibious Manufacturers International, takes a Hydra Spyder for a spin on a private lake in Hardeeville.

The Forgotten Sons, a motorcycle group of active-duty Marines, will hold a group motorcycle ride Saturday to raise money for the Beaufort County Humane Association of the Lowcountry.

Proctor Bright was everything in life he was not supposed to be. He was born poor and black in the Deep South, where Jim Crow society said he would amount to nothing.

The lessons Mary Bright wants to impart from her father's tragic and untimely death have more to do with how he lived, rather than how he died.

Beaufort County may end Sunday hours at its 12 trash and recycling drop-off centers, a move not expected to be popular with many residents.

The state Department of Transportation will start making contractors promise they're not hiring undocumented workers almost a year before a new state law requires it.

The Jasper County Council's proposed ban of sagging pants could have been on the books by Monday, but the council's chairman has put the brakes on the proposal so it could be studied further.

A 15-year-old boy charged with killing Ridgeland mechanic Proctor Brightcq crept into the World War II veteran's house, woke him from a deep sleep and beat, shot and slashed the 86-year-old man's throat, ...

A 15-year-old boy charged with killing Ridgeland mechanic Proctor Brightcq crept into the World War II veteran's house, woke him from a deep sleep and beat, shot and slashed the 86-year-old man's throat, ...

A 15-year-old boy charged with killing Ridgeland mechanic Proctor Brightcq crept into the World War II veteran's house, woke him from a deep sleep and beat, shot and slashed the 86-year-old man's throat, ...

A 15-year-old boy charged with killing Ridgeland mechanic Proctor Brightcq crept into the World War II veteran's house, woke him from a deep sleep and beat, shot and slashed the 86-year-old man's throat, ...

A 15-year-old boy charged with killing Ridgeland mechanic Proctor Brightcq crept into the World War II veteran's house, woke him from a deep sleep and beat, shot and slashed the 86-year-old man's throat, ...

A 15-year-old boy charged with killing Ridgeland mechanic Proctor Brightcq crept into the World War II veteran's house, woke him from a deep sleep and beat, shot and slashed the 86-year-old man's throat, ...