Ridgeland News

Stately live oaks and salt marshes aside, the rural Lowcountry owes much of its outward charm to a dirty little secret underground.

Saturday Nov 7th from 11 am til 4 pm, please come to Maranatha Farm's Open House for a free lunch cookout of burgers and hotdogs, chips, cookies and soft drinks.

Two former Hardeeville police officers pleaded guilty today to charges they illegally pocketed money during traffic stops, charges that stem from an investigation by the S.C. Law Enforcement Division.

Three candidates will run Tuesday for two, at-large seats on the Ridgeland Town Council -- the only race in Jasper County.

General Newton endorses local Tuskegee Airmen chapter The Hiram E. Mann Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen, Incorporated welcomed USAF retired four star General Lloyd W. Fig Newton as the keynote speaker for the organization's 10th Annual Ball/Awards Banquet on Saturday, October 24, 2009.

Please send items for Harley's column at least two weeks in advance of event. Fax to 843-706-3070 or e-mail to features@beaufortgazette.com. German native Edelgard Thiele and her husband, Dr.

Authorities are searching for a 31-year-old man they say illegally obtained a $20,000 truck - a scam he may have pulled off in other counties, according to the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

A Jamaican living on Hilton Head Island was killed when he was thrown from a pickup truck that struck a tree about 5 a.m. Sunday on Tarboro Road near Great Swamp Baptist Church, Jasper County Coroner Martin Sauls said.

A 19-year-old Blythewood man was killed late Friday night when he lost control of the truck he was driving, drove off the road and struck a tree on S.C. 462 in Ridgeland, Jasper County Coroner Martin Sauls III said Saturday.

Maranatha Farm announces the opening of "Hound Dog Heaven" a new section just for, well, hound dogs of course! Great family dogs like "Sport" will enjoy their own acres of woods and special toys for hunting dogs while they wait for their new homes.

The Jasper County School District has received $87,790 in federal stimulus money from the S.C. Budget and Control Board's State Energy Office for energy efficiency improvements at the Ridgeland and Hardeeville campuses.

Bond was denied Monday for a 16-year-old charged with killing an 86-year-old Ridgeland man in 2008.

The Oldfield Sports Club will host a Pet Adoption Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday on the club's front lawn.

It's First Saturday, and the public is invited to Maranatha Farm today for our Open House.

John and Angie Brinson celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on June 14 at the Atrium in Rainbow Retirement Community with friends and family.

What: "Blueprint for Victory: The True You -- Learning The Secret to Lasting Beauty, Intimacy & Love." When/Where: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct.

Easy Productions will celebrate its first anniversary and honor Deacon Elijah White at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Mount Carmel Baptist Center in Ridgeland.

One of Gospel music's most popular quartets, The Dixie Melody Boys, will be featured at the Ridgeland Baptist Church in Ridgeland, S.C., on Oct.

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A 42-year-old Ridgeland man was sentenced in federal court in Columbia on Thursday after twice being deported and twice sneaking back into the country, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for South Carolina.