Yemassee News

The S.C. Department of Transportation seeks public comment on a proposal to use federal stimulus money to resurface part of William Hilton Parkway from Shelter Cove Lane through Sea Pines on Hilton Head Island.

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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.

A Bluffton committee had the unpleasant chore Monday of paring $65,000 in requests to the only $37,252 generated by bed taxes.

A Yemassee man was arrested Friday night on Hilton Head Island after deputies chased him into an apartment complex and found cocaine and marijuana on him and 4.9 grams of crack cocaine hidden in a room, according to a Beaufort County sheriff report.

St. Helena's famous "church mice": This year's new handmade church mouse will be on sale at the bazaar.

A 43-year-old Yemassee man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Thursday after being found guilty by a Beaufort County jury of fatally shooting his teenage stepson during an argument in July 2007.

A man who died in a one-car wreck on S.C. 170 on Friday morning has been identified as Matthew Scott Mallet, 21, of Yemassee, according to Beaufort County coroner Ed Allen.

An observant Walterboro Public Safety Officer on routine surveillance reportedly identified a subject of an active burglary Tuesday night.

A Yemassee man is wanted in connection with an armed robbery Thursday afternoon.

Published: Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 7:52 p.m. Marines, listen up! It is that time of year again.

A horse pulling a tour carriage for Carolina Polo and Carriage Co. fell near the corner of Broad and Legare streets Thursday morning.

Hampton County Sheriff's Office made an arrest Sunday, following a Friday night double shooting which left one of two brothers dead and the other in critical condition at the Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia.

A Yemassee man was charged with murder Sunday after a shooting Friday night that left one of two brothers dead and the other critically injured.

An arrest is made after a double shooting that killed one man and left his brother in critical condition.

One person has died and another has been flown from the scene of a shooting on Tuliffiny Road outside of Yemassee.

One person has died and another was flown to a hospital from the scene of a shooting on Tuliffiny Road outside of Yemassee.

Editors Robert B. Cuthbert and Stephen G. Hoffius will sign books Saturday in Beaufort from 10 a.m. to noon at Beaufort Book Store and 2 to 4 p.m. at McIntosh Book Shoppe.

Serving up a good time! The Yemassee Shrimp Fesitval kicked off Thursday evening.

Once again, the time has come to join the fun, food and festivities.A The 16th Annual Yemassee Shrimp Festival will officially kick of Thursday, September 17, 2009.