Beaufort County News

Main Street Beaufort, USA, is wrapping up plans for free monthly movie nights and lunchtime concerts at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park -- family-friendly events that could quell recent complaints from residents that more free activities aren't held at the downtown green space.

The owner of Executive Golf Club in greater Bluffton says workers improperly cut down trees on his property last week as part of a project related to the extension of the Bluffton Parkway.

South Carolina senator Tom Davis released a statement Wednesday about the recent admissions from Gov.

Beaufort Police say a 22-year-old Grays Hill man employed at the Walmart on Robert Smalls Parkway in Beaufort helped his 19-year-old brother rob the store early Thursday at gunpoint.

About $200 million of earmark requests being mulled by Congress are targeted for military purposes in South Carolina, including for Beaufort County: $2.2 million to XRD Inc.

An archaeologist who's been digging at the Topper Site in Allendale County for 11 years is uncovering new evidence that could rewrite America's history.

The Arts Council of Beaufort County annual meeting will honor seven Beaufort County residents with the annual Jasmine Community Arts Award, each one a sculpture created by Lowcountry artist Hank D. Herring.

Debbie Whitson stood glued to her TV, her heart racing, as she heard the news that South Carolina Gov.

News of Gov. Mark Sanford's extramarital affair shocked elected officials throughout the area, who generally have a personal, if not political, fondness for the governor because of his connection to Beaufort County.

CNN's Campbell Brown had an interview just now with Tom Davis , the state senator and former Sanford aide whom, Brown noted, Sanford mentioned as often as he mentioned his wife.

Many people worry about the impact new homes have on our roadways and in our schools.

A Beaufort man wanted in connection with a June 4 shooting at the Broad River Boat Landing was arrested early Sunday after deputies from the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, the sheriff's office SWAT team, and Beaufort City Police descended on a downtown Beaufort hotel room.

An argument between two roommates inside a Beaufort apartment turned deadly early Friday, resulting in the arrest of a 42-year-old Beaufort man on manslaughter charges.

HILTON HEAD, S.C. A 68-year-old man faces several felony charges for allegedly putting a gun to his wife's head Tuesday morning after he found a man sleeping next to her and another man asleep on the couch at his Moss Creek home, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.

BEAUFORT, S.C. Prosecutors say there will be a second trial for a South Carolina man charged in the shooting death of his teen niece.

Beaufort County is doing the right thing by picking up the tab for a Port Royal couple whose home was made uninhabitable after a county dump truck slammed into it, demolishing a porch and knocking the house off its foundation.

Thanks to the Burton Fire Department, a kitten is safe and sound at the Beaufort County Animal Shelter after spending about five days underneath the deck of the Broad River bridge.

In moments of honesty, almost all South Carolina legislators acknowledge the state's primary education funding formula -- the one that allocated zero dollars to Beaufort County this year -- is irrational, state Sen.

A really tired, stressed-out kitten is recovering at the Beaufort County Animal Shelter after its dramatic rescue from beneath the Broad River bridge this week.

Despite complaints, organized groups of 10 or more people who use baseball and soccer fields at Beaufort County parks must reserve the space and pay $50 to $80, a county parks official said Thursday.