Beaufort County News

Not one, but two sea turtle nests were discovered on Hilton Head Island beaches Wednesday morning, the first of the season in southern Beaufort County, according to the Hilton Head Island Sea Turtle Protection Project.

Frederick Mcleod, 37, of Port Royal, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for the home invasion and attempted rape of his downstairs neighbor.

The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office is investigating an attempted murder that took place Monday morning on St.

Jessicah Peters/Bluffton Today Beaufort County Community Emergency Response Team volunteers stand and await to board the Palmetto Breeze motor coach during the mock evacuation Monday.

Hardeeville Police Chief Richard Nagy said this is the first double homicide he has handled since joining the Hardeeville Police Department six years ago.

St. Helena Island's Candice Glover was named the next " American Idol " Thursday night at the end of a star-studded FOX TV show that included Jennifer Hudson singing a duet with Glover and Aretha Franklin joining voices with the top-10 girls.

The Lady's Island-St. Helena Fire District was called at about 3 a.m. to a fire at a home on Edding White Road.

The Lee County Board of Education on Tuesday approved a contract for a new superintendent who will start July 1. Andy Bryan, who currently serves as associate superintendent for the school district, will replace Jeff Moss, who will become the Beaufort County, S.C., school superintendent July 1. The board also approved principal appointments for the ... (more)

We residents of Sun City Hilton Head have recently been informed that we can no longer play "Go Fish," "Monopoly," "Parcheesi," "Backgammon," "War" or "Double Solitaire," not to mention mahjong and social bridge, because they are gaming and South Carolina law prohibits playing cards or rolling dice, even if there is no money involved, at places ... (more)

The S.C. Conservation Bank provided $1.3 million to the owner of the Exley Plantation in Jasper County to create a conservation easement on the land, ensuring it will not be transformed into a parking lot, housing community, or other development.

Two men are accused of assaulting two others near a convenience store on Hilton Head Island's Gumtree Road Saturday night using a handgun and a pressure washer wand, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.

A Burton firefighter was honored last month for helping to successfully deliver and resuscitate a premature baby in February.

A 67-year-old Beaufort woman contacted law enforcement after someone used her personal information to order a computer, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office report.

Two "American Idol" watch parties are planned this week in Beaufort, one on Wednesday for the show's finale and another Thursday when this season's winner will be announced.

A fight among teenagers in the parking lot of a Bluffton movie theater led to a high-speed chase that ended with a Jeep crashing into The Island Packet/Beaufort Gazette building late Friday, according to a police report released Monday.

A Beaufort High School assistant principal returned to work two days after his May 5 arrest on charges of driving while intoxicated.

Bluffton town leaders will consider Tuesday purchasing 11 parcels of land at Bluffton Village for a new Town Hall and municipal court.

Lt. John Ireland was working his part-time job as a paramedic for Beaufort County Emergency Medical Services on Feb.

Southern Beaufort County's golf industry has taken its licks from the Great Recession.

They mop floors, scrub bathrooms and remove garbage from community buildings and rec centers.