Jasper County News

Herbert G. a oeHerba Gray has joined SCBT Financial Corp. a s board of directors, according to Robert R. Hill Jr., chief executive of SCBT.

To donate clothing, food, time or money to Community First, call Pastor Pearla Harvey at 843-706-9580 or go to www.familiesindistress.com. The office is located at 1215 May River Road in Bluffton and is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Okatie Crossings is no Boeing. But, to Jasper County, it's more important. Over two days in October, a $450 million tax package that helped entice aircraft giant Boeing - and its 3,600 high-paying jobs - to expand in urban North Charleston unanimously sailed through the General Assembly.

Bobby Harrell, speaker of the South Carolina House, told a Greer audience last week that he wants lawmakers to focus on economic development when they reconvene in January.

Four people, including a 12-year-old, died when an Amtrak train hit their car in Hardeeville, South Carolina, an official said Tuesday.

State Rep. Bill Herbkersman, R-Bluffton, said he was involved in several meetings with members of the Charleston legislative delegation -- as recently as Tuesday night -- as negotiations surrounding the Boeing deal fell into place.

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

The Catholic Diocese of Savannah has announced a $4.24 million settlement with a 40-year-old man who says he was sexually abused by a former priest.

The following schedule has been announced for school H1N1 flu shot clinics in Jasper County public and private schools.

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.

The chairman of the Georgia-South Carolina panel developing a port for Jasper County says he failed to provide advance notice and an agenda for a closed workshop this week.

The reports this October are as dismal as last October's. Domestic violence in South Carolina continues to be a very serious problem.

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

Increasing tensions between some Georgia and South Carolina officials over the project to deepen the Savannah River harbor should come as no surprise.

COLUMBIA - The former top Coast Guard officer in Charleston introduced state lawmakers Wednesday to a new bend in the winding road toward building a marine terminal near the South Carolina-Georgia border.

The company hopes to begin hiring in the next two months. The facility will be a sales center and serve the company's showrooms in Charleston, Charlotte and Atlanta.

The "leadership" of former S.C. State Ports Authority Chairman Bill Stern has been one of the most well-documented disasters in South Carolina history -A a state that's obviously not without its shortage of disasters.

Republican gubernatorial candidates U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett and South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster spoke Sunday at the Hilton Head Island Republican Club picnic and silent auction.

A 1.9 million-pound power generator will travel through the state as part of a 30-day trek that began at a Jasper County port and will lead into North Carolina.

A 1.9 million pound power generator is beginning its slow journey across western South Carolina.