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Beaufort teacher turns beauty queen with a message
A former Beaufort County English teacher recently competed in the 2024 Ms. USA Petite Pageant in Chicago at the end of July while advocating for her platform supporting women who are healing from abusive relationships. Kristen Smith moved to Beaufort County in 2018 and spent several years teaching at Battery...
Obituary: Edward G. Leahey
Edward G. Leahey passed away on Aug. 6 in Hilton Head, South Carolina, at the age of 87. Ed was born in Far Rockaway, and grew up in Hollis. He attended Cortland State Teachers College. After graduation, he entered the Marine Corps, where he became an officer, and served in both California and the Far East. Following his military service, he became the director of physical education and athletics, at Suffolk County Community College.
Beaufort police investigating a shooting on Ambrose Run that claimed 1 life
BEAFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WSAV)—The Beaufort Police Department (BPD) is investigating a shooting on Ambrose Run that occurred Wednesday night. At approximately 9:50 p.m., Beaufort Police officers responded to a report of a shooting at 325 Ambrose Run, Cross Creek Apartments. Once arriving, officers located a victim with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers immediately rendered aid until […]
Clemson officials find, destroy yellow-legged hornet nests in Beaufort County
Officials with the Clemson University Department of Plant Industry (DPI) destroyed multiple secondary nests of yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina) in South Carolina near Hilton Head Island. They are the first secondary nests of the yellow-legged hornet found in the state. The nests were found in trees. The search and destroy...
Council Member Dawson to Host Meeting for Sheldon Community Discussing 2024 Sales Tax Referendum
County Council Member Gerald Dawson (District 1) will host a meeting for the Sheldon Community to discuss the 2024 Sales Tax Referendum scheduled for the November elections. The meeting will be Tuesday, August 20, 6 p.m., at the Elijah Washington Center, 211 Paige Point Road, Seabrook (map). Jared Fralix, Assistant...
Town of Bluffton leaders want to hear from you following tropical storm Debby
BLUFFTON, S.C. — Following Tropical Storm Debby, the Town of Bluffton wants to hear from you. Town leaders are asking anyone who experienced flooding because of the storm to fill out this survey. The information will be used to enhance preventative flood measures and plan for future improvements in...
Allison Road to remain closed until Aug. 30
BEAUFORT, S.C. (Aug. 15, 2024) – Allison Road, from Ribaut Road to Battery Creek Road, will continue to be closed to through traffic through Aug. 30. Currently, the City is engaged in a streetscape project along Allison Road, which involves undergrounding of utilities, new stormwater drainage, new sidewalks and landscaping.
Veterans of the Week – Lillian and Harold Doctor
Beaufort’s Harold Doctor, 63, joined the United States Navy in Atlanta in 1980. After Boot Camp in Orlando, Fla., he was assigned as a storekeeper aboard the USS Puget Sound (AD-38) stationed at Gaeta, Italy. After two years he returned to Naval Hospital Philadelphia for treatment. On release he was assigned to USS Inchon (MCS-12) which made two Mediterranean deployments while he was aboard. He next spent three years ashore in Norfolk before being assigned to Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in Chesapeake. Following this he was an instructor at the Fleet Training Center, Norfolk; while there he married Lillian. He next spent three years aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65) making an additional Mediterranean deployment. In 2000 he retired with 20 years of service and began working as a civilian at the Space and Naval Warfare Center, first as a contractor then as a Civil Servant. He then moved to New Orleans and worked for the Headquarters, Naval Reserve. He left government service as a GS-13.
NWS confirms tornado on Lady’s Island
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Charleston confirmed on Wednesday that a tornado touched down on Lady’s Island just before 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Aug. 6, during Tropical Storm Debby. The event on Sams Point Road had previously been reported by The Island News as a potential tornado...
Hampton Hall resident recalls flooding from Tropical Storm Debby
When Laurie White, head girls’ soccer coach at Hilton Head Christian Academy, left work Aug. 5 and returned to her Hampton Hall home, she could not imagine that she would be trapped there for three days. Nor could she have conceived of a scenario where sporting equipment would help...
City issues RFP for Washington Street Park improvements
BEAUFORT, S. C. (Aug. 15, 2024) -- The City of Beaufort is seeking qualified contractors to submit bids for the construction of a new open-air events pavilion, a multipurpose court, stormwater management, and associated utilities at Washington Street Park. This is Phase 1 of the park’s Master Plan. Washington...
Fall season of Street Music kicks off in Port Royal
Rain pushed the start back an hour, but the 33rd season of Port Royal’s Street Music on Paris Avenue kicked off Saturday. Locals eager to burn off some energy brought out their chairs and dancing shoes to take in the sounds of musician, film composer, arranger, musical director, and band leader Iliana Rose. Rose was born in Miami and raised by Cuban parents and grandparents. She is steeped in Cuban rhythms and culture.
City Councilman Josh Scallate files to run for Beaufort mayor
The race for mayor is heating up as incumbent Phil Cromer now has some competition for the position. Beaufort City Councilman Josh Scallate put his name into the race when he filed on Friday afternoon to run for the top office in the city. Cromer, who has held the office...
TCL honors health sciences graduates
The Technical College of the Lowcountry recently honored 66 health sciences graduates at various pinning ceremonies held from May through July at its Beaufort Mather Campus. “We are so proud of our graduates for their dedication, hard work and commitment to excellence,” TCL’s Health Sciences Dean Dr. Joey Swearingen said in a news release. “As the area’s leading institution in health science education, TCL continues to produce high caliber graduates who are ready not only to join the workforce but to make their mark on and contribute to the economy of the Lowcountry.”
2025 RBC Heritage named PGA Tour Signature Event
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, Sc. (WTOC) - The RBC Heritage announced the 2025 tournament has been named a signature event for a third straight year. The signature event status means a limited field will be playing, but it’s a field filled with the top 70 players in the world. If...
SC has one of 12 best small towns to live in for 2024, Travel+Leisure says. Here’s why it’s great
No other city in the United States can make the claim that Beaufort can. South Carolina’s second oldest city is home to the only kazoo factory still in operation within the United States – The Kazoobie Kazoo Factory. And now it has another distinction — one of America’s...
Moore hosting ‘Women for Moore’ kickoff in Beaufort
Great-great-grandson of Robert Smalls looking to unseat Mace in 1st District. Michael B. Moore, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, has officially announced the Beaufort launch of “Women for Moore,” a coalition of women throughout the Lowcountry who are supporting his campaign.
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