Hardeeville News

Pity the poor Okatie River and the people who are trying protect it. Development pressures continue despite the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

A listing of the other unusual stories that 2009 brought us: JANUARY A 21-year-old woman leads Palmetto Dunes security staff on a low-speed chase -- ranging from 7 to 10 mph -- after falling asleep in her SUV and blocking both lanes of traffic.

Forty years is not such a long time in the life of Beaufort, which will celebrate its 300th anniversary in 2011.

Hardeeville officials hope $500,000 in federal funds will expedite development of a planned Exit 3 on Interstate 95.

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE OGEECHEE RIVER NEAR EDEN. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

STAR, an international riding organization, works with international hunger relief organization Feed The Children, which works year-round to provide food and personal items to needy families.

A U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigator spent three days in Bluffton last month investigating separate complaints made by three black former police officers who alleged they were racially discriminated against, an attorney for the officers said Thursday.

A pressure valve on a military fuel tanker as part of a convoy leaked some diesel fuel along a route from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort to Hardeeville SC.

Greenville will have to wait another week for a "superload" bigger than a jumbo jet to pass through on its way to a Duke Energy power plant in North Carolina.

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.

The developer of Tradition Hilton Head, a 5,500-acre, mixed-use development in Hardeeville, has defaulted on financial obligations to lenders and the city of Hardeeville, according to a regulatory filing its parent company made earlier this month.

Stately live oaks and salt marshes aside, the rural Lowcountry owes much of its outward charm to a dirty little secret underground.

A load longer and heavier than a jumbo jet will today begin a slow trek across Greenville County, clogging some of the area's busiest roads and leaving in its wake an economic impact expected to reach the tens of thousands of dollars.

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao have spoken of moving beyond the divisions between the nations toward joint efforts on issues they agree on.

As authorities continue to investigate the deadly train crash in Hardeeville earlier this week, family and friends are mourning the loss of their loved ones.

Authorities said an Amtrak passenger train struck a car carrying three adults and a 12-year-old child near the South Carolina-Georgia state line, The Palmetto Scoop reports.

Four people have died after their car was hit by a train in downtown Hardeeville.

A train wreck involving a passenger train and a car has brought downtown Hardeeville to a standstill.

A passenger train hit a vehicle late Monday night near Hardeeville, South Carolina, killing four.

You never know who's carrying a gun, and these days more folks are doing it legally.