Hardeeville News

A group of college students in the Lowcountry is collecting petition signatures supporting plans for a casino and resort near Hardeeville.

The University of South Carolina Beaufort baseball team staked ace Michael Heesch to a big lead in the opener and made the most of limited scoring opportunities in the nightcap to sweep a doubleheader from visiting Milligan on Saturday, winning 9-6 and 6-2 at Richard Gray Sports Complex in Hardeeville.

One of the most alluring elements of a proposed casino and resort complex in Hardeeville, its developers say, is the number of jobs it would create.

Developers say a proposed casino and resort near Hardeeville would create 4,700 jobs statewide and draw millions of visitors a year.

Building a casino in Hardeeville would require the approval of the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs and S.C. Gov.

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The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports a ceremony was held at the county courthouse marking the occasion.

PERHAPS IT'S A coincidence that the Catawba Indian Nation renewed its efforts to force our state to authorize high-stakes gambling just as the Cherokees started trying to build political support for a casino in Jasper County.

Cracker Barrel, a Tennessee-based restaurant chain with more than 600 franchises nationwide, is scheduled to open a new location near Sun City Hilton Head in July.

South Carolina's love-hate relationship with gambling is heading for another round ofwellloving and hating, in the state legislature and elsewhere.

A proposal to bring in casino gambling that promises jobs, along with a boom in prosperity during a recession, could come at a cost that we might not be willing to tolerate.

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On Feb. 2, after he rolls up his sleeves at the American Red Cross Blood Drive in Beaufort, Marty will have donated his 26th gallon of blood.

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USCB's rally was too little, too late in the baseball home opener as the Sand Sharks dropped a 4-2 decision to Brewton-Parker College.

The Jasper County Sheriff's Office is offering a reward of $25,000 to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of John David Huberty.

The proposal to build the state's first casino in Jasper County is truly a jackpot in terms of increased employment and additional tax revenue.

Preliminary plans for a casino in Hardeeville, S.C. raises questions about the possible impact on tourism in neighboring Savannah.

A 500-foot-long strip of woodland separates Beaufort and Jasper counties in Sun City Hilton Head, but residents on either side of that boundary are divided by more than county lines and trees.

The Royal Live Oaks Academy of the Arts & Sciences Charter School will be holding an "everybody's talking about it" community meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Cripple Crab Restaurant in Hardeeville.