Yemassee News

The Yemessee Police have arrested 35-year-old Lawrence E. Bowers of Henderson, SC after he fled on foot following a car chase.

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A recent study published in a national journal suggests there's a connection between the blue lights in your rearview mirror and the red ink on local governments' accounting books.

Maggie Catherine McGill and William Cecil Mitchell III, both of Beaufort, were married at 5 p.m. June 6, 2009 at the Old Sheldon Church Ruins.

The state agency for people with mental retardation and brain injuries is poised to cut services, including in-home respite care and adult companions, in a move that families and public officials say blindsided them and will prove crushing to both individuals and the state economy.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol says two Yemassee teenagers were injured when a car hit a go-cart. SCHP says it happened Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. on U.S. Hwy 21 in Colleton County.

A 22-year-old Yemassee man accused of shooting two men at a Burton nightclub Sunday will now face murder charges after one of the men died from his injuries Monday in a Charleston hospital.

Two people were shot early this morning at the Semper Fi Club in Burton - one in the leg and one in the head, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.

On Thursday, May 14, 2009, the following defendants each pled guilty to one count of the lesser-included offense of Presenting False Claims for Payment more than $1,000 but less than $5,000 before The Honorable Perry Buckner in Colleton County: 1) Nicole Elliott, age 25, of 106 Del Ray Drive, Walterboro; 2) Tamika Elliott, age 32, of 8387 ...

About 40 years after his father bought waterfront property on the mainland side of Mackays Creek, Wilbert Roller is preparing to open a seafood restaurant with spectacular views in one of the area's most visible locations.

A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for west central Jasper, Hampton, and Colleton Counties in southeast South Carolina until 5:00 pm.

As state transportation officials work to break ground on a slate of highway projects funded by the federal economic stimulus package, desperate contractors are significantly lowering bids to land the jobs.

Yemassee straddles the Hampton County line 25 miles north of Beaufort. Its only traffic signal is a caution light blinking at the center of towna 'little more than a string of weathered buildings clustered along the tracks.

Moviegoers at the Beaufort International Film Festival watch the 1994 film "Chasers," staring Tom Berenger.

The director of the agency that serves South Carolina's disabled residents has resigned after 13 years.

Entries are due Sunday for the Yemassee literary journal's 2009 Pocataligo Poetry Contest.

Around 1:15pm a car was pulled over on I-95 at the 34 Mile Marker for a routine traffic stop by a Hampton County Deputy.

YEMASSEE a ' Interstate 95 was closed for about two hours Wednesday afternoon while authorities investigated whether a bomb might be in an automobile.

Accused of making decisions behind closed doors, Beaufort County School District officials faced a hostile crowd of about 150 people Monday night at a meeting held to answer questions about a proposal to close ...

The Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority is considering a far-reaching expansion into Hampton County, but only if it would bring enough new customers to pay for utility lines, authority general manager Dean ...